8-Day Serengeti Great Wildebeest Migration Safari
Overview
Discover Tanzania’s Northern Circuit with a focus on the spectacular Great Wildebeest Migration. Explore Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and Tarangire National Park, while enjoying comfortable lodges and expert-guided game drives. This safari is designed to maximize your time with wildlife and minimize long travel times, providing an immersive African adventure.
Tour Plan
Arrive anytime at Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO). Meet your professional driver-guide and transfer to Mount Meru Hotel in Arusha for an overnight stay on bed and breakfast basis. In the evening at 5:30 PM, join a pre-safari briefing and equipment check to prepare you for the adventure ahead. Confirm your travel insurance and medical coverage.
Accommodation: Mount Meru Hotel
After breakfast, drive to Lake Manyara National Park (arrival approx. 9:00–10:00 AM). Enjoy a full-day game drive with a picnic lunch. The park is famed for its tree-climbing lions, vast birdlife, and dramatic Rift Valley escarpment backdrop. In the evening, transfer to Pamoja Africa Lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Pamoja Africa Lodge
Depart early for Serengeti National Park, with game drives en route. Optionally, visit Olduvai Gorge (extra $35 per person), an archaeological treasure revealing human origins. Continue to Serengeti for afternoon game viewing amid the vast plains, acacia trees, and kopjes. Stay overnight at Central Serengeti Luxury Camp.
Accommodation: Central Serengeti Luxury Camp
Early morning game drives focus on prime migration spots, including the hippo pool and kopjes. Witness large herds of wildebeest, zebras, and predators such as lions, cheetahs, and leopards. Enjoy diverse birdlife from secretary birds to ostriches.
Accommodation: Central Serengeti Luxury Camp
After breakfast with a packed lunch, track the migration as it moves southwest through the Serengeti. Witness vast herds of approximately 1.3 million wildebeest, 250,000 gazelles, and 200,000 zebras grazing the short grass plains. Return to camp for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Central Serengeti Luxury Camp
Explore the Ndutu area known for stunning acacia woodland and Lake Ndutu, a soda lake where wildebeest crossings are common during the migration. After a morning game drive, drive to Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Early breakfast and sunrise game drive around the crater rim. Descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for a unique ecosystem home to lions, elephants, buffalo, black rhinos, and more. Learn about the Maasai community that shares this conservation area. In the late afternoon, transfer to Ngorongoro Farm House for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Farm House
Morning game drive in Tarangire National Park, renowned for its huge elephant herds and birdlife congregating around the Tarangire River. After the afternoon game drive, transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your departure.
