Tanzania · Safari

4-Day Migration Safari in Tanzania with Ndutu Calving and Ngorongoro

4 Days Round trip from Arusha Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights

01 Travel to Lake Manyara National Park
02 See the Ndutu calving area in the southern Serengeti
03 Watch young wildebeest take their first steps near Lake Ndutu and Lake Masek
04 Visit the beautiful Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Sign up for this tour and visit Lake Manyara National Park. Travel to the shores of Lake Ndutu and Lake Masek to see young wildebeest take their first steps, explore the southern Serengeti around the Ndutu calving area, and finish your excursion with a visit to the beautiful Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

These proud predators lounge in acacia trees, practically pleading to be photographed.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 4 Days

Tour type Private

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Included · Standard

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

Cities Arusha, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara

Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park

You'll leave Arusha after breakfast for Lake Manyara National Park. The journey takes approximately two hours, and along the way you'll pass through the market town of Mto Wa Mbu. This agricultural and fresh produce market is a melting pot of local cultures and a paradise for souvenir hunters.
Enter Lake Manyara National Park. The park is truly a photographer's playground and offers some of the best game viewing in the world. You can expect to see many of Africa's best-known animals, with the tree-climbing lions being a particular highlight. These proud predators lounge in acacia trees, practically pleading to be photographed. Bird-watchers will find Lake Manyara an absolute delight, with a wide variety of birds on display in the park. Even novices can expect to be amazed by large flamingo flocks, circling birds of prey, and the brightly coloured lilac-breasted roller.
Then retire to your chosen accommodation for dinner and a good night's rest at a camp or lodge.

Day 02

Mto Wa Mbu to Ndutu in Southern Serengeti

Have an early breakfast and begin the day with a scenic drive toward the Ndutu area in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Travel through the mist-shrouded rainforests of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, where you might be lucky enough to glimpse cape buffalo, baboons, or even elephants and leopards in the dense undergrowth. It is an almost one-and-a-half-hour drive to Ndutu, but you may choose to break up the journey with one or both of the non-compulsory activities.
See some of the earliest fossil evidence in the world related to human habitation.
Visit the Oldupai Gorge Museum to learn more about the human journey and take in the beautiful views of this stark landscape.
Visit one of the famous Maasai bomas. You will have the opportunity to witness, and even participate in, traditional Maasai dance, tour an authentic Maasai village, and do a little memento shopping at the nearby market.

Day 03

Full-Day Game Drive in the Ndutu Area

You will be up before dawn so that we can enjoy an early morning game drive throughout the area.
See the sunrise over the savannah as carnivores, including cheetahs and lions, are in action while it is still cool enough for them to hunt. After your sunrise game drive, you will return to your lodge for breakfast before taking a picnic lunch and heading out to explore more of Ndutu.
Experience an afternoon-long game drive through the area, taking in Lake Ndutu, the shores of Lake Masek, and the surrounding land where tens of thousands of young wildebeest take their first steps. After your full day exploring Ndutu, you'll overnight at a camp or lodge.

Day 04

Ngorongoro Crater and Return to Arusha

Leave for Ngorongoro Crater, considered by some to be the 8th wonder of the world. You will soon recognise why it has earned this lofty reputation when you get your first glimpse of this vast, verdant caldera from the panoramic viewpoint. Home to over 120 species of mammal, including the fabled Big Five, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area is one of the most sought-after safari destinations in the world.