9-Day Serengeti and Masai Mara Safari with Great Migration

Accommodation: Client's selection of public campsite, tented campsite, or lodge.

After breakfast, begin the Serengeti wildebeest safari with a drive to Tarangire National Park, one of the most famous parks in Tanzania's Northern Circuit and known for its large elephant population. Large herds of elephants, giant baobab trees, and the Tarangire River are the outstanding features of this park. The Tarangire River, which rises in the Kondoa Highlands and crosses the park's centre, is the only permanent water source in the entire park. Wildlife found here includes lions, leopards, hyenas, cheetahs, elephants, giraffes, and zebras. For bird watchers, this is a true garden, with over 400 recorded species, including the endemic Ashy starling. A picnic lunch is served in the park, followed by dinner and an overnight stay at your chosen accommodation.

Accommodation: Client's selection of public campsite, tented campsite, or lodge.

After breakfast, drive along the base of the Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park, one of the best and most beautiful parks in Tanzania. It is known for its tree-climbing lions, which spend much of the day sleeping in the acacia trees. The park has many underground water streams that feed Lake Manyara, keeping it green throughout the year. Here, you may see giraffes, buffalo, wildebeest, zebras, hippos, many antelope, hyenas, and leopards. Birdlife in this park is rich, with both water and forest birds, while flamingos are the main birds that dominate the lake and feed on green algae. After the safari, continue to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay.

Accommodation: Client's selection of public campsite, tented campsite, or lodge.

After breakfast, start your journey to Serengeti National Park with game drives en route and arrive at Naabi Gate. After registration and other park formalities, begin your first game drives in Central Serengeti. The Serengeti is one of the most fantastic places and one of the most protected natural areas in the world. Its endless plains cover approximately 14,763 square kilometres and are home to migratory herds estimated at more than 1.5 million wildebeest, zebras, and Thomson's gazelles. From December to March, the herds are in the southern Serengeti around Lake Ndutu and the Salei Plains, where breeding and lactation take place. In July and August, they begin crossing the Mara River north of the Serengeti on their way to the Masai Mara in Kenya. The Great Migration attracts predators such as hyenas, leopards, lions, jackals, and birds of prey. Later, continue directly to your accommodation for dinner and overnight rest.

Accommodation: Client's selection of public campsite, tented campsite, or lodge.

After breakfast, get an early start and spend time in the central Serengeti before heading north for game drives and migrating wildebeest. You will continue to the river to see the animals crossing.

Accommodation: Client's selection of public campsite, tented campsite, or lodge.

After the migration and crossing, spend a golden adventure in the North Serengeti. During the morning safari, you may spot predators returning from their long night of hunting, other animals coming out of hiding, or a group of lionesses staging an ambush or feeding along the way. This day is dedicated entirely to game drives and watching the Serengeti migration. Return to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay.

Accommodation: Client's selection of public campsite, tented campsite, or lodge.

On a wildebeest migration day, begin your journey after breakfast and travel through the central Serengeti to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area with game drives en route. Reach your accommodation in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area before or during sunset.

Accommodation: Client's selection of public campsite, tented campsite, or lodge.

After breakfast, descend to the crater floor for an adventure game drive, with a packed lunch served on the crater floor. Ngorongoro Crater has been recognized as a natural wonder of the world. It is home to many animal species living in harmony with the Maasai cattle that descend to the crater floor to graze and drink. Ngorongoro Crater is also one of the few places on earth where the rare black rhino lives in its natural habitat. Other animals that can be seen on the crater floor include elephants, zebras, buffalo, hyenas, jackals, lions, leopards, and many antelope. Many bird species also inhabit the crater. In the afternoon, depart for Lake Eyasi, the place of the Bushmen.

On this day, you will get up early and prepare to hunt with the Hadzabe tribe, where the hunt includes instruction in survival skills. The Hadzabe are one of three groups of Bushmen who make a living by hunting with bows and arrows, as well as gathering fruit, roots, and tubers, much like Stone Age mankind. The second group is the Datoga, known as "The Blacksmiths," who have been commercial developers for centuries and still practise their craft in the same way as before. They make arrowheads for the Hadzabe and brass jewellery, some of which is available for sale. In the afternoon, return to Arusha/Moshi.