INFORMATION
This tour is designed to enjoy the fabulous of Serengeti and its magic wildebeest migration. The tour is designed to fly in and out of Serengeti to save your time by escaping a long drive along the African massage road. For those with back pain, this is the best ideal of safari option.
ITINERARY
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 the office representative to give a short brief of your trip. You will spend the rest of your time at your won leisure and relaxation.
Accommodation: Arusha Coffee Lodge full board.
DAY 1: ARUSHA – NORTH SERENGETI
After breakfast you will be picked up from your hotel in Arusha and transfer to Arusha airport for your small chattered flight to North Serengeti. On your arrival to Kogatende airstrip, our professional Safari guide and proceed to a game drive in the wilderness tracking the Great migration trails. In the evening, drive to the lodge for evening leisure and overnight. Witness a million of wildebeests, each one driven by the same ancient rhythm, fulfilling its instinctive role in the inescapable cycle of life: a frenzied three-week bout of territorial conquests and mating; survival of the fittest as 40km (25 miles) long columns plunge through crocodile-infested waters on the annual exodus north.
Lunch, Dinner and overnight at Mara mara Tented Lodge
DAY 2: NORTH SERENGETI SAFARI
Spend a full day in north Serengeti mostly exploring the Migration, if you have Hot Air balloon will be arranged in one of these two days here. The North Serengeti both Wagakuria and Kogatende area are prime area to track wildlife migration from July to October as it turns the paradise corridor for wildebeest and Zebras to cross between Masai mara Conservation and Serengeti National Park. The symbolic feature here is the Mara River of which crocodile and hippos lives together on respect to one another but turns uncommon to see the herds cross the Mara River north on one day and then back south a few days later with lots of life loss in this river due to crocs attacks.
Lunch, Dinner and overnight at Mara mara Tented Lodge
DAY 3: NORTH SERENGETI – CENTRAL SERENGETI SAFARI
After breakfast, you will be heading to central Serengeti with game drives en route, you will reach at central in lunch time and go straight to your lodge for hot lunch, rest for a while then later proceed to with game drive until evening when you return to your lodge for dinner and overnight. Serengeti central is always an epic center for both resident and migratory animals. You will venture to various places so central Serengeti while enjoying the stunning view of southern plains. All big five and other animals are easily spotted here including, Elephants, Giraffes, Zebras, wildebeest, lions, leopards, cheetah, buffaloes, warthogs, waterbucks, eland, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant’s gazelle and so many others. The Serengeti is also a home for over 600 species of bird.
Lunch, Dinner and overnight at Kubukubu Tented Lodge
DAY 4: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
The entire day is dedicated to game viewing in the Serengeti National Park. The areas that you visit will depend upon where the migrating herds are. Predators usually follow closely behind the trekking animals and include lions, leopards (in the acacia trees) and cheetahs. During the short rainy season in November and December the herds move from the hills in the north to the plains in the south. During the longer rainy season from April to June they return up north. As the migration is completely dependent on the yearly rainfalls, the location of the herds may vary from one year to another although, your guide will know where to locate the animals and where to see them best.
Lunch, Dinner and overnight at Kubukubu Tented Lodge
DAY 5: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK – ARUSHA
Today we will have breakfast at your lodge, then proceed with game drive toward Seronera Airstrip to catch your flight to back Arusha.
Accommodation: Arusha Coffee Lodge full board.
DEPART TANZANIA
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.