Makucha Ya Simba Tours

8 Day Safari serengeti wildebeests migration & Ngorongoro crater

8 Days

Places Covered

Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater

Highlights

Great for First Time Adventurers.

Be a Part of Heritage Route.

Make Memories For Life Time.

Itinerary
Inclusions/Exclusions

Day 1 : ARRIVAL – ARUSHA
After arriving at Kilimanjaro International Airport you will be transferred to the Arusha Coffee Lodge on the foothills of Mount Meru where you can relax and prepare yourself for the adventures and excitement that lies ahead of you. Accommodation: Arusha Coffee Lodge.

Day 2 : ARUSHA – LAKE MANYARA- NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA.
After breakfast we’ll leave Arusha and travel to Lake Manyara National Park beneath the cliffs of the Manyara Escarpment on the edge of the Rift Valley. You’ll have lunch at the Lake Manyara Wildlife Lodge then enjoy an afternoon game drive. Lake Manyara National Park offers a wide variety of ecosystems, incredibly diverse bird life and breathtaking views.

This is a great opportunity to spot herbivores such as hippo, impala, elephant, wildebeest, buffalo, warthog and giraffe. It is also home to the largest concentration of baboons anywhere in the world, thousands of flamingos and, if you’re lucky, you might even spot the famous tree-climbing lions. Accommodation: Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge.

Day 3 : NGORONGORO CRATER TOUR
After breakfast we’ll depart for Serengeti National Park. You’ll be driven along the Ngorongoro Crater rim to the Serengeti plains stopping at Olduvai Gorge, an archaeological site made famous by the Louis and Mary Leakey discoveries and the Masai Boma community. After visiting the archaeological site and museum we’ll enjoy a picnic lunch then drive on to the Serengeti, with a game drive on the way through its vast plains. Accommodation: Four Seasons Serengeti Safari Lodge.

Day 4 : SERENGETI NDUTU PLAINS – OLDUVAI GORGE
We’ll start the day with an early breakfast followed by a full day of unparalleled opportunities for wildlife viewing in the Serengeti and a picnic lunch. Serengeti National Park hosts the annual Migration and is renowned for the ever-present predators such as lion, hyena, cheetah, jackal and leopard that prey on the many herbivores. We’ll can go back to the lodge in the later afternoon or earlier if you prefer.Accommodation: Four Seasons Serengeti Safari Lodge.

Day 5 - 7 : The next 3 days will be spent exploring the grassy plains and woodlands in the area, tracking the massed herds of wildebeest and zebra, witnessing the birth of new calves and trailing predators such as lion, cheetah and hyena on the hunt. The area also teems with other wildlife, including elephants, eland, various gazelle species, Kirk’s dik-dik, giraffe and the elusive leopard. Ndutu safari lodge or Luxury Tented camp.

Serengeti is easily Tanzania’s most famous national park, and it’s also the largest, at 14,763 square kilometres of protected area that borders Kenya’s Masai Mara Game Park It is the Migration for which Serengeti is perhaps most famous. Over a million wildebeest and about 200,000 zebras flow south from the northern hills to the southern plains for the short rains every October and November, and then swirl west and north after the long rains in April, May and June. So strong is the ancient instinct to move that no drought, gorge or crocodile infested river can hold them back. The Wildebeest travel through a variety of parks, reserves and protected areas and through a variety of habitat. Join us to explore the different forms of vegetation and landscapes of the Serengeti ecosystem and meet some of their most fascinating inhabitants.

Day 8 : DEPART
Breakfast then drive to Arusha to arrive by 1300 hrs, drop off to the airport to board your home bound flight.

N.B – you could add a few days to Zanzibar.

Tour price includes :