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9 Days - Tanzania Great Migration Safari

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Trip Highlights

Location

  • Arusha
  • Lake Manyara National Park
  • Ngorongoro Crater
  • Tarangire National PArk
  • Serengeti National Park

Activities

  • Game Drive

DAY 1

Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport

Welcome to Tanzania. On arrival you will be met in person by a SafariHQ guide and transferred to your accommodation for an overnight stay. Depending on your time of arrival,  You can choose to relax at the hotel or the more adventure minded may decide to explore the bustling city of Arusha. Take the opportunity to shop for souvenirs. You can find many examples of handicrafts at the local craft markets, such as colourful scarves, mekonde carvings, batik, jewellery and artworks. 

O/N Arusha Accommodation

Ilboru Safari Lodge2
Ilboru Safari Lodge - Basic
Ilboru Safari Lodge is a beautiful sanctuary set on five acres tucked away in the outskirts of Arusha with mature trees and finely manicured gardens. The lodge has forty-eight cottages in which to accommodate our guests, a very nice pool and restaurant. Ilboru focuses on simple comfort with fine hospitality.
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Kahawa House - Comfort
Conveniently located only four kms. from Arusha Airport. This homely lodge is the ideal base either on the way to the Parks, after a safari or even as a stopover on the way back home.
Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge
Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge - Comfort Plus
Set in lush gardens amid forest and crystal clear waters on the slopes of Mount Meru, Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge is a wonderful place to relax and simmer in the immense beauty of East Africa. The Lodge has been adapted from an early colonial farmhouse built in the early 20th century and it is one of the oldest family lodges in Arusha.
Arusha Villa
Arusha Villa - Luxury
In the centre of a coffee plantation, surrounded by monumental trees, Arusha Villa is a perfect place to start (and end) your safari. Six large and luxurious rooms and two family rooms. Four beautiful located garden view rooms. Hike through the coffee and meet the local people in the nearby villages

Accommodation: B – Ilboru Safari Lodge  |  C- Kahawa House | CP –  Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge | L – Arusha Villas

DAY 2

Arusha to Tarangire National Park

Today you will drive to Tarangire National Park for a full day of game viewing. Tarangire National Park is dominated by the perennial Tarangire River and is characteristically known for its giant baobab trees and its  large elephant herds. In fact, it has the largest population of any park in northern Tanzania. These gentle giants abound in excess of 3,000. A picnic lunch will be served at one of the many picnic sites, but beware of the cheeky Vervet Monkeys who enjoy nothing more than stealing unsuspecting safari guest lunch boxes.

O/N stay Tarangire Accommodation

Burunge Tented Lodge
Burunge Tented Camp - Basic
Lake Burunge Tented Camp is a luxury camps situated on the shores of Lake Burunge and located in the migratory corridor of Lake Manyara and Tarangire. The Camp is set in 25,000 hectares of concession area & consists of 20 luxury tents located in a shady bush land grove, with spectacular views onto Lake Burunge on the fringe of Tarangire National Park.
Maramboi Tented Lodge
Maramboi Tented Lodge - Comfort
Situated on the shores of Lake Manyara, Maramboi is a large permanent tented camp, ideally positioned for game viewing in Manyara National Park and Tarangire National Park. The rooms are permanent tents sitting on raised wooden platforms and are Large, tasteful and clean with 24 hour electricity and a view over across to Lake Manyara. At the centre of the camp are the main mess area and swimming pool as well as a library and lounge.
Tarangire Kuro Treetops Lodge
Tarangire Kuro Tree Top Tented Lodge - Comfort Plus
Indulge in lavish luxury at the Tarangire Kuro Treetops Lodge, nestled deep within the heart of the National Park. The Lodge is strategically located atop an elevated Kopje hill, overlooking the Tarangire River and the Silale valley
Mpingo Ridge Luxury Lodge
Mpingo Ridge - Luxury
Tarangire's latest luxury Tented Lodge, Mpingo Ridge, will impress even the most discerning traveler. This opulent property sits on top of an escarpment with sweeping views across the perennial Tarangire River Valley. Each of the 15 spacious tented suites have been carefully positioned to maximize the sensational view. All tents feature en-suite bathrooms, inside and outside hot showers, private decks, sunken outside lounges that convert to afternoon siesta beds and complimentary wifi.

Accommodation: B – Burunge Tented Lodge  |  C- Maramboi Tented Lodge | CP –  Tarangire Kuro Treetops Camp | L – Mpingo Ridge 

DAY 3

Tarangire National Park.

