9 Days Migration Crossing Safari

Arrival to Kilimanjaro International Airport. After passing through customs, you will be met by a representative and transferred to your accommodations in Arusha.

Enjoy a Tanzanian sunset and relax at your hotel or lodge for the evening.

Most international flights arrive in the late evening or at night. If you have an earlier flight, contact us in advance so we can arrange a neighborhood walk or visit to a local craft market.

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After breakfast, drive to Tarangire National Park.

This park is famous for large herds of elephants, ancient Baobab trees and the beautiful Tarangire River, that attracts animals during the dry season.

After a full-day game drive, retire to your Manyara-area accommodations (approximately 45 min drive away)

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Spend a day at Lake Manyara National Park, viewing flamingoes and other water fowl, or the resident hippos that spend all afternoon in the water. Manyara is also home to tree-climbing lions, elephants and giraffes.

If you want to stretch a bit after you game drive, you can take a village walk into the cozy town of Mto wa Mbu (just outside the park), visit a banana plantation or rice fields as part of the community tour.

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Enjoy an early breakfast, because today you will enter Ngorongoro Crater to explore the world’s largest, intact volcanic caldera and an ecosystem boasting one of the highest density of mammals on earth. It’s been called a natural bowl filled with wild animals, but that doesn’t truly capture how magical this real-life wonder is in person.

Spend the day driving along the Crater floor, then return your accommodations for dinner and overnight.

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After breakfast, begin the scenic drive through Ngorongoro Conservation Area to Serengeti National Park. 

You’ll drive through beautiful highlands, then pass into the endless plains Serengeti is famous for. Keep your eyes open for gazelles, giraffes, zebras and other grazing animals as you drive.

You will overnight in the Seronera area of Central Serengeti this first night.

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After breakfast, enjoy a full-day game drive as you head from Central Serengeti to the wild north, to view the river crossings.

Photos and videos cannot prepare you for the sensation of witnessing so many animals at once; incredible is an understatement for the excitement and pure’ power that drives the migration on.

Overnight in Northern Serengeti, near the migration.

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Another full day to observe the Great Migration, first-hand. From dawn to dusk, be amazed at the pull of nature here in the Serengeti.

Option to start your day with a Hot Air Balloon ride, coast over the migration and capture scenery from a new perspective. (Additional fees apply)

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After breakfast, begin a leisurely game drive from Northern Serengeti to Lobo Valley, meander through the Moru Kopjes, visit the Retima Hippo Pool, and then return to your Seronera-area accommodations for dinner and overnight. 

This will be your last night in the Serengeti, so make sure to enjoy the sunset and stay up late around the fire.

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For your last morning, we suggest waking up early for a sunrise game drive (the best time to see cheetahs on the hunt and capture photos of leopards in action), then heading back to your accommodations for a hot breakfast.

Afterward, you will be transported to the nearest Serengeti Airstrip for your return flight back to Arusha (approx 1 hr flight).

Option to add Zanzibar extension (flights directly from Serengeti to Zanzibar are available, ask us for more information), or to transfer to the Kilimanjaro International Aiprort for your return flight.

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