THE GREAT MIGRATION
It is the greatest show on earth, a natural spectacle like no other and a life-changing experience. With a presence all along the migration route, Highlights Journeys will transport you to the best seat in the house.
The earth vibrates with the thundering of millions of hooves as heaving herds of wildebeest, zebra and gazelles fill the plains to chase the rains in the epic annual struggle for survival known as the Great Migration. It is the greatest show on earth, a natural spectacle like no other and a life-changing experience.
The annual Great Wildebeest Migration season
It is the greatest show on earth, a natural spectacle like no other and a life-changing experience. With a presence all along the migration route, Highlights Journeys will transport you to the best seat in the house.
10 DAYS TANZANIA NATURE WALK, CRATER & GREAT MIGRATION FAMILY SAFARI
We takes you on a journey through Tanzania's unrivalled wildlife destinations - Lake Manyara, the Ngorongoro Crater and the legendary Serengeti - to deliver a dramatic and diverse big game safari. Begin with the beauty of Lake Manyara with its thousands of flamingos and famous tree-climbing lions before moving on to encounter the spectacle of the Ngorongoro Crater floor, home to Africa's Big 5. The sweeping plains of the Serengeti provide a backdrop for the tour's grand finale. Game viewing is superb all year round, but if you have timed your safari with the wildebeest migration, you can expect massed herds and plenty of predator action.
Tour highlights.
Enjoy exclusively safari experience in a private conservancy. Take advantage of unique experience only allowed in conservancy Admire the wildlife-rich plains of Ngorongoro crater Follow the foot-steps of the great migration Witness the great migration crossing the breathtaking Mara-River Meeting the incredible locals who will make your experience unforgatable.
Excluded
- Meet and great, and airport transfer
- Safari according to the itinerary
- Transportation on a well maintained 4×4 safari Land cruiser
- Unlimited game drives
- Well- trained, English-speaking guide
- All accommodation as per itinerary
- Meals according to the itinerary
- Unlimited Mineral water while of safari
- Tea and coffee stops during safari
- AMREF flying doctors rescue fee
- All National Park Fees
- Sundowner in Manyara and Serengeti national park during safari
Included
- Night drive, balloon & walking safari (optional)
- International flights
- Airport taxes
- All meals and drinks not specified
- Tips and gratuities
- Items of a personal nature
- Travel insurance
- Tea and coffee stops during safari
Day 1: Arrival Kilimanjaro international airport
On arrival at the Kilimanjaro international airport, our driver will take you to Arusha Serena Hotel is unlike any other hotel in Tanzania with authentic, bespoke experiences that stir the traveller’s soul while showcasing the breathtaking tranquillity of our surroundings. Set among the woodland slopes of Mount Meru at the edge of Lake Duluti, there’s no better destination for soaking in the beauty and magnificence of the Tanzanian “Northern Safari Circuit.”
Main Destination: Arusha
Accommodation: Arusha Serena Hotel Resort & Spa
Day 2-3: Arusha—Manyara Ranch conservancy
Two nights in Manyara Ranch Private Conservancy.
Explore Manyara private conservancy, which sits within the Manyara –Tarangire national parks migration corridor, and its surrounds in ways that allow you to get closer to the African bush than within national parks, such as on bush walks and cultural visits as well as guided day and night game drives. Activities include learning to track animals with the Maasai, visits to a local school or day trips to other attractions outside the conservancy like Tarangire national park. The area is home to lion, cheetah, giraffe, elephant, lesser kudu and impala. For those who will love to experience real Maasai culture away from the touristic village visit here is the bang for these.
Main Destination: Manyara Ranch Conservancy
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Manyara ranch camp
Day4-5: Manyara Ranch—Ngorongoro Highlands
Two days exploring the highlands and the crater.
Leaving the Manyara ranch conservancy behind you gain altitude and todays first stop is the Gibbs farm for lunch followed by a farm walk, coffee plantation and coffee tasting tour, and for those who want to by coffee these is the right place. After we head to our Accommodation “Plantation farm lodge” for two nights, rests like a green oasis on the soft, red-brown hills amidst the vastness and serenity of East Africa. Seamlessly nestled in the blossoming garden, the lodge’s individually furnished rooms and suites exude a feeling of comfort and relaxation. Furnished with great attention to detail, the personal touch of this owner-run lodge can be seen and felt everywhere, and the warm and friendly service leaves no wish unfulfilled. The next day leave the lodge and head to the crater and spend your day exploring all the dramatic scenery and wildlife of the Ngorongoro Crater and Conservation Area. The largest intact volcanic caldera in the world, its magnificent topography and fertile soils attract a wide variety of plains game and predators in what makes for a thrilling amphitheater of wildlife viewing. The Big Five are all present here including Black Rhino and you can spot flamingos on the central soda lake, zebras grazing on the plains, lions lazing in the tall grass, leopards lying in the trees, as well as big “tuskers” in the forests.
Main Destination: Ngorongoro Highlands
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Plantation Farm Lodge
Day 6: Ngorongoro Highlands—Serengeti national park (central)
Exploring the oldupai gorge
After a relaxed breakfast you leave and head into the Ngorongoro conservation, and our first stop will be the “cradle of human kind” Visit the world famous archaeological site of Olduvai Gorge, also known as the Cradle of Mankind. The earliest remains of Homo sapiens were discovered here by Mary Leaky and anyone with an interest in mankind’s ancestors will be fascinated by this extraordinary place. Explore the quaint little museum and marvel at the rugged landscape. This pale anthropological site in the western of Ngorongoro crater is a steep-sided ravine composed of two branches that have a combined length of about 50 km and are 90 meters deep. Deposits exposed in the sides of the gorge cover have yielded a treasure trove of fossil remains. After these remarkable stop head to the endless plains of Serengeti with game drive en-route to your accommodation “Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge” for Dinner and overnight.
Main Destination: Serengeti national park (central)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge
Day 7-9: Serengeti National park (Central) -- Serengeti National (North)
Three days exploring the home to the world’s last remaining large mammal migration
Leave the camp at 6:00 with breakfast and explore the central Serengeti arguably the best area in Africa To see the big cat’s, lion, leopard and cheetah, with breakfast you will stop and enjoy your breakfast on the open plains of the Serengeti and by around mid-day return for lunch and proceed to the northern Serengeti. The three days will be used to explore the central, and the northern reaches of the Serengeti on safari, tracking the great array of game and wildlife that this vast area offers. If you’re here in the months of between July-October, the great migration of wildebeest and zebra are here, this is the region where the herds are at their most concentrated as they seek to cross the Mara River to reach the open grasslands beyond, and it’s where (if you’re lucky) you’ll see iconic river crossings. It’s also an area of untamed natural beauty, of rolling hills, rivers, forests and open plains. The area is also home to Africa’s big five and other sightings may include cheetah, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe and a multitude of vultures and stocks.
Main destination: Serengeti North
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Mbuzi Mawe Serena Camp
Day 10: Serengeti national park—Arusha.
The day begins with breakfast at the camp in Serengeti, and followed by your last game drive before your guide drives you to the airstrip for your flight to Arusha, after arriving you will be transferred to Kilimanjaro International airport for your onwards arrangement.
Main destination: Kilimanjaro International airport
Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch
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