7-Day Serengeti Migration Safari with Ngorongoro and Lake Manyara

• Leave Arusha town in the company of your guide and travel along the Arusha - Dodoma highway on a scenic drive toward Lake Manyara National Park, one of the safari gateways of northern Tanzania.
• Stop by a supermarket for any last-minute shopping of personal items you may need, then continue the drive and arrive at Lake Manyara in about 2 hours. Your driver will take care of the paperwork at the park gate before you embark on your first game drive.
• Explore Lake Manyara and admire wildlife such as elephants, hippos, giraffes, buffaloes, antelopes, and some of the largest baboon troops in Africa. Drive along the lakeshore, teeming with birdlife, and while looking for birds, you may also spot one of the elusive tree-climbing lions.
• Drive back to Manyara or Karatu for an overnight stay.

Overnight stay in Karatu/Manyara. Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

• Depart early from Lake Manyara after breakfast and head across the floor of the Great Rift Valley, up the escarpment, and through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area on a pleasant scenic drive. Along the way, enjoy the beautiful scenery and breathtaking views on your journey to Serengeti National Park.
• Proceed to the Lobo area, located just north of the Seronera area in central Serengeti National Park. The wildebeest migration normally passes through the Lobo area around July/August en route to Kenya's Masai Mara Game Reserve and again in late October/November on its way back to the southern Serengeti.
• Arrive in the Serengeti in the late afternoon and enjoy an evening game drive before checking in at your camp or lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Dinner and overnight at Serengeti. Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

• Enjoy a full-day game drive in the park. See migrating animals such as elephant, buffalo, gazelle, zebra, lion, leopard, and cheetah. The game viewing is excellent, and you can follow wildlife for long periods without seeing other vehicles - truly one of the forgotten corners of the Serengeti Plains. Magnificent riverine trees line the waterways, and bird species such as kingfishers and fish eagles can also be found here.

Overnight in Serengeti.

• Head toward the far northern reach of Serengeti National Park, also known as the Wagakuria area.
• Enjoy a game drive en route from the Lobo area to Wagakuria. As you travel north, look out for giraffe, plains game, herds of buffalo, and elephants.
• Arrive in time for lunch at the lodge, then head out again for an afternoon game drive in the area. Here, you may get the chance to witness the frantic herds of wildebeest crossing the Mara River.

Overnight in Serengeti.

• Enjoy a full-day game drive in the Wagakuria area. Resident wildlife numbers are exceptionally high here, with lion prides reaching up to 30 strong. From mid-July to October, the area turns into a wildlife paradise.
• See the key feature of the region - the Great Migration.
• Admire the beauty of this stunning region, with its kopjes, woodland, riverine vegetation, and open plains, similar to Kenya's Masai Mara Game Reserve.

Explore the option of doing a hot air balloon ride.

Overnight stay in Serengeti. Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

• Proceed with morning and afternoon game drives in the Serengeti, with a lunch and leisure break at the lodge in the mid-afternoon.
• Have lunch and continue game viewing in the Serengeti, heading toward the park gate to check out of Serengeti National Park.
• Continue with game viewing en route as you travel toward the Ngorongoro Crater.
• Dinner and overnight at a camp or lodge on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater.

Overnight stay in Ngorongoro. Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

• Descend into the crater with a lunch box and enjoy a game drive for more than 7 hours. Admire the largest unflooded caldera in the world, the Ngorongoro Crater. Now inactive and filled with wildlife, the crater is a natural playground where you can enjoy game drives in search of the Big Five. You may also spot the critically endangered black rhino.
• Look out for the crater's huge population of predators, including lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and the ever-elusive leopard. After a picnic lunch, continue with your game drive.
• Depart for Arusha.

Overnight stay in Arusha. Meal: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.