Today will be an adventure packed day of game driving in Tarangire National Park. Also expect to see zebra, eland, mongoose, giraffe, bushbuck, hartebeest, dik dik, impala, warthog, reedbuck. Primates you may encounter are olive baboon, vervet monkey and bushbaby. Many carnivores are abundant throughout the park such as lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena and jackal. 

O/N Tarangire Accommodation

Burunge Tented Lodge
Burunge Tented Lodge - Basic
Lake Burunge Tented Camp is a luxury camps situated on the shores of Lake Burunge and located in the migratory corridor of Lake Manyara and Tarangire. The Camp is set in 25,000 hectares of concession area & consists of 20 luxury tents located in a shady bush land grove, with spectacular views onto Lake Burunge on the fringe of Tarangire National Park.
Maramboi Tented Lodge
Maramboi Tented Lodge - Comfort
Situated on the shores of Lake Manyara, Maramboi is a large permanent tented camp, ideally positioned for game viewing in Manyara National Park and Tarangire National Park. The rooms are permanent tents sitting on raised wooden platforms and are Large, tasteful and clean with 24 hour electricity and a view over across to Lake Manyara. At the centre of the camp are the main mess area and swimming pool as well as a library and lounge.
Tarangire Kuro Treetops Lodge
Tarangire Kuro Treetops - Comfort Plus
Indulge in lavish luxury at the Tarangire Kuro Treetops Lodge, nestled deep within the heart of the National Park. The Lodge is strategically located atop an elevated Kopje hill, overlooking the Tarangire River and the Silale valley
Mpingo Ridge Luxury Lodge
Mpingo Ridge - Luxury
Tarangire's latest luxury Tented Lodge, Mpingo Ridge, will impress even the most discerning traveler. This opulent property sits on top of an escarpment with sweeping views across the perennial Tarangire River Valley. Each of the 15 spacious tented suites have been carefully positioned to maximize the sensational view. All tents feature en-suite bathrooms, inside and outside hot showers, private decks, sunken outside lounges that convert to afternoon siesta beds and complimentary wifi.

Accommodation: B – Burunge Tented Lodge  |  C- Maramboi Tented Lodge | CP –  Tarangire Kuro Treetops Camp | L – Mpingo Ridge 

DAY 4

Tarangire, Manyara National Park, Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast transfer to Lake Manyara National Park, stopping at Mto Wa Mbu to explore the village, followed by a traditional Tanzania food tasting. Enjoy a chance to stretch your legs before heading into Lake Manyara National Park for an afternoon of game viewing. 

Lake Manyara National Park, famous for its tree climbing lions, elephants and 3 species of primates including vervet monkey, blue monkey and baboon. The park boasts one of the highest concentrations of elephants in Africa and is home to the largest baboon troop ever documented. Exit in the latter stages of the afternoon for Ngorongoro Crater Rim. 

O/N Ngorongoro Highlands or Ngorongoro Crater

Ngorongoro Forest Tented Lodge
Ngorongoro Forest Tented Lodge - Basic
This lodge comprises of luxurious tents built on wood platforms. The tents are large, with wonderful entrances, verandahs, several windows, ensuite bathrooms and of course bedding with mosquito nets.
Pakulala Camp Ngorongoro
Pakulala Camp Ngorongoro Crater - Comfort & Comfort Plus
Pakulala Camp is elegant, understated and modern. The tents offer an elegant fusion of modern and classic design. Pakulala Camp is a luxury mobile camp located on the Ngorongoro Crater rim itself facing the Ngorongoro Crater with unrivalled views of the Ngorongoro Crater.
The Highlands
The Highlands - Luxury
The Highlands Camp is set high on the slopes of Olmoti volcano in the Ngorongoro Highlands, with sweeping views all the way to the Serengeti. The Highlands strikes the perfect balance between a wilderness experience and a stylish tented retreat with all the desired creature comforts.

Accommodation:  B –Ngorongoro Forest Tented Camp  |  C & CP – Pakulala Camp Ngorongoro Crater  |  L –The Highlands

DAY 5

Ngorongoro Crater

Today we descend into the world famous Ngorongoro Crater,  ‘Africa’s Eden’ and the ‘8th Natural Wonder of the World’. The rich pasture and permanent water of the Crater floor supports a resident population of some 25,000 to 30,000 large mammals. The Ngorongoro Crater is also one of the few places left in East Africa where you can see the Black Rhino a member of the BIG 5, which are all residents. We ascend the crater in the early afternoon and make our to a nearby Maasai Village for a short village tour before returning to camp.

O/N Ngorongoro accommodation.

