10-Day Tanzania Grand Safari with Serengeti Migration Route

• Distance: 50-55 km from JRO

• Transfer: 1-1.5 hrs

• Meals: Dinner

• Overnight: Kutoka Lodge, Arusha

• Arrival: Arrive in Tanzania and meet your representative at Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Airport.

• Transfer: Enjoy a private transfer toward Arusha, with your first views of Mount Meru, local villages, and the surrounding landscapes.

• Hotel: After check-in, relax and recover from your journey.

• Briefing: Your safari guide will brief you on the adventure ahead, including the daily safari routine and practical preparations.

Tomorrow, your first wildlife experience begins beneath the slopes of Mount Meru.

• Distance: 35-45 km from Arusha
• Drive: 1-1.5 hrs
• Game Drive: 5-6 hrs
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Box & Dinner
• Overnight: Kutoka Lodge
• Drive: After breakfast, drive to Arusha National Park, a beautifully diverse wilderness dominated by Mount Meru.
• Activity: Explore a combination of montane forests, grasslands, lakes, and volcanic landscapes.
• Wildlife: Look out for giraffes, zebras, buffaloes, warthogs, waterbuck, bushbuck, and primates, while the park's forests and wetlands offer excellent birdwatching opportunities.
• Lunch: Enjoy a packed lunch inside the park before continuing your afternoon exploration.
• Return: Later, return to Arusha for dinner and a relaxing evening.

• Distance: Approx. 105 km to Tarangire
• Drive: Approx. 2 hrs
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Box & Dinner
• Overnight: Eileen's Tree Inn, Karatu
• Drive: Leave Arusha after breakfast and travel toward Tarangire National Park, famous for its ancient baobabs and impressive elephant herds.
• Game Drive: Enter the park and begin your game drive through diverse habitats where elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, buffaloes, impalas, and abundant birdlife gather around the seasonal Tarangire River.
• Lunch: Enjoy a packed lunch at a designated picnic area before continuing your afternoon game drive.
• Transfer: Later, exit the park and travel toward Karatu for dinner and overnight at Eileen's Tree Inn.

• Distance: 150-180 km
• Drive: 4-5 hrs, excluding stops and game viewing
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Box & Dinner
• Overnight: Tanzania Bush Camp, Central Serengeti
• Drive: After breakfast, journey through the dramatic Ngorongoro Highlands toward the legendary Serengeti.
• Stops: The changing landscapes make the drive part of the adventure, with opportunities for scenic and wildlife stops along the way.
• Wildlife: As you approach the Serengeti, keep your camera ready for wildebeest, zebras, giraffes, gazelles, and elephants.
• Game Drive: Upon entering Central Serengeti, continue with an en-route game drive through the Seronera area, known for its permanent water sources and abundant wildlife.
• Camp: Arrive at Tanzania Bush Camp in the afternoon and settle in for your first night in the Serengeti.

• Distance: 120-170 km to Northern Serengeti / 100-150 km to Southern Serengeti
• Drive: 4-6 hrs
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Box & Dinner
• Overnight: Tanzania Bush Camp - Kogatende or Ndutu
• Transfer: Today, travel deeper into the Serengeti toward the seasonal migration zone.
• Seasonal route: During the northern migration season, the route heads toward Kogatende/Northern Serengeti, while during the calving season, the itinerary shifts toward Ndutu/Southern Serengeti.
• Game Drive: Your guide adapts the route according to seasonal wildlife movements, turning the journey into an extended en-route game drive.
• Wildlife: Along the way, you may encounter wildebeest, zebras, giraffes, elephants, antelopes, and predators.
• Camp: Arrive at camp in the afternoon or early evening and enjoy dinner surrounded by the sounds of the wilderness.

• Game Drive: 7-9 hrs
• Start: 06:00-06:30
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Box & Dinner
• Overnight: Tanzania Bush Camp - Kogatende or Ndutu
• Activity: Wake early for a full day dedicated entirely to the Serengeti.
• Game Drive: With no long transfer scheduled, your guide has the flexibility to follow wildlife activity and explore wider areas.
• Focus: In Northern Serengeti, the focus may be around Kogatende and the Mara River, while in Ndutu the experience centres around the calving grounds and predators attracted to the young wildebeest.
• Lunch: Enjoy a packed lunch in the wilderness and continue exploring throughout the afternoon.
• Wildlife: From migrating herds to lions, cheetahs, leopards, elephants, and giraffes, every moment offers a new opportunity.

• Game Drive: 7-9 hrs
• Start: 06:00-06:30
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Box & Dinner
• Overnight: Tanzania Bush Camp - Kogatende or Ndutu
• Activity: Another full day in the Serengeti gives you something short safaris cannot: time.
• Game Drive: Explore different areas while your guide follows fresh tracks, recent sightings, and seasonal wildlife movements.
• Focus: The focus is not simply on finding animals, but on observing their behaviour and the relationship between predators, prey, and the landscape.
• Lunch: Enjoy a picnic lunch before continuing your afternoon game drive, with time to pause for photography or simply absorb the vastness of the Serengeti.
• Return: Return to camp as the afternoon light softens across the plains, completing your final night in the seasonal migration area.

• Distance: 120-170 km
• Drive: 4-5 hrs, excluding wildlife stops
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Box & Dinner
• Overnight: Tanzania Bush Camp, Central Serengeti
• Transfer: After breakfast, begin your journey back toward Central Serengeti.
• Game Drive: Rather than a simple transfer, the route becomes an en-route game drive, allowing your guide to respond to wildlife activity along the way.
• Wildlife: Watch for wildebeest, zebras, elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, and antelopes, with predators often nearby where prey concentrations are high.
• Lunch: Enjoy a packed lunch along the way before continuing south through the Serengeti.
• Camp: Arrive at Tanzania Bush Camp in the afternoon and relax after several unforgettable days exploring the wider ecosystem.

• Distance: 140-160 km
• Drive: 4-5 hrs, excluding game viewing
• Crater Game Drive: 3-4 hrs
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Box & Dinner
• Overnight: Eileen's Tree Inn, Karatu
• Game Drive: After an early breakfast, leave Central Serengeti with a final morning game drive as you travel toward the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
• Crater descent: Descend approximately 600 metres into the Ngorongoro Crater for an extraordinary game drive across its floor.
• Wildlife: The enclosed ecosystem supports an exceptional concentration of wildlife, including lions, elephants, buffaloes, zebras, wildebeest, hippos, and hyenas, with the possibility of spotting the endangered black rhinoceros.
• Transfer: After your crater experience, ascend the crater walls and continue to Karatu for dinner and a well-earned rest.

• Karatu -> Lake Manyara: 24 km
• Drive: 30 min
• Game Drive: 3-4 hrs
• Lake Manyara -> Arusha: Approx. 120 km / 2-2.5 hrs
• Meals: Breakfast & Lunch Box
• Safari Ends: Arusha / Airport
• Drive: After breakfast, drive to Lake Manyara National Park for your final wildlife experience.
• Activity: Explore the park's diverse ecosystems, from groundwater forests and open grasslands to wetlands and the alkaline lake.
• Wildlife: Look out for elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, wildebeest, baboons, monkeys, and abundant birdlife.
• Wildlife: You may also encounter Lake Manyara's famous tree-climbing lions.
• Lunch: Enjoy a packed lunch before exiting the park and continuing toward Arusha.
• Transfer: Depending on your flight schedule, transfer to the airport or arrange an additional night in Arusha.

Your 10-Day Tanzania Grand Safari ends with memories of a journey designed to explore more, stay longer, and experience Tanzania at a deeper pace.