Safari Overview

Your journey begins in Arusha and quickly leads you into the striking landscapes of Tarangire National Park, where ancient baobabs rise over elephant herds and predators patrol the golden savannahs. You’ll then travel to Ndutu in the Southern Serengeti, the epicenter of the wildebeest calving season. Here, between January and March, over 500,000 calves are born in just a few weeks, attracting predators like lions, hyenas, cheetahs, and leopards, making for some of the most dramatic wildlife viewing on the continent.

The safari continues to the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site often called the “Eighth Wonder of the World.” This natural amphitheater hosts Africa’s densest population of large mammals, from black rhinos to prides of lions and flocks of flamingos. Finally, wind down at Lake Manyara National Park, famous for its tree-climbing lions, elephants, and rich birdlife along the alkaline lake’s edge.

Throughout the safari, you’ll be guided by seasoned professionals in custom designed 4×4 vehicles, staying in premium lodges and tented camps that combine comfort with immersive wilderness experiences. This is a journey that captures the raw beauty, vulnerability, and breathtaking rhythm of life on the African plains during calving season.

Day 01 :

Arrival and Drive to Tarangire

We will start our Safari from the Airport and you will be transferred to your Arusha hotel for the night. Your guide will brief you about the safari. After that you will continue leisure in your hotel. Later, dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Location: – Arusha
Camp of Stay: – Arusha Serena
Meal Plan: – Full board

Day 02 :

Drive to Tarangire National Park

You will be picked up from your hotel after breakfast for your drive to Tarangire National Park. Tarangire National Park is famous for its diverse landscape with nine different vegetation zones. The park is particulary known for the abundance of ancient baobab trees which are the largest trees in the continent), filling the landscape and dwarf the animals next to them.

You will enjoy an afternoon game drive after checking into the lodge. The river in the park is full of wildlife ranging from a large variety of birds to lions, leopards, zebras, giraffes, buffaloes, antelopes and, of course, elephants. In fact, the park has the largest concentration of elephants in the whole country. And provides unique chances to observe the interaction between elephant families.

Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Location: – Tarangire National Park
Camp of Stay: – Tarangire Sopa
Meal Plan: – Full board

Day 03 :

Drive to South Serengeti {Ndutu}

After breakfast, we will head to the Lake Ndutu region, situated in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a sublime landscape of the southern Serengeti ecosystem. The drive takes approximately 3 hrs. Taking us across the beautiful landscape of the rift valley lake Ndutu. Alkaline like most of the other Rift Valley is frequently inhabited by a wide array of wildlife. With appetites sated, undertake our game drive in the Ndutu region. The majority of the wildebeest migration can normally be found on the short-grass plains from December to April. After the late afternoon game drive, drive back to camp for dinner and overnight.

Location: – Serengeti National Park
Camp of Stay: – Acacia Migration Camp
Meal Plan: – Full board

Day 04 :

Ndutu South Serengeti Wildebeest Calving

After a hearty breakfast, you will head out to enjoy a full day’s game drive in Ndutu. You will explore the range of different habitats found here including swamps, woodland and savannah. With luck, you will see vast crowds of wildebeests, zebras and antelopes sometimes stretching to the horizon. The sound of the wildebeest gently mooing is hauntingly beautiful.

During the calving season (between January and March), many of the female wildebeest give birth to their young, dropping over half a million young in this incredible act of synchronized birthing. The grass provides little cover and the young are easy pickings for a variety of predators (cheetah, lion, hyena, and leopard). Wildebeest calves can run minutes after they are born and within 3 days they are normally strong enough to keep up with the herd. After a full day’s exploration, return to camp for dinner and overnight.

Location: – Serengeti National Park
Camp of Stay: – Acacia Migration Camp

Meal Plan: – Full board

Day 05 :

Ndutu-Ngongoro Crater-Karatu

After breakfast, we will drive from Southern Serengeti (Ndutu) to the Ngorongoro Crater proceed directly to the crater floor for some wildlife viewing. When you first see Ngorongoro Crater, it looks like a forgotten world. Concealed by the steep volcanic walls is a pristine wilderness including sweeping savannah. Pockets of acacia woodland, and glistening lakes and swamps. The Crater was created when a large volcano exploded and collapsed in on itself two to three million years ago. After the game drive, return to camp for dinner and overnight.

Location: – Karatu
Camp of Stay: – Acacia Farm Lodge

Meal Plan: – Full board

Day 06 :

Lake Manyara National Park

After your breakfast, and then we drive to Lake Manyara National Park. On our exploration of the park we will see millions of birds including flamingo. Monkey, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, elephant, and, with some luck, lions lounging in the trees. This impressive National Park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park) at the foot of the Great Rift Valley Western escarpment.

The Park varied habitat attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa’s largest concentrations of Elephants. Manyara is famous for a Tree-climbing lion, as well as large flocks of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Location: – Lake Manyara National Park
Camp of Stay: – Lake Manyara Escarpment Lodge

Meal Plan: – Full board

Day 07 :

Lake Manyara National Park-Arusha Departure

You will have a leisure breakfast. Check out and meet your guide for the drive to Arusha for your flight back home.