5-Day Ndutu Calving Season Safari in Tanzania with Ngorongoro

After breakfast, depart from Arusha and drive toward the Southern Serengeti and Ndutu area, passing through the scenic landscapes of the Ngorongoro Highlands. As you approach Ndutu, the landscape opens into vast grasslands that become a major gathering area for the Great Serengeti Migration during the calving season.

Enjoy a game drive en route, searching for wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, giraffes, elephants, and predators such as lions and cheetahs. Your guide will focus on areas where the migration herds are reported to be moving. Arrive at your camp in the evening for dinner and overnight.

Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Spend a full day exploring the Ndutu area during the 2027 calving season. Start early with a game drive across the Southern Serengeti plains, following the migration herds and searching for areas where wildebeests are giving birth.

During the peak calving period, thousands of calves may be born across the plains, attracting predators including lions, cheetahs, and hyenas. Your experienced guide will carefully select viewing areas based on current wildlife movements while maintaining a respectful distance from the animals.

Enjoy a picnic lunch in the wilderness before continuing your afternoon game drive and returning to camp in the evening.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, enjoy a final morning game drive around Ndutu before beginning your journey toward Central Serengeti. Continue through the changing landscapes of the Serengeti, with opportunities to encounter wildlife along the route.

As you move north, the scenery gradually changes into the classic central Serengeti plains, home to abundant resident wildlife throughout the year. Enjoy an afternoon game drive in the Central Serengeti, searching for lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, buffaloes, and other wildlife.

Later, continue to your camp for dinner and overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Start the day with a morning game drive in Central Serengeti, taking advantage of the cooler morning temperatures and active wildlife. Explore the plains in search of predators and herbivores while enjoying the spectacular Serengeti scenery.

After the game drive, continue toward the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, travelling through scenic landscapes and highland areas. Your journey provides opportunities to see wildlife and experience the transition from the Serengeti plains to the Ngorongoro Highlands.

Arrive at your accommodation in the afternoon or evening, enjoy dinner, and relax in preparation for the following day's crater game drive.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After an early breakfast, descend approximately 600 meters into the Ngorongoro Crater for your final game drive. Explore the crater floor, where grasslands, forests, wetlands, and permanent water sources support a remarkable concentration of wildlife.

Search for lions, elephants, buffaloes, zebras, wildebeests, hippos, flamingos, and, with luck, the endangered black rhino. Enjoy a picnic lunch inside the crater surrounded by spectacular scenery before ascending in the afternoon.

Continue your journey back to Arusha, arriving later in the day and marking the end of your unforgettable Ndutu Calving Season Safari 2027.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch