5-Day Serengeti Migration Safari with Kogatende and Ngorongoro

Early in the morning, you will leave Moshi or Arusha town and drive toward Serengeti National Park via the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. After a few hours, you will stop at a supermarket and take a few minutes to shop for any personal items you may need.

Later, you will arrive in Serengeti in the afternoon. Serengeti National Park is a large national park in northern Tanzania that stretches over 14,763 km2. It is located entirely in the eastern Mara Region, with endless plains rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see.

We will proceed to the Lobo area, located in the north of the Serengeti and typified by green rolling hills. In the Lobo area, the wildebeest migration typically passes every year around July and August on the way to Kenya's Masai Mara Reserve, and again in late October and November on the way back to southern Serengeti National Park.

After breakfast, we head toward northern Serengeti National Park, also known as the Wagakuria area, following a game drive route from the Lobo area to Wagakuria. As we head north, visitors can see many animals in the Serengeti, including giraffes, plains game, herds of buffalo, and elephants. From mid-July to October, herds of wildebeest, gazelle, and zebra begin their spectacular annual migration northwards through the Mara River area. In their wake follow predators such as lions, cheetahs, and wild dogs, with vultures circling above.

We arrive in time for lunch at the lodge, and after lunch, we will enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Kogatende area. The wildebeest migration can normally be found in the Wagakuria area from mid-July to October, depending on rainfall patterns. A long stretch of the Mara River runs through the northern Serengeti National Park.

After breakfast, you will enjoy a game drive in the Kogatende area, where large numbers of resident wildlife can be found. This camp area is used for the Serengeti Mobile Green Camp from July until the end of November, when the migration is in the northern Serengeti and hopefully crossing the Mara River.

The camp is approximately 20 minutes from the Mara River and is set on a ridge under large evergreen trees, overlooking a large part of the northern Serengeti wilderness zone. Here, large groups of wildebeest cross the river, and visitors can enjoy watching wild animals in peace.

We proceed in the morning and afternoon with a game drive in central Serengeti, with lunch included. After that, enjoy further game viewing in Serengeti, and visitors may also take a break at the lodge in the mid-afternoon. Central Serengeti, whose name means "endless plain" in the Masai language, is home to leopards, lions, hyenas, and cheetahs.

This park is normally the scene of the annual wildebeest and zebra migration between the Kenya Mara and Serengeti. It also includes a variety of bird species such as eagles, ducks, geese, egrets, vultures, secretary birds, ibis, storks, herons, pelicans, cranes, and guinea fowl. Serengeti National Park is arguably the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world, with over 3 million large mammals. About 35 species of plains animals can be seen here, including the "Big 5": elephant, rhino, lion, leopard, and buffalo. Other common species found here include hippo, giraffe, eland, impala and other antelope types, baboons, monkeys, and a profusion of over 500 species of birds.

After lunch, you will continue with the game drive to view wild animals in Serengeti. After that, you will transfer to the Serengeti gate to check out of the national park. Afterwards, you will continue game viewing en route to Ngorongoro Crater. Dinner and overnight will be at a camp or lodge on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater.

After breakfast, we proceed to descend into the crater and enjoy a game drive for more than 7 hours. Here, you will explore the forest areas inhabited by monkeys and elephants, and may also see flamingos, wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, lions, and elephants.

After the game drive in Ngorongoro Crater, you will drive back to Arusha or Moshi for overnight.