Ngorongoro Forest Tented Lodge
Ngorongoro Forest Tented Lodge - Basic
This lodge comprises of luxurious tents built on wood platforms. The tents are large, with wonderful entrances, verandahs, several windows, ensuite bathrooms and of course bedding with mosquito nets.
Pakulala Camp Ngorongoro
Pakulala Camp Ngorongoro Crater - Comfort & Comfort Plus
The Sound of Silence tented resort is a luxurious safari resort in Serengeti, Tanzania. Here you can find, and enjoy, the magic of the Sound of Silence. Stay in one of our 50m2 design tents with all the comfort you need. We are happy to have you as one of our guests!
The Highlands
The Highlands - Luxury
The Highlands Camp is set high on the slopes of Olmoti volcano in the Ngorongoro Highlands, with sweeping views all the way to the Serengeti. The Highlands strikes the perfect balance between a wilderness experience and a stylish tented retreat with all the desired creature comforts.

Accommodation:  B –Ngorongoro Forest Tented Camp  |  C & CP – Pakulala Camp Ngorongoro Crater  |  L –The Highlands

DAY 6

Ngorongoro Crater to Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, we will depart on an en-route game drive through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to the Serengeti National Park. Enjoy the beautiful panoramic views as we drive around the Ngorongoro Crater rim while game viewing  towards the endless plains of the Serengeti. We will stop at Olduvai Gorge, site of Louis and Mark Leakey’s famous discoveries of man’s ancient ancestors, the Zinjanthropus Bosei.  

Afterwards we will then proceed towards the world famous Serengeti National Park. The Serengeti is unequalled for its beauty and scientific value and has come to symbolise the classic African Safari. With more than 2 million wildebeest, 500,000 Thomson’s gazelle, and 250,000 zebra, it has the largest concentration of plains game animals in Africa. 

 O/N Central Serengeti

Serengeti Kati Kati
Serengeti Kati Kati Camp - Basic
Kati Kati Tented Camp has three different locations during the year depending on the movement of the wildlife, allowing guests to be located close to the migration. The camp offers comfortable tented accommodation and a unique opportunity to enjoy a real safari camp experience. All tents have large king size beds or twin beds, en-suite bathrooms, a shower, hand basin and flush toilet. Lighting is supplied by solar lights.
Naona Camp Moru Serengeti
Naona Camp - Comfort
This intimate and luxurious camp is set on a beautiful elevated viewing hill beside the famous Moru Kopjes, Naona Moru Camp offers fantastic wildlife experiences all year round. Naona Moru Camp offers only a total of ten well-appointed tented suites ideal for couples and honeymooners, or small families as private bush dinners can be arranged.
Ole Serai Luxury Camps Moru Kopjes
Serengeti Ole Serai Camp - Comfort Plus
Pioneer Camp
Serengeti Pioneer Camp - Luxury
Serengeti Pioneer Camp is ideally situated in the Serengeti to offer superior access to the annual migration and the ‘Big 5’ with sweeping views overlooking Moru Kopjes, Lake Magadi and the endless plains. Paying homage to the mobile camps of the 1930’s, a time when an African safari was truly a journey into the unknown, Serengeti Pioneer Camp’s ‘zero footprint’ and close proximity to nature combines to make an unmistakably distinctive and truly individual offering.

Accommodation: B –Kati Kati Camp  |  C – Naona Camp (Mar,June, Nov)  |  Kaskas Camp Kogatende (July – Oct) Nasikia Ndutu Camp (Dec – Feb)   |  CP-Serengeti Ole Serai Camp  |   L –Serengeti Pioneer Camp or Ewanjan Camp or Mara Camp

DAY 7

Serengeti National Park 

You will rise early to enjoy a full day of game viewing in the Serengeti. Depending on the location of the Great Wildebeest Migration, we may relocate to a new camp in the North or South Serengeti so we are close to the great herds. 

