10 Days Serengeti Wildebeest Migration
10 Days Serengeti Wildebeest Migration
Witness the Great Migration happening in Serengeti National Park on this 10 Days Serengeti Wildebeest Migration. Catch a sight of this natural wonders with over two million wildebeests, zebras, and antelope traveling over 450 miles across the plain to ensure their survival, unaware the danger presented by the stalking lions. Cheetahs and African wild dogs among others.
Highlights of 10 Days Serengeti Wildebeest Migration
Day 1: Arrival – Arusha
Day 2 – Serengeti National Park (North)
Day 3 – Serengeti North (Kogatende)
Day 4 – Serengeti North (Kogatende)
Day 5 – Serengeti National Park (Central Seronera)
Day 6 – Serengeti Central (Central Seronera)
Day 7 – Serengeti Central (Cental Seronera)
Day 8 – Ngorongoro Crater Tour
Day 9 – Tarangire National Park
Day 10 – Back to Arusha
Detailed Itinerary of 10 Days Serengeti Wildebeest Migration
Day 1: Arrival – Arusha
On arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, our guide will meet you and transfer you to your hotel in Arusha.
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: The Mount Meru Hotel
Day 2 – Serengeti National Park (North)
After breakfast, transfer to Arusha Airstrip for your flight to Serengeti National Park which departs around 7 am and arrive at around 10 am. Meet our guide and go for a game drive in Northern Mara. Serengeti National Park is famed for the annual wildebeest migration of over 1.5 million wildebeests and hundred thousands of zebras on annual journey in search for water and green pasture.
Witness an actual survival of the fittest as these animals plunge through crocodile-infested waters. The wildebeest produces more than 8,000 calves daily before the 1,000 km (600 mil) trek begins again.
Meal Plan: Beakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Acacia Migration Camp
Day 3 – Serengeti North (Kogatende)
After breakfast, we depart for Serengeti North for a game viewing experience following the Great Migration. River crossings at Kigatende starts in August as the mega herd settles into the area. Between August – October, game viewing is at its best with river crossings pretty much guaranteed every day. There is no distinct movement as the herds tend to cross back and forth over the river, following the rains and subsequent fresh grasses.
You can also take part in an optional hot air balloon flight.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Acacia Migration Camp
Day 4 – Serengeti North (Kogatende)
After breakfast, we proceed for a full day game viewing and following the Great Migration at Mara Area. Resident wildlife numbers are exceptionally high at the Wagakuria area, the key feature is the Mara River and there is a great chance to see the herds across the Mara River to the North on one day and back south a few days later.
Note: It can be very difficult to witness crossing and is sometimes a matter of luck. A herd can be seen next to river and only decide to cross a couple of days later. This area is a stunning region with kopjes, woodland, riverine vegetation and open plains, similar of Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Acacia Migration Camp
Day 5 – Serengeti National Park (Central Seronera)
After breakfast at your camp, we head to Serengeti Central. The Serengeti is the oldest and most popular national park in Tanzania, an a world heritage site. The park is famed for its annual migration, with over six million hooves pound the open plains, as more than 200,000 zebras and 300,000 Thomson’s gazelle join the wildebeest’s trek for fresh grazing. Yet even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers an amazing game-viewing in Africa; the great herds of buffalo, small groups of elephant and giraffes, and thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant’s gazelle.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Acacia Migration Camp
Day 6 -7 – Serengeti Central (Central Seronera)
After breakfast, we head to the Central Serengeti for full day game drive in Central Serengeti. Apart from the large mammals, Serengeti is also home to gaudy agama lizards, rock hyraxes scuffling around the surfaces of the park’s isolated granite koppies. Wide varieties of dung beetle were found, and around 500 bird species have been recorded ranging from ostrich, bizarre secretary bird of the open grasslands, to the black eagles that soar effortlessly above the Lobo Hills.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Serengeti Acacia Tented Camp
Day 8 – Ngorongoro Crater Tour
After breakfast, we head to Ngorongoro Crater for a game drive inside the crater. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is an extensive highland area along the eastern arm of the Rift Valley, with the world-renowned Ngorongoro Crater as its focal point. As you explore the crater, you will enjoy sighting of several animals including buffaloes, lions, leopards, cheetahs and several bird species.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Serian Tarangire Camp
Day 9 – Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, proceed for a full day game drive in Tarangire National Park located slightly off the main safari route. Tarangire is a lovely quiet park in Northern Tanzania’s most famous for its elephant migration, and birding safari with a quiet atmosphere.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Serian Tarangire Camp
Day 10 – Back to Arusha
After breakfast, we head back to Arusha with a stopover at the market. You will be dropped off either at your hotel or at the airport for your flight back home bringing your Serengeti Wildebeest Migration Safari to an end.
End of 10 Days Serengeti Wildebeest Migration
Inclusions
- Park fees
- All activities (unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation as stated in the itinerary
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- All Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section)
Exclusions
- International flights (from/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips (tipping guideline US$20.00 pp per day)
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
- Alcoholic drinks
- Services not mentioned in the program
- Travel insurance and medical repatriation
- Items of a personal nature
