5-Day Serengeti and Ngorongoro Safari with Mara River Migration

• After breakfast, you will be transferred to Arusha Airport for your flight to the Kogatende area of the Northern Serengeti.
• Enjoy a bird's-eye view of Tanzania as you make the short trip, where your driver will meet you upon arrival.
• Spend your day driving through this distinct and magnificently beautiful park region, searching for the Wildebeest Migration and the Big Five in Serengeti National Park. In the afternoon, you can extend your game drive until sunset, after which the driver will take you back to the lodge or camp.

• Start your game drive around the Kogatende area, searching the kopjes for carnivores and the large migration groups gearing up to cross the Mara River into Kenya. Home to large numbers of hippos and Nile crocodiles, the Mara River is the last major obstacle standing between the Wildebeest Migration and the relative safety of the Maasai Mara. If you are patient and a little lucky, you may witness the death-defying crossing itself, where wildebeest and zebras brave the river's currents and crocodiles to reach safety on the opposite bank.

Dinner and overnight in the heart of Serengeti National Park according to the standard and type of accommodation requested from our options. Lodge/Camp.

• Start your day immediately after breakfast by driving through the plains of Togoro and the Mbuzi Mawe kopjes on your way to cross the Banagi River into the Seronera region of the Central Serengeti.
• Spot everything from the enigmatic dik-diks to towering elephants and everything in between. Seronera is often known as "big cat country," and its kopjes and acacias provide an excellent opportunity to spot prides of lazy lions, sleek cheetahs out on the hunt, and leopards overseeing everything from their lofty perches. The region's hippo pools and wide-open spaces provide ample opportunities for spectacular game viewing in Serengeti National Park.

Dinner and overnight in the heart of Serengeti National Park according to the standard and type of accommodation requested from our options. Lodge/Camp.

• Get right on the road back towards the magnificent and attractive Ngorongoro Crater National Park. Your drive takes you back through the Serengeti via a different route, offering plenty of opportunities to spot the animals that eluded you on day two.
• Spot thousands upon thousands of animals in herds: wildebeests and zebras migrating together, tall and graceful giraffes, jumping antelopes and gazelles, the powerful African elephant, and the most respected group of animals, the predators.
• Also spot lean cheetahs and shy leopards, foraging hyenas, and last but not least, the king himself, the all-powerful lion. Dinner and overnight on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater or in nearby Karatu Town according to the standard and type of accommodation requested from our options. Camp/Lodge.

• Depart for Ngorongoro Crater, considered by some to be the Eighth Wonder of the World. You will soon understand why it has earned such a lofty reputation when you first glimpse this vast, verdant caldera from the bird's-eye viewpoint. It is a wonder. Home to over 120 species of mammal, including the fabled Big Five, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area is one of the highest and most sought-after safari destinations in the world. It is a perfect place to see the endangered black rhinoceros enjoying a lonely meal out on the grass plains and to see large numbers of hippopotamus enjoying the cool water.
• Observe and photograph some of Africa's most recognizable faces. The crater is home to many predators, including lions, leopards, cheetahs, jackals, hyenas, and a large population of wildebeest, zebras, antelope, cape buffalo, and more. It is truly one of Africa's premier safari destinations that you surely will not want to miss. After the thrills and excitement of the day, you will have a picnic lunch by the park's famous hippo pool before returning to Arusha overnight.