 O/N Serengeti NDUTU or Northern Serengeti Kogatende

Serengeti Kati Kati
Kati Kati Camp - Basic
Kati Kati Tented Camp has three different locations during the year depending on the movement of the wildlife, allowing guests to be located close to the migration. The camp offers comfortable tented accommodation and a unique opportunity to enjoy a real safari camp experience. All tents have large king size beds or twin beds, en-suite bathrooms, a shower, hand basin and flush toilet. Lighting is supplied by solar lights.
Kaskas Camp
Kaskas Camp - Comfort Plus
This camp is located to provide a indulgent base for optimal migration viewing all through out the year. With large netted windows and draped roofing in each suite for Serengeti-style air conditioning, cotton curtains dancing on the breeze, oversized beds, indoor and out door furnishings of style, expansive floor space, great hardwood double vanities, hand carved decor with Swahili flair. Kaskaz Mara Camp proposes style and grace in the far northern Serengeti.
Ole Serai Camp Kogatende
Ole Serai Camp - Comfort Plus
This Luxury Camp is strategically located within the northern (Kogatende) area of the famous Serengeti National Park in Tanzania and is set amidst the most prime areas of the Serengeti following the path of the great migration. Due to the Campsite’s ideal location, the great spectacle of the world-famous annual migration can be witnessed close to the camp’s doorsteps since the site lies along one of the main migratory corridors/routes, which the wildebeest use during their Great Migration going to and from the North and South of the Serengeti.
Mara Luxury Camp
Mara Luxury Camp - Luxury
Mara Luxury mobile tented camp offers an authentic bush experience, but the tents are spacious and each is furnished with two queen-size beds and all the little luxuries that make them surprisingly comfortable. All tents have a private tent attendant ensuring your safari shower is filled with hot water to wash away the dust of the African savannah.

Accommodation: B –Kati Kati Camp  |  C – Kas Kas Camp  |  CP- Serengeti Ole Serai Camp  |  L – Mara Luxury Mobile Camp

DAY 8

Serengeti National Park 

Today you will spend the day game viewing and with some good luck you will witness the Great Wildebeest Migration. The Wildebeest Herds are in the Southern Serengeti / Ndutu area from Early December to February. This time of year is known as the Calving Season where hundreds of thousands of Wildebeest along with other wildlife are born on the southern plains. This is a spectacle in itself as predators are also aligned with this feeding opportunity and so game viewing is quite intense and rewarding. The Wildebeest migrate up through the Serengeti reaching the Northern Serengeti and cross into the Masai Mara and back during the months of late July through to early October. 

 O/N Serengeti Ndutu or Kogatende

Serengeti Kati Kati
Kati Kati Camp - Basic
Kati Kati Tented Camp has three different locations during the year depending on the movement of the wildlife, allowing guests to be located close to the migration. The camp offers comfortable tented accommodation and a unique opportunity to enjoy a real safari camp experience. All tents have large king size beds or twin beds, en-suite bathrooms, a shower, hand basin and flush toilet. Lighting is supplied by solar lights.
Kaskas Camp
Kas Kas Camp - Comfort
This camp is located to provide a indulgent base for optimal migration viewing all through out the year. With large netted windows and draped roofing in each suite for Serengeti-style air conditioning, cotton curtains dancing on the breeze, oversized beds, indoor and out door furnishings of style, expansive floor space, great hardwood double vanities, hand carved decor with Swahili flair. Kaskaz Mara Camp proposes style and grace in the far northern Serengeti.
Ole Serai Camp Kogatende
Serengeti Ole Serai Camp
This Luxury Camp is strategically located within the northern (Kogatende) area of the famous Serengeti National Park in Tanzania and is set amidst the most prime areas of the Serengeti following the path of the great migration. Due to the Campsite’s ideal location, the great spectacle of the world-famous annual migration can be witnessed close to the camp’s doorsteps since the site lies along one of the main migratory corridors/routes, which the wildebeest use during their Great Migration going to and from the North and South of the Serengeti.
Mara Luxury Camp
Mara Luxury Camp - Luxury
Mara Luxury mobile tented camp offers an authentic bush experience, but the tents are spacious and each is furnished with two queen-size beds and all the little luxuries that make them surprisingly comfortable. All tents have a private tent attendant ensuring your safari shower is filled with hot water to wash away the dust of the African savannah.

Accommodation: B – Kati Kati Camp  |  C – Kas Kas Camp  |  CP- Serengeti Ole Serai Camp  |  L – Mara Luxury Mobile Camp 

DAY 9

Serengeti National Park  to Kilimanjaro Airport

Spend a final early morning game viewing in the Serengeti National Park before transferring to the Airstrip for the flight back to Arusha Airport where the safari concludes.

Set Your Own Pace and Choose Your Own Style of Comfort

INCLUDED:

  • Lodge Accommodation 6N 
  • Meals – 6 Breakfasts, 6 lunches, 5 dinners
  • Game drives
  • Mto Wa Mbu Village
  • Traditional Food Tasting 
  • Maasai Boma Village 
  • Olduvai Gorge Museum 
  • Vehicle fees 
  • Park & Concession fees 
  • Guide fees 
  • AMREF Airlift 
  • Coffee & Tea 
  • Water daily 
  • Return Airport or hotel transfer 
  • Alcoholic beverages Lahia/Kubu, Neptune Ngorongoro

EXCLUDED:

  • Guide Tips 
  • Additional activities not listed in inclusions 
  • Personal items required,
  • Alcoholic beverages Arusha Villas

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