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Holiday overview: This is 7 days Tanzania wildebeest!
- Accommodation Type: Maramboi Tented Camp, Ngorongoro Serena, Kubukubu Tented Lodge (Luxury)
- Parks to be visited: Tarangire, Serengeti & Ngorongoro
- 7 days Tanzania Wildebeest Migration
Wildebeest migration western corrido Grumeti river crossing itinerary designed to include both the Seronera area (central Serengeti National Park) and Western corridor (western Serengeti National Park) where most of the wildebeest migration can normally be found from May to July. To save on unnecessary travel time and to increase your game viewing time, this itinerary has been designed so that you fly back from the Serengeti National Park to Arusha town. The itinerary also includes a visit to the world famous Ngorongoro Crater.
Day 1. Arusha City to Tarangire National Park
After having breakfast at the hotel, our driver/guide will pick you up from your hotel in Arusha, with a fantastic picnic lunch en route to a full-day Tarangire National Park.
Tarangire National Park is best known for its baobab trees and its year-round population of elephants, where it is common to see herds of up to 300 elephants of all ages and sizes. However, predators are also well represented, along with over 550 different species of birds, the most breeding species in one habitat anywhere in the world. It is the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem and the one place in Tanzania where fringe-eared oryx and the long-necked gerenuk can be observed. Migratory wildebeest, zebra, and other thirsty nomads crowd the shrinking lagoons. Lions early wait for the next chance to hunt
Meal Plan: Full Board
Accommodation: Maramboi Tented Camp
Day 2: Tarangire to Ngorongoro
Transfer from Tarangire for a full-day crater tour with a picnic lunch and descend over 600 meters into the creator to view wildlife.
Ngorongoro Crater
The Ngorongoro crater is known as the eighth wonder of the world!!
The big five animals —lion, leopard, elephant, black rhinoceros, and African buffalo—are indeed enormous. In Ngorongoro crater, National Park, it’s possible to see all the big five.
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), measuring 8,300 square kilometers, is the only place on earth where humankind and wild animals co-exist in harmony. Ngorongoro crater sinks to a depth of 610 meters, with a base area covering 260 square kilometers. The height of the original volcano must have ranged between 4,500 to 5,800 meters high. Apart from the central caldera, Ngorongoro Crater has two volcanic Olmoti and Empakai, the former famous for their stunning waterfalls, and the latter holding a deep lake and lush, green walls.
Down in the creator, there are so many scenes of unimaginable abundance. `wildebeest, zebra buffalo, and grant’s gazelle are present in great numbers, but there are also land, warthog, hartebeest, bushbuck, waterbuck, and Bohor reedbuck.
Meal plan: Full board
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena
Day 3: Ngorongoro to Central Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, we will head toward the Serengeti National Park. The Great Migration, is a column of wildebeest 24 miles( 40km) long, shuffling across the plains two or three abreast, all to the move searching for fresh, green grass. Now imagine that it takes more than two weeks for that column of animals to cross a single spot. Image them bunched together in protective her, giving birth, or scrambling in a panic to escape the jaws of a snapping crocodile. Also, lions and hyenas prow the scene looking for the weakest animal or the lone straggler separated from its herd. Only now have you visualized the magnificent phenomenon of the Great Serengeti Migration?
Meal Plan: Full board
Accommodation: Kubukubu Tented Lodge
Wildebeest, Day 4: Central Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, enjoy a full-day drive at the Mara river viewing the great migration river crossing. You will return to your camp for the evening bonfire, dinner and overnight.
Over 2 million migrating animals participate in this annual journey: 1.5 million wildebeest, 400,000 zebra, and 300,000 Gazelles accompanied by various goals: to find fresh, green grass. Consequently, the Great Migration took place year-round. Prey and predator follow a relatively predictable but variable annual cycle dependent on rainfall and abundant green grass.
Meal Plan: Full board
Accommodation: Kubukubu Tented Lodge
Wildebeest, Day 5: Western Serengeti
Travel time without game viewing: 2 hours
Distance: 110Km
Depart for the western part of the Serengeti National Park after breakfast. Also known as the Western Corridor.
We take a game drive from the Seronera area to the Western Corridor area. We will arrive back at the lodge in time for lunch. After lunch we will enjoy an afternoon game drive in the area. The wildebeest migration is usually in the Western Corridor area from June to July. However, this can vary depending on the rainfall.
Meal plan: Full board
Accommodation: Lahia tented Lodge
Wildebeest, Day 6: Western Serengeti National Park
Start the day with a full day game drive in the Western Corridor after breakfast. The key feature of the Western Corridor is the Grumeti and Mbalageti Rivers, which run almost parallel to each other. Each river supports a band of evergreen forest. The rivers support a permanent population of game such as zebra, wildebeest, all kinds of predators and a variety of birds. In addition, it is possible to find large herds of hippopotamus and giant crocodiles in the Grumeti River. Generally, the wildebeest gather around waterholes in the morning in such densities that they look like ants swarming around a nest.
Meal plan: Full board
Accommodation: Lahia tented Lodge
Day 7: Western Serengeti National Park – Arusha
After breakfast at the lodge, depart for Seronera airstrip and enjoy a game drive en route to the airstrip. In the morning we join a scheduled flight from Grumeti airstrip to Arusha airport. On arrival at Arusha airport, meet our driver and transfer to Arusha town. On arrival in Arusha we will have lunch and transfer to your accommodation.
Meal Plan: Half board ( Breakfast & Lunch)
Accommodation: Not included can be arranged with an extra cost
7 days Tanzania wildebeest is possible to combine with Zanzibar beach holiday!
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