7-Day Serengeti Migration Safari Mara River Crossing

Upon arrival at the airport (Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Airport ) you will be met by The Habitat Adventures Travel’s representative and drive you to your accommodation in Arusha for overnight stay waiting for your adventures to start on the following day.

Main Destination:

Arusha (City)

Accommodation:

Moivaro Lodge

Early morning, after breakfast at your accommodation in Arusha, you will be picked up by your private driver-guide, who will take you straight to Tarangire, which takes approximately 2 hours. Tarangire National Park is one of the largest parks in Tanzania and covers an area of 2,600 square kilometers. Tarangire National Park is famous for its large elephant herds and giant baobab trees. It also has a mini-wildlife migration during the dry season, consisting of about 250,000 animals entering the park. With more than 300-strong herds of elephant, visitors will find big groups of buffalo and healthy populations of lions and leopards. There are wild dogs and rare antelopes such as gerenuk, plus more than 550 species of birds to spot throughout the year. You will have picnic lunch boxes where you will have them inside the park in the afternoon. After lunch and further game viewing, you will drive straight to your accommodation in Karatu for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Early morning after breakfast at around 8:00am, you will drive straight to Serengeti National Park, passing through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Continue your journey around the crater and descend the other side, enjoying your free “African massage” on the bumpy road, passing through Maasai villages on your way to the Serengeti National Park. At the Naabi Hill entrance gate, you can walk to a viewpoint with spectacular views across the endless plains of the Serengeti. Hot lunch will be served either at the gate or en route towards the heart of Serengeti with an incredible set up by your guide inside the bush. The Serengeti National Park is home to the largest concentration of wildlife than anywhere else on the planet. You will have an unlimited drive until in the evening where you will drive straight to your tented camp or lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Central Serengeti National Park

Early morning after breakfast at your accommodation, we will drive straight to the far north of Serengeti National Park known as Kogatende to follow the great migration of more than a million of wildebeests accompanied by hundred thousands of Zebras and antelopes. During July – October, the wildebeest are in the northern Serengeti plains, and you have a chance of seeing up to thousands crossing the great Mara River. As the sight of the wildebeest crossing the so dramatic, it is considered by many the most desirable time to see the migration. You will not only see the migration of wildebeests but also other animals such as predators hunting their prey and other birds’ species at the area. After lunch and extensive game viewing, you will drive straight to your carefully selected accommodation for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Northern Serengeti National Park

Accommodation:

Mara Kati Kati Tented Lodge

Early morning after breakfast at your accommodation, we will proceed our game drive on the northern Serengeti (Kogatende) following the great migration. You will spend this full day on the northern Serengeti for game viewing and if you’re lucky enough you can spot the crossing at the Mara river as well as crocodiles hunting their prey during the crossing. After lunch and game drive, you will head straight for your accommodation for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Northern Serengeti National Park

Accommodation:

Mara Kati Kati Tented Lodge

After breakfast at your accommodation on the northern Serengeti, you will drive straight to Ngorongoro Conservation Area with an en-route game drive. Upon arrival at Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you will drive straight to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Ngorongoro Highlands

Accommodation:

Rhino Lodge

Today you will depart early after your delicious breakfast to Ngorongoro crater. The Ngorongoro Crater is a breathtakingly beautiful setting and the best place in East Africa to see the Big Five. It is one of the most beautiful natural wildlife safari sites in the world and an exceptional place to interact with people from the Maasai. On reaching the crater’s edge, the 20 km diameter caldera opens up before you in all its stunning glory and you will descend into the crater on an adventurous trail. This World Heritage Site is seasonally home to over 25,000 animals in including a wide range of birds’ species, hyenas and the endangered black rhino. Hot Lunch will be served at a picnic spot at the hippo pool and after that you will continue to explore the crater. After exploration you will ascend the crater and drive straight to Arusha or the airport to catch your onward flight.

Main Destination:

Ngorongoro Crater