9 Days Ndutu Migration Calving Safari
Tour Overview
The best time to go on a Ndutu Wildebeest calving safari is from January to the end of March or early April of each year when you can stay in luxury lodges and tented camps. The camps and lodges are conveniently located within the parks for the convenience of guests and easy wildlife viewing
Day to Day Itinerary
Day 1:Arrival in Arusha
Arrive at Kilimanjaro airport, where you will be met and greeted by our airport office representative, who will assist you in the event of a visa or any passport control issue, and then we will welcome you to our office for refreshments, where you will meet your guide and transfer to Arusha for dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Arusha is a city in East Africa’s Tanzania located at the base of the volcanic Mt. Meru. It’s a gateway to safari destinations and to Africa’s highest peak, 5,895m Mt. Kilimanjaro, lying some 100 kilometers northeast.
Day 2: Tarangire National Park
After breakfast at the hotel and a short safari briefing, depart and drive to Tarangire for a full day of game driving in the Tarangire National Park until afternoon. Lunch time, your driver will set and prepare the table for a fully hot meal of soup, bread rolls, main dish and fruit salad, followed by a glass of wine, tea, and coffee. After lunch, continue with a game drive until evening, drive to the camp for dinner, and overnight at the lodge.
After breakfast, depart by the drive to Tarangire National Park for game viewing. For the evening game drive in the park, Herds of up to 300 elephants scratch the dry river bed for underground streams. It’s the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem—a smorgasbord for predators—and the one place in Tanzania where dry-country antelope such as the stately fringe-eared oryx and peculiar long-necked gerenuk are regularly observed.
Day 3:Lake Manyara National Park
Breakfast at the Lodge After lunch, your driver will set and prepare the table in our car shade for a fully hot meal of soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad, followed by a glass of wine, tea, and coffee. After lunch, continue with a game drive until evening, when you will drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Manyara provides the perfect introduction to Tanzania’s birdlife. More than 400 species have been recorded, and even a first-time visitor to Africa might reasonably expect to observe 100 of these in one day. Inland of the floodplain, a narrow belt of acacia woodland is the favored haunt of Manyara’s legendary tree-climbing lions and impressively tusked elephants.
Day 4:Ndutu Area-Serengeti South
After breakfast at the camp, we proceed with a game drive in the Ndutu area, exploring the grassy plains and woodlands in the area, tracking the massed herds of wildebeest and zebra, witnessing the birth of new calves and trailing predators such as lions, cheetahs, and hyenas on the hunt.
In the afternoon, during lunchtime, your driver will set and prepare the table in our car shade for a full hot meal of soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad, followed by a glass of wine. After tea and coffee after lunch, continue with a game drive in the afternoon, driving back to back to Arusha for drop off at the airport.
The Serengeti is perhaps best known for its migration. Over a million wildebeest and about 200,000 zebras flow south from the northern hills to the southern plains for the short rains every October and November, and then swirl west and north after the long rains in April, May, and June.
Day 5: Ndutu Area-Serengeti South
Breakfast at the camp, followed by a game drive in the Ndutu area, viewing the great migration and witnessing the calving, and also searching for a big cat. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare the table for a full hot meal for lunch; soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad, followed by a glass of wine, tea, and coffee. Continue with game drives until evening, when your driver will set a sundowner picnic table with drinks and snacks before you drive back to the camp for dinner and overnight.
The wildebeest travel through a variety of parks, reserves, protected areas, and a variety of habitats. Join us to explore the different forms of vegetation and landscapes of the Serengeti ecosystem and meet some of its most fascinating inhabitants.
Day 6: Serengeti National Park.
After breakfast, drive to Serengeti central Seronera Area to view the great migration. In the afternoon your driver will make a great place where he will set and prepare the table for a full hot meal: lunch soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad, followed by a glass of wine or tea, and coffee.
At this point, you will meet other guests from other companies, but mostly with a sandwich cold lunch. Our services are 5-star plus while on safari with us. After lunch, game drive viewing a great migration. Check in to the camp for dinner and overnight.
Serengeti National Park. The park is well known for its healthy stock of other resident wildlife, particularly the “big five,” named for the five most prized trophies taken by hunters: Lion The Serengeti is believed to hold the largest population of lions in Africa due in part to the abundance of prey species. More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem.
Day 7: Serengeti National Park.
After landing, you will enjoy a glass of champagne and a good breakfast, followed by a game drive in central Serengeti in search of big cats or big five. In the afternoon, your driver will set and prepare the table for a full hot meal: soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad, followed by a glass of wine. tea and coffee. Continue with game drives until evening, when your driver will set a sundowner picnic table with drinks and snacks before you drive back to the camp for dinner and overnight.
A million wildebeest, each driven by the same ancient rhythm, fulfill their instinctive role in the inescapable cycle of life: a frenzied three-week bout of territorial conquests and mating; survival of the fittest as 40km (25 miles) long columns plunge through crocodile-infested waters on the annual exodus north.
Day 8: Conservation Area of Serengeti-Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast at the camp, your driver will set and prepare the table for a fully hot meal: lunch soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad, followed by a glass of wine, tea, and coffee late afternoon to Ngorongoro to the camp or the dinner and overnight.
Magnificent Wildlife
The only living things that look as if they really belong to it are the wild animals. Between the animals and Africa, there is an understanding that human beings have not yet earned.
Laurens van der Post, Venture to the Interior, 1963…
Today, the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and the Maasai Mara Game Reserve across the border in Kenya protect the greatest and most varied collection of terrestrial wildlife on earth, and one of the last great migratory systems still intact.
Day 9: Ngorongoro Crater-Departure
After early breakfast at the lodge, depart and drive to Ngorongoro crater for the gulliver in the crater afternoon. During lunchtime, your driver will set and prepare the table in our car shade for a fully hot meal. After lunch soup, bread rolls, main dish, and fruit salad, followed by a glass of wine, tea, and coffee, continue with a game drive. In the late afternoon, drive back to Arusha and drop off at the airport.
The jewel in Ngorongoro’s crown is a deep, volcanic crater that is the largest unflooded and unbroken caldera in the world. About 20 km across, 600 meters deep, and 300 sq km in area, the Ngorongoro Crater is a breathtaking natural wonder. We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner of the crater, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos, and other water birds can usually be seen here.
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Included
- Park fees (For non-residents)
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer Meals
(As specified in the day-by-day section) - Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)
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- International flights (From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips (Tipping guideline US$20.00 pp per day)
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government-imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees