9 Days Mara River Great wildebeest Migration
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Mara River Great wildebeest Migration
The great Tanzania migration safari
Wildebeest migration, Ndutu migration, the great migration safari, Serengeti migration, calving season, Ndutu region
One of the Earth’s natural animal’s migration, Great wildebeest migration is a spectacle to anyone travelling to witness the incredible sighting of vast herds of animals on the move. Our nine days safari program is designed to quench the thrill as you will spend a minimum of 3 days in the Northern Serengeti where this thrilling action will be taking place from around July to October.
Day to Day Itinerary
You will be picked up from Kilimanjaro/Arusha airport by our Dubu Adventures representative and driven to your accommodation where you will overnight, relax, and prepare for your safari on the next day.
Accommodation
Luxury: Mount Meru Hotel / Arusha Coffee Lodge/Grand Melia Lodge
Mid-range: Tulia Boutique Hotel / Arusha Planet Lodge/ Airport Planet Lodge
Budget: Silver spring Hotel/ Seven skies Hotel
After breakfast, depart for Tarangire National Park with a picnic lunch for a full-day game drive. Tanzania’s third-largest National park is known for its majestic baobab trees that dot the landscape, dwarfing the animals that feed beneath them. The Tarangire River is the centerpiece of this park which is famous for some of the largest herds of elephants in Africa. Here you may see lion, leopard, cheetah, lesser Kudu, buffalo, Oryx, eland, giraffe, and zebra. The eventful day comes to an end with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest in your camp.
Accommodation
Luxury: Kitela Lodge / Maromboi Tented Lodge / the Retreat at Ngorongoro
Mid-range: Kudu lodge / Marera valley lodge / Eileen lodge
Budget: Fig tree Lodge/ Fanaka Campsite/ Kizumba Campsite
After finishing up a good breakfast, you will head out towards the Central Serengeti Seronera areayou will travel in the midst of the never ending plains of grasslands. The Serengeti is arguably the most impressive wildlife sanctuary in the world. You will have an afternoon game drive in the endless plains of the Serengeti for a chance to see the great herds of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles or a pride of lions lounging in the shade. A picnic lunch will be done during the daylong game drive itself. The eventful day ends with a heavy dinner and a good night’s rest at your camp.
Accommodation
Luxury: Kubu Kubu Tented Camp / Melia Serengeti Lodge / Four Season Serengeti
Mid-range: Sound of silence tented lodge / Serengeti heritage Lodge / Kenzan tented lodge
Budget: Tumbili Campsite/ Nyani Campsite/ Tanapa rest house
This is the day that you will depart after breakfast and head towards the northern part of the Serengeti National park to track Wildebeest crossing the Mara River, it’s a 100 km drive from the Central Serengeti seronera area and it will take about 3 hours of driving on the numerous broken rivers alongside the road, kopjes and hills.
Upon arrival at the Crossing area our professional guide will find a nice spot on the Riverbank in Tanzania side and you will watch this incredible spectacle for the rest of your day, lunch will be served inside the jeep or at the nearest picnic area.
Later in the evening your guide will drive you to your Accommodation for relaxing and dinner and wait for the next full day at the crossing area.
Accommodation
Luxury: Mara Mara Tented Lodge / Mara Under Canvas
Mid-range: Serengeti Heritage migration Tented Camp (Mara) / Kenzan mara Migration Camp
Budget: Lobo Campsite
Enjoy two full days at the Mara River Crossing area, see the wildebeest in millions alongside zebras, gazelles, elands crossing while the crocodile infested riverpresent the food source for these African majestic reptiles that goes over a year without food.
Also a lot of predators i.e. Lions, Hyenas, Cheetah etc. will be around not only to witness this feast but also to serve themselves.
N.B Available from July to October
Accommodation
Luxury: Mara Mara Tented Lodge / Mara Under Canvas
Mid-range: Serengeti Heritage migration Tented Camp(Mara) / Kenzan mara Migration Camp
Enjoy early breakfast and meet your guide to having a last morning game drive in Serengeti National Park then depart to Ngorongoro Conservation area with an en-route game drive and picnic lunch. Ngorongoro is a special conservation area and not a National Park. The whole area is managed for both animals and local Maasai people who graze their cattle alongside the indigenous wildlife.
Accommodation
Luxury: Ngorongoro Serena Hotel/ Lion paw/ Crater Lodge
Mid-range: Rhino lodge/ Ang’ata Ngorongoro camp
Budget: Simba A Campsite
After an early breakfast, descend to the crater floor for game drive(5 hours). You can expect to see lions, elephants, Zebras, Hippos, Flamingos, Jackals, Rhinos Antelopes and many birds. The birds seen here include eagle, vulture, and flamingos in the Crater Lake, stork, bats, giant vulture, sacred ibis, kori bustard, blacksmith plover, long necked heron and the cattle eagle. Post the picnic lunch at the beautiful Hippo pool, you will begin a steep ascend to the top exit of the crater. With a 2hr drive left to your accommodation in Karatu, the day will come to a close. Freshly made delicious dinner is kept ready for you at your camp. All these days of the safari, will have you quite tired and a good rest is essential. The next day you will begin the last leg of your safari.
Accommodation
Luxury: Kitela Lodge / Maromboi Tented Lodge / The Retreat at Ngorongoro
Mid-range: Kudu lodge / Marera valley lodge / Eileen lodge
Budget: Fig tree Lodge/ Fanaka Campsite/ Kizumba Campsite
In the morning you will be picked up from your hotel and heading to Lake Manyara National Park. The small park stretches along the 600 m high Rift Valley Escarpment and is dominated by the alkaline Lake Manyara. Many water birds gather at the lake and more than 400 bird species are found in the park. The diverse vegetation provides a habitat for many animals such as monkeys in the forest, giraffes and antelopes on the grasslands and elephants around the acacia trees. If you are very lucky you might also see the Manyara lions, lounging in the trees.
After lunch, you will be transferred to Arusha or Kilimanjaro Airport to connect to your flight back home or to another destination.
Price per person in USD$.
| 2 People | 3 People | 4 to 6 People |
Luxury | $5,830 | $5,730 | $5,550 |
Mid-range | $3,207 | $2,937 | $2,700 |
Budget | $2,495 | $2,145 | $1,900 |
Included
- Park fees (For non-residents)
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Round-trip airport transfer
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)
Excluded
- International flights (From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips (Tipping guideline US$15.00 p/p per day);
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
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