5 Days Lodge Migration Safari (May – June)

This itinerary is designed to visit Tarangire, Serengeti national park and its grumeti ecosystem and Ngorongoro crater. All big five are possibly to be sported. It is the best season for migration crossing from central to western corridor of Serengeti heading to north Serengeti for Mara river crossing to Masai Mara reserve.

ARRIVE IN TANZANIA

You will be picked up at the Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to your arranged hotel in Arusha town. You will meet your guide who will brief you on your Africa Safari tour. You will spend the rest of your time at your won leisure and relaxation.

Accommodation: The Bay Leaf Arusha (bed and breakfast)

DAY 1
ARUSHA – TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK

In the morning after breakfast your driver guide will be there ready to start you journey toward Tarangire National park, which will take about 2hours. The park has beautiful view and landscape covered with its savannah vegetation such as baobab trees and acacia trees. The Tarangire river is a heart of the park especially during the dry season as most of animals concentrate along the river for water and green pastures. Predators such as lions, cheetah, and leopard use this as opportunity to get its pray. The park is famous to spot the oldest and giant African elephants, Masai giraffes, herds of buffaloes, wildebeest, zebras, waterbucks’ warthogs and many other species. The park also has more than 500 species of bird life including ostrich and many others. You will have lunch to the picnic area and continue with game drive until evening when you will drive to karatu for overnight. On your way to the lodge you stop at Lake Manyara Viewpoint to enjoy an incredible view of the lake and its surrounding.

Dinner and overnight at Marera lodge or Bougainvillea lodge

DAY 2
KARATU – SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

Our day starts as we finish the breakfast, you will pack your things and start our journey to Serengeti. Today you will start early around 7:30am we will cross the Ngorongoro highland of Karatu town, then cross the Ngorongoro conservation before you get swallowed to Eden of Africa, the Serengeti plains. You will stop for lunch and then continue with game drive in central Serengeti visiting kopjes which act as targeting points for predators. You will have a wonderful game drive toward the western corridor for overnight.

Dinner and overnight at Grumet migration Camps.

DAY 3
SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

SAFARI Today you will spend the whole day on game drive in Serengeti ecosystem. The area is well reserved and have quite environment with limited vehicles. On your game drive you will feel the true African environment with more private time game with no interruption. In the lunch time you go back to the lodge for hot lunch the rest for a while before you for evening game drive around Grumeti river. In the evening you will enjoy sundowner at the lodge private game area. If you want night game driver, can be arranged at extra cost.

DAY 4
SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK – NGORONGORO CONSERVATION

Today you will work up early in the morning for an early game drive. You will venture to various places for some time before you return for a heavy breakfast in the lodge. After late breakfast you start your game on route toward central Serengeti then Naabi gate to exit Serengeti and head to Ngorongoro Conservation for an overnight. On the way you can enjoy the visit of incredible Maasai tribe that lives in Ngorongoro in a good bond with wildlife.

Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Rhino Lodge

DAY 5
NGORONGORO CRATER – ARUSHA

After breakfast we will descend 600meter down the crater for an incredible game drive. Here you will be surprise with its weather of which in crater rim is cold and clouded while its crater flow is hot and sun with large number of wildlife concentration. Ngorongoro conservation is enriched with Buffaloes, Elephants, wildebeest, Zebras, Hippos, Black Rhino, gazelles, impalas, hyenas, warthogs and so many others. The park also is blessed with birds such as flamingoes and mash eagle and so many other species.

In the afternoon you will have lunch at picnic and after lunch you will have game drive on route toward the exit route and finally quit the park drive to Arusha.

Accommodation: The Bay Leaf Arusha (bed and breakfast)

DEPARTURE DATE

Today you may have a plan to fly home or have a flight to Zanzibar, our vehicle will be ready to take you to the airport at perfect time to catch your flight.

Price includes

  • 18% VAT to our entrance fees
  • 2 nights accommodation in Arusha town before and after safari
  • Accommodation at basic camping during the safari full board
  • Camping fees at all national parks
  • Entrance fees to all national parks
  • Extended 4 x 4 luxury safari jeep with pop up roof for game viewing
  •  Government taxes, VAT and service charges relating to accommodation and included meals
  •  Ngorongoro Crater fees
  •  Professional safari cook
  • Professional safari English Speaking guide

Price does not include

  • Both International and local flights
  • Optional Tours (balloon rides USD. 560 per person), should be booked in
    advance
  •  Personal Expenses (e.g. laundry, telephone, beverages, etc.)
  • Tips and gratuities to your safari guide and cook

    Request More Information