6-Day Serengeti Migration Safari with Mara River Crossing

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

Your great Serengeti safari tour and adventure in Tanzania begins when we pick you up from your hotel in Moshi or Arusha and drive you to Lake Manyara National Park for game viewing. At the foot of the Great Rift Valley, Lake Manyara is one of the beautiful national parks on the northern Tanzania safari route. Its spectacular location and varied habitats attract a wide variety of animal species, including elephant, giraffe, zebra, hippo, buffalo, and myriad bird species, including flamingos.

You will have a lunch break at one of the picnic spots and continue with more game drives until the evening, when you will be transferred to your accommodation in the Karatu area for dinner and an overnight stay.

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

After breakfast, we leave your accommodation in Karatu early in the morning and start the drive towards Central Serengeti National Park. We enter the Serengeti on the road near the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater and may spot wildlife along the way.

The golden savannah and endless plains teeming with zebra, wildebeest, and giraffes make it easy to see why the Serengeti is one of the seven natural wonders of Africa. On this day, we will enjoy a picnic lunch at Naabai Kopje, where you can see the famous Serengeti pink-headed lizards. After lunch, we continue to the plains to enjoy a stroll. Overnight in the Serengeti accommodation of your choice.

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

Pick up from your accommodation after breakfast and then transfer to North Serengeti. Upon arrival, meet your driver-guide for a full-day game drive to see the great migration in this part of the park.

The park is known for its healthy population of other native wildlife, most notably the BIG FIVE, named after the five most prized animals. The Serengeti is believed to be home to the largest lion population in Africa, due in part to the abundance of prey species, with more than 3,000 lions living in this ecosystem. African leopards, these solitary predators, are commonly seen in the Seronera region but are present throughout the national park, with a population of around 1,000. You may also spot African elephant and rhino.

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

After breakfast, enjoy a full-day safari on the Mara River, see the magnificent Migration River Crossing, and continue with a game drive. In the afternoon, return to the accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay.

River crossings in Kogatende begin every day in August when the mega herd settles in the area. Game viewing is excellent in July and August, with river crossings guaranteed virtually daily. There is no definite movement, as the herds cross the river back and forth following the rain and the subsequent cool grasses. It is not uncommon for different flocks to cross in different directions on the same day.

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

After breakfast at your accommodation this morning, go on a safari in Serengeti National Park and then drive through the Nabi Gate to Ngorongoro.

You can visit the Masai Boma or Olduvai Gorge at an additional cost before heading to the rim of Ngorongoro Crater.

After an early breakfast, descend 600 meters to the floor of Ngorongoro Crater for a scenic drive. Ngorongoro Crater is considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world, and the Eden of Africa is home to a significant number of animal species. Supported by the annual water supply from the crater rim, the vegetation thrives and attracts animals large and small, including buffalo, hippo, zebra, rhino, elephant, and cats such as lion, leopard, cheetah, jackal, and hyena.

On this day safari in Ngorongoro Crater, there is a chance to see the BIG FIVE. A packed lunch will be served on the crater floor before you later return to Arusha or Moshi.