9 Days Serengeti Wildebeest Migration |Endless Plain |Signature Safari

Serengeti Endless plain and lake Natron Masai culture experience

9 Days Serengeti Wildebeest Safari Highlights

Serengeti endless plain and lake Natron masai experience this progma will lead you to see all of Africa’s big five, especially the iconic lion,Rhino,leopard,Flamongo and many more also experience masai and hadzabe bushmen coulture, this is recommended the perfect safari for you. Visit the best wildlife spots in northern Tanzania. From the famous Serengeti, which is the world’s greatest lion sanctuary, to flamingo paradise Lake Natron and the beautiful Ngorongoro Crater, which is home to almost 30,000 animals (including the Big Five).

Day 0 - Arrival Day

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport, you will be met by your driver and transferred to https://www.tuliahotelandspa.com/ in Arusha for dinner and overnight. Settle into your accommodation, ready to start your safari proper in the morning. Depending on your arrival time, you may have your pre-safari briefing today of Tanzania Safari ; if not, it will take place early tomorrow morning before depart for safari.

Accommodation:Tulia Boutique Hotel and Spa

Day 1-Arusha National Park/Canoe ride

After breakfast you drive to Arusha National Park for a morning game drive with picnic lunch. This is one of the smaller national parks in Tanzania, but it has a rich variety of wildlife and landscapes. From the swampy Ngurdoto Crater and alkaline lakes to dense jungle and the towering peaks of Mount Meru and Kilimanjaro. After your picnic lunch enjoy a peaceful and scenic canoeing safari on Momella Lake. On this 2 hours canoe safari you can view buffaloes, bushbuck, giraffes, hippos, birds and beautiful views of Mount Meru and Kilimanjaro (on a clear day). Evening you will be taken back to the accommodation in Arusha for relaxation and overnight.

Accommodation:Tulia Boutique Hotel and Spa

Day 2-Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, drive to Tarangire National Park, enjoy full day game drive with picnic lunch.The park consists of natural vegetation mainly of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south. Both the river and the swamps act like a magnet for wild animals, during Tanzania’s dry season. The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa.This African National Park is also home to three rare species of animals – the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as a few Ashy Starlings.Accommodation will be Octagon Lodge.

Accommodation:Octagon Lodge

Day 3-Karatu - Lake Natron

After breakfast you will leave Karatu and head to the Lake Natron. From here you will travel on a spectacular and very bumpy gravel road along the Rift Valley Escarpment with Ol Doinyo Lengai “the holy mountain” of the Maasai in the distance. Today’s destination is the beautiful Masai village of Ngare Sero, an oasis in the hot and dusty Rift Valley. In the distance you will notice a pink glow from thousands of flamingos breeding and feeding on the algae of the alkaline Lake Natron. In the afternoon you will join a Maasai guide on a walk to a nearby waterfall before you return to the campsite at Masai Giraffe Eco Lodge for your overnight .

Accommodation : Masai Giraffe Eco Lodge

Day 4-Lake Natron - Serengeti National Park

After an early start, you will travel along adventurous dirt tracks with breath-taking views as your vehicle climbs out of the Rift Valley to reach the grassy plains of the Serengeti by midday. Serengeti means “endless plains” in the language of the Maasai and you will see the grassland savannah stretching to the horizon. The Serengeti is the most famous park in Tanzania and it is home to the largest animal migration on the planet – hundreds of thousands of animals trek to find fresh grass and water.There is a big change you can see the Great Migration of wildebeest in this area of the Serengeti between June to September.The herds must outsmart the crocodiles and fast flowing water before facing predators waiting on the other side. An amazing spectacle. Dinner and overnight are at the beautiful Serengeti Heritage Tented Lodge kogatende North Serengeti for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation:Serengeti Heritage Tented Lodge Central

Day 5-Full day in Serengeti Park

The entire day is dedicated to game viewing in the Serengeti National Park. You will either go on a full day game drive or join early morning and afternoon drives in the Seronera area, depending on last night’s stop. Between December and May huge herds of wildebeests and zebras will be seen, with calves and foals being born between January and March. The Seronera area is also the best place to spot the shy and nocturnal leopard.Dinner and overnight will be at the Serengeti Heritage Tented Lodge Central, where a delectation of dining, rest and, relaxation await us, and a sleep upon the ‘Endless Plain’ as our minds eye roves over the sights and sounds of the day.

