NORTHERN CIRCUIT WILDEBEESTS MIGRATION SAFARI – 7Days / 6Nights

«Pick up and drop off at JRO (Kilimanjaro international airport) »

Day 1: JRO/Serengeti National park

Day 2, 3 & 4: Serengeti National park (Full Day)

Day 5:       Optional Maasai Village/Olduvai/Ngorongoro conservancy

Day 6:       Ngorongoro crater (Full Day)

Day 7,       Morn L. Manyara park/JRO Dep flight home or further Dest

 Itinerary in details

 Day 1: JRO/Serengeti National park

Upon arrival at the Kilimanjaro International Airport you will be met by Green Hills Ecotours safari guide after full briefing depart for Serengeti National park with packed lunch game drive en-route

13h00: Lunches at a picnic site in the park, afternoon game drive en-route to the lodge.

Dinner and overnight at L.Manyara Serena safari lodge FB

Day 2, 3 & 4: Serengeti National park (Full days).

. These 3 days will be spent touring the vast endless plains of the Serengeti abundant with wildlife. Game drive and meals times are best set by the clients and their safari guide depending on what the clients have seen and would like to see/do.

12h30: Lunch at the at a picnic site/lodge.

Afternoon game drives in the national park/leisure time at the lodge.

Dinner and overnight Ngorongoro Serena safari lodge FB

NB:  You can do an Air balloon safari on any of the 3 mornings in the Serengeti. For details on this, visit www.balloonsafaris.com and let us know if we should make a reservation for you (at extra cost)

Serengeti National Park is an immense park and with its unsurpassed concentrations of wildlife and its vast endless grasslands offers the finest game viewing anywhere in Africa. The Serengeti ecosystem is one of the oldest on earth and the annual wildlife migration, largest mass movement of land mammals on planet earth, is perhaps what makes it famous. Over a million wildebeest and zebras flow south from the northern hills to the southern plains for the short rains every October and November, and then go west and north after the long rains in April, May and June.

Serengeti, characterized by the endless plains, acacia trees and punctuated by large stone kopjes presents an archetypal picture of a wild and remote Africa and supports an amazingly large number of wildlife. Animals present include lions, elephants, giraffes, gazelles, monkeys, eland, zebras, wildebeests, leopards, cheetahs, Serengeti’s essential features of climate, flora and fauna have barely changed in the past million years.

Day 5: Serengeti/Ngorongoro conservancy

Breakfast at the camp/lodge then depart for central Serengeti with packed lunch, game drives en-route with optional visit to Maasai village/Olduvai Gorge an important archaeological site for Dr. Leakey’s family

12h30: Lunch at a picnic site in the park

Afternoon game drive en-route to the lodge/camp in Ngorongoro conservancy

Dinner an overnight Ngorongoro Serena safari lodge FB

Day 6: Ngorongoro crater (Full Day)

Breakfast at the lodge then depart with packed lunches for Ngorongoro crater-descend into the crater floor for an extensive full day game drive of this natural zoo, where animal drama never ends.12h30: Lunch at a picnic site in the crater

Afternoon game drives in the crater, then ascend the crater and drives to the lodge.

Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Farm House FB.

Area: 8,300 square kilometers / 5,175 square Miles

This area covers the world’s largest unbroken caldera namely Ngorongoro crater and the Olduvai Gorge, where Dr. Louis Leaky discovered the origin of early man by unearthing jaws of the Zinjanthropus man. This protected area also includes huge expanses of highlands plains and volcanoes, scrub bush, and forests where the indigenous pastoralists – Maasai people are allowed to live within its boundaries.

The Ngorongoro Crater is a world heritage site and the world’s largest unbroken volcanic caldera which is often referred to as the 8th wonder of the world. The crater is 610 meters deep and 260km2. Breathtaking views of scenery and game can be witnessed from both the crater rim and within the crater floor.

It is estimated that over 25,000 larger mammals, mainly Zebra and Wildebeest, exist within the crater itself. Others include Elephant, Warthog, Impala and Buffalo. A Rhino sighting is a rare possibility but Ngorongoro is your best chance in Tanzania to see the endangered black rhino. Flamingoes and over 100 species of water birds are found at the soda lake on the crater floor.

Day 7: Lake Manyara National Park /Arusha/JRO Dep flight Home or further Dest

Breakfast at the Lodge depart for L. Manyara National park for morning game drive, later exit the park and transfer to Arusha with stop over’s on the way for souvenir shopping and photo shoot

13h00: Hot lunch at a restaurant/hotel at Arusha then transfer to Kilimanjaro international airport for departure flight home/further holiday destination

Lake Manyara National Park is a beautiful little park and is well known for its tree-climbing lions, elephants and large troops of baboons. The park is home to an amazing variety of birds and animals considering its small size. A short visit to this serene park will greatly diversify your safari experience as the lush green jungle habitat is of stark contrast to the other parks you will visit during your safari.

Lake Manyara, the shallow alkaline water mass named after the park, covers two thirds of the park’s total area of 330 Kilometers square.End of the Tour