6 Days Tanzania Migration Safari – Calving Season
This 6 Days Tanzania Migration Safari – Calving Season is a Tanzania safari tour to book if you are looking to enjoy the great wildebeest migration for the calving season in the southern plains of Serengeti, the Ndutu area. This 6 Days Tanzania Migration Safari – Calving Season is best booked for travel in the months of late December through March.
This 6 Days Tanzania Migration Safari – Calving Season has you enjoying amazing wild game viewing in Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, and Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Apart from game drives in Tanzania, with this safari, you shall get to enjoy a walking safari as well as visit the Olduvai Gorge for a history of human evolution.
This 6 Days Tanzania Migration Safari – Calving Season can be customized as per your travel period as the Great Wildebeest migration moves throughout the year. This Tanzania safari package can further be customized to include other destinations like Kilimanjaro Park Tanzania for a day hike or even multiple days of climbing Kilimanjaro Mountain, extra days in the Serengeti National Park, visit Tarangire National Park among other Tanzania national parks, as well as climax the safari with a Zanzibar beach holiday.
Detailed Itinerary of 6 Days Tanzania Migration Safari – Calving Season
Day 1: Pick up, Lake Manyara National Park Walking Safari
On day 1 of the 6 Days Tanzania Migration Safari – Calving Season, you shall be picked up from the airport upon arrival by our company safari guide, or hotel of stay in Arusha. He shall welcome you to Tanzania, and brief you about the safari. Thereafter, you shall proceed for a transfer to Lake Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara National Park is one of the oldest and most developed Tanzania national parks famous for the tree-climbing lions, large flocks of pink flamingos, large numbers of buffalos, elephants, giraffes, impalas, and hippos, among so many others. Lake Manyara National Park is also home to over 350 bird species, look out for a variety of bird species as you enjoy your game drive in the park.
Enjoy a guided walking safari for a chance to come up close to nature. Drive to the lodge, check in, and relax as you wait for dinner. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.
Accommodation: Twiga Lodge and Campsite for Budget, Heritage Manyara Safari Lodge for Mid-range, and Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge for Luxury.
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Transfer to Serengeti National Park, Game Drive
On 2nd day of the 6 Days Tanzania Migration Safari – Calving Season, wake up to a sumptuous breakfast at the lodge, and proceed for a transfer to the Serengeti National Park, driving through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area which is home to the African Big 5 animals and the largest in-active caldera. You shall enjoy a full-day game drive in Serengeti National Park, looking out for a variety of animals including wildebeests, lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, elands, and antelopes, among so many others. Drive to the lodge, check in, and relax as you wait for dinner. Dinner and overnight stay at the Central Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp.
Accommodation: Tukaone Serengeti Camp for Budget, Central Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp for Mid-range, and Melia Serengeti Lodge for Luxury.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Game Drive in Central Serengeti, Transfer to Ndutu
On 3rd day of the 6 Days Tanzania Migration Safari – Calving Season, you will start your day with breakfast at your lodge in Serengeti National Park as you prepare for your morning game drive. You will be driven around the central plains of the park and look out for the herds of wildebeests as they graze around the savannah plains.
After the morning game drive, you will have lunch and later engage in another game drive and enjoy looking out for wildlife species grazing in the open savannah of Serengeti National Park like elephants, giraffes, cheetahs, impalas, gazelles, buffalos, elands, antelopes, zebras, wildebeests, hippos among others.
After your picnic lunch, embark on a transfer to the Ndutu area for the calving season of the Great Wildebeest Migration. Check in at the camp, and relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Ndutu Ngorongoro Lodge for Mid-range, Ndutu Safari Lodge for Luxury.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Ndutu Wildebeest Calving Experience
You shall enjoy breakfast at the camp and get to explore the wildebeest-covered southern plains of Serengeti National Park in the Ndutu Area. Watch the wildebeest migration and the chance to witness the calves being born, as well as predators lurking around! Lunch shall be enjoyed in the wilderness. Have an early morning game drive and photography sessions as per preference: dinner and an overnight stay as above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Olduvai Gorge Visit, Crater Rim Walk
You will have breakfast before leaving the Ndutu area and driving to your next wildlife viewing destination which is the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. With your packed lunch drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area where you will enjoy an Ol Duvai Gorge visit for a lesson through the history of mankind. Enjoy a game drive in the conservation area as you drive to your lodge for check-in and an overnight stay at Eileen’s Tree Inn for Budget, Ngorongoro Tortilis Camp for Mid-range, Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge for Luxury
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater Drive, Departure
After breakfast, with your packed lunch head out for a full-day game drive in the crater. You will descend 600 meters into the crater which is home to numerous wildlife species like the big 5 which includes lions, leopards, buffalos, rhinos, and elephants. Other wildlife species in Ngorongoro include hyenas, wildebeests, antelopes, cheetahs, antelopes, zebras, hippos, waterbucks, and warthogs among others.
Different bird species can be spotted around Ngorongoro crater like ostriches as well as flamingos common along the shores of Lake Magadi.
After your picnic lunch, proceed to transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your flight, bringing your 6 Days Tanzania Migration Safari – Calving Season to an end.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch
End of the 6 Days Tanzania Migration Safari – Calving Season
Prices include
- Hotel/lodge accommodation during the safari
- Private 4×4 safari land cruiser with pop-up roof
- Professional safari and tour guide/driver
- All national park fees mentioned
- All meals on the safari
- Drinking water during the safari
- Concession and crater fees
- TANAPA VAT
Prices excludes
- Flights and visas
- Items of a personal nature like other beverages, laundry, souvenirs, and tips among others.
- hotel accommodation before/after the safari
- Entry visas
- Optional and anything else not included in the itinerary