Accommodation:Serengeti Heritage Tented Lodge Central

Day 6-Serengeti - Ngorongoro Conservation Area

After having a delicious and heavy breakfast, depart for a game drive you will leave Serengeti with a game drive to explore the central portion of the Serengeti National Park today while heading to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The legendary Serengeti National Park is the most renowned safari destination for its incredible population of lions and leopards. The central portion of the Serengeti – known as Seronera area is one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park. It features the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. During the off season of the migration, one must really look out for the many lion pride that thrive in this region. The interactions and survival of these lion pride provide an excellent game viewing experience all year round. Along with a picnic lunch during the full day game drive evening. We are completely flexible with your preferences and this day will be doing another full game drive since the Serengeti is large and vast we can find different areas to exploit and spot animals and when you are lucky enough you can even see some events such as animal hunting and fighting. Later on after this beautiful scenery tour with full of memories we starts our en-route game drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, on the way we will be able to spot different animals and bird species, then upon our arrival at Ngorongoro Conservation Area for dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge. Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge, situated only a few hundred meters from the crater’s rim, offers a perfect base to explore the Ngorongoro Crater and its surroundings.

Accommodation:Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge

Day 7- Ngorongoro Crater

Rise and shine! It is up at daybreak to take on the steep path after breakfast leading down into the 600 m deep crater with packed picnic lunch. The slopes are forested but soon the landscape changes to savannah with the occasional acacia tree here and there. The wildlife in the crater is just breath-taking and with a little luck you might see the Big Five – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard. You should also see warthogs, wildebeests, zebras, hippos and some of the more than 500 bird species of the area.The Ngorongoro Crater in Northern Tanzania, once a gigantic volcano, is the largest intact caldera in the world. Some maintain that before it erupted, it would have been higher than Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa.Animals in Ngorongoro were just trapped after descending down to the crater and could not come out again and this made them multiply within the crater. Currently all the African big 5 can be seen in Ngorongoro crater like the black Rhinos, Elephants, Lions, Buffalo and Leopards.Accommodation will be at Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation:Lake Eyasi Safari Lodge

Day 8-Lake Eyasi / Datoga & Hadzabe

After our breakfast we set out on our saunter through the bush making our way to the area that the Bushmen call home. With our guide on hand to fill us in on our surroundings and on the culture of the Peoples we intend to visit, and a local guide knowledgeable in the language of the Bushmen, we are well taken care of on our adventure. This tribe is called the Hadzabe and are a group made up of about ten families. The Hadzabe are welcoming of guests and we will get the chance to engage with them in their home environment and to get an insight into bush life and their unique hunting methods when engaged in capturing game or rodents or gathering insects, roots, and leaves. The Hadzabe live in caves, with little fear of the wildlife that shares their environment. We enjoy our picnic lunch before walking back to camp for dinner and our nights at our accommodation at Octagon Lodge for dinner and overnight.Accommodation will be Octagon Lodge situated amidst colorful and exotic gardens and provides a perfect base for visiting the Northern Parks of Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti.

Accommodation:Octagon Lodge

Day 9-Lake Manyara National Park - Departure

Today starts, after breakfast, with a game drive in Lake Manyara National park. This park is known for its huge soda lake filled with pink-hued flamingos, large population of baboons, incredible birdlife and breathtaking views. You can see giraffes, elephants, hippos, buffaloes, zebras, flamingos and if you are lucky you spot a tree-climbing lion. In the late afternoon you will continue to Rift Valley Photographic Lodge for dinner. After dinner you will depart for night game drive in lake Manyara national park to look for animals that are hardly seen in day light like porcupine, aardvark, genets, bush babies and others. This is also a unique opportunity for you to experience the Wild Africa at night as you listen to the different animal sounds.

On this last day of your safari you drive back to Arusha for lunch and then continue to Kilimanjaro International Airport for you departure flight.

End of 9 Days Serengeti Wildebeest Safari