6-Day Serengeti Migration Safari with Ngorongoro Crater

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 effects 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 its endless plains rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. We will proceed to the Lobo area, located north of Seronera and typified by green rolling hills in central Serengeti National Park. In the Lobo area, the wildebeest migration typically occurs every year around July/August en route to Kenya's Masai Mara Reserve, and again in late October/November en route to southern Serengeti National Park.

Early in the morning, after breakfast, you will enjoy a full-day game drive in Serengeti National Park. We descend toward the Lobo area and the Grumeti River, which is located just north of the Seronera area in central Serengeti National Park. The wildebeest migration normally passes through the Lobo area and Grumeti River around July and October, and non-migrating animals such as elephants, buffalo, gazelle, zebra, lion, leopard, and cheetah can also be seen here. We will continue the game drive until the afternoon in Serengeti National Park.

After breakfast, we head toward the northern Serengeti National Park, the Wagakuria area. We follow the game drive route from the Lobo area to the Wagakuria area. As we head north, visitors can see many animals in Serengeti, such as 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 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 wildlife are found. This camp 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, where large groups of wildebeest cross the river and wild animals can be enjoyed in peace. Visitors can also take an optional hot air balloon ride to enjoy the wildlife in this area.

We proceed in the morning and afternoon with a game drive in central Serengeti with lunch, and after that, continue enjoying a game drive in Serengeti. A visitor can also take a few hours of break at the lodge in the mid-afternoon. Central Serengeti means endless plain in the Masai language and is surrounded by animals such as 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 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 proceed with the game drive to continue viewing wild animals in Serengeti. After that, you will transfer to the gate of Serengeti to check out of Serengeti National Park, then continue with a game drive 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, where we may also see flamingos, wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, lion, and elephants. After enjoying the game drive in Ngorongoro Crater and viewing its wildlife, you will drive back to Arusha/Moshi for overnight.