4-Day Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti Safari with Great Migration

• Meet your local guide and begin the tour from Arusha town, then drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
• Enjoy a game drive through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area at around 10 AM in a closed safari vehicle with a pop-up roof.
• Continue to Loduare Gate, where your driver-guide will process your park entry paperwork.
• Descend into the Ngorongoro Crater, passing through lush forests that are home to numerous elephants and buffaloes. Once inside the crater, marvel at the incredible landscape around you. The main feature of this crater tour is the large, unbroken, unfolded volcanic caldera, formed when a giant volcano exploded and collapsed on itself some two to three million years ago. It is 610 m (2,000 ft.) deep, and its floor covers 260 km2 (100 sq. mi).
• Enjoy a picnic lunch surrounded by natural wonders and exceptional wildlife roaming freely in this extraordinary paradise.
• After lunch, ascend from the crater floor and drive to Serengeti with a game drive en route.

Arrive at your lodge in time for dinner and an overnight stay at Ang'ata Camp in Central Serengeti.

• Leave your camp for a full-day game drive through Serengeti National Park. Central Serengeti is home to the beautiful Seronera Valley, where several perennial rivers support resident animals throughout the year. Marvel at the abundance and diversity of large predators that attract thousands of visitors and hundreds of researchers to the Seronera River Valley each year.
• Observe these large carnivores, many of which are resident, making excellent encounters possible year-round. It is not unusual to see all four large predators - lion, hyena, leopard, and cheetah - during the course of a day in the central Serengeti.
• Look out for the Big Five - lion, leopard, elephant, black rhinoceros, and buffalo - while exploring the park. Other animals that can also be seen include cheetah, Thomson's and Grant's gazelle, topi, eland, waterbuck, hyena, baboon, impala, African wild dog, and giraffe.
• Admire the beautiful birdlife of the park as well. Serengeti boasts 500 bird species, including ostrich, secretary bird, Kori bustard, crowned crane, marabou stork, martial eagle, lovebirds, and many species of vultures.

Drive to Lahia Lodge for dinner and overnight.

• Enjoy another day of some of the finest game viewing anywhere in Africa. Witness unrivalled concentrations of wildlife, stunningly beautiful landscapes, and vast pristine areas that make Serengeti National Park one of the best national parks in Africa.
• Make your way to the western corridor of the Serengeti, a special place that is seldom explored. This region straddles the northward migration route of the enormous wildebeest herds.
• Get a chance to witness the Great Wildebeest Herd Migration, typically in mid-May at the beginning of the dry season. At this time, the great herds begin to depart the plains and follow the Mbalageti and Seronera Rivers into the western corridor.
• Admire significant numbers of other resident wildlife as well. Large populations of resident wildebeest and zebra do not join their migratory cousins as they pass through each year on their journey northwards. Other resident animals include giraffe, buffalo, eland, topi, impala, waterbuck, and Thomson's gazelle.

Drive to Ang'ata Camp, arriving for dinner and overnight.

• Begin the day in the center of the majestic Serengeti and continue your journey across the plains.
• Enjoy a half-day game drive and view hundreds of diverse animals.
• Drive back to Arusha after a fulfilling game drive for dinner and overnight.