6 days · Serengeti · Ngorongoro
Built around where the herds are, month by month
Six days weighted toward the Serengeti, with the camp chosen for the month you travel rather than by convention.
- Duration
- 6 days / 5 nights
- Type
- Private safari
- Starts
- Arusha
- Ends
- Arusha
- Best for
- Serengeti · Ngorongoro
- Indicative from
- Price on request
The route
Why this one
The migration is not a place, it is a moving population of roughly 1.3 million wildebeest. An itinerary that names one camp all year is not following it. This one moves north or south depending on when you come.
Day by day
What happens, in order
Arusha to Tarangire
Afternoon game drive; an easy first day.
Tarangire to central Serengeti
Across the highlands and down onto the plains.
Central to northern Serengeti
Following the herds. The short-grass plains in the south from December to March, the Grumeti and Mara rivers from June to October.
Northern to central Serengeti
Back south through the park, with the freedom to return to something you found the day before.
Central Serengeti to Ngorongoro
A morning drive, then the climb to the crater rim.
Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha
Dawn descent, then home.
Included
- Private pop-top 4x4 with a guaranteed window seat each
- Professional guide throughout
- All park, crater and conservation fees
- Accommodation and meals as listed
- Drinking water in the vehicle every day
- Airport transfers
Not included
- International flights
- Tanzania visa
- Travel and medical insurance
- Tips for your guide and crew
- Drinks, laundry and anything personal
- Optional activities such as a balloon flight
Questions
Asked before every departure
When are the river crossings?
Usually July to September on the Mara in the north, but the herds do not keep a calendar. A crossing is never guaranteed and any operator who guarantees one is selling you something.
Where is the calving season?
Ndutu and the southern short-grass plains, roughly late January to March. For that, look at the nine-day calving departure instead.
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6-Day Serengeti Migration Safari
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