Trip Highlights

Cultural Experience

Crater Adventure

Game Drives

Calving season Experience

Tour Description

This 7-day safari is timed to coincide with the Great Migration calving season, when vast herds gather across the Serengeti plains. From predator-rich grasslands to the dramatic Ngorongoro Crater and authentic cultural encounters at Lake Eyasi, the journey blends iconic wildlife moments with refined comfort at carefully selected lodges.

Detailed Itinerary

A scenic flight from Arusha brings you directly into the heart of the Serengeti. Upon landing at Seronera Airstrip, your safari begins immediately with a game drive through the vast plains, home to The Big 5 and migrating herds.

  • Where you’ll stay: Ole Serai Luxury Camp
  • Experience: Scenic flight, Game drive

Explore Central Serengeti, one of Africa’s most celebrated wildlife regions. With more than two million wildebeests, half a million Thomson’s gazelles, and a quarter million zebras, it has the greatest concentration of plains game in Africa.

  • Where you’ll stay: Ole Serai Luxury Camp
  • Experience: Game drive

The journey continues south toward Ndutu, a key migration and calving area during January and February. En-route game viewing offers changing landscapes and increasing concentrations of wildebeest and zebra.

  • Where you’ll stay: Lake Ndutu Luxury Tented Lodge
  • Experience: Game drive

Spend the day exploring the Ndutu region, renowned for its calving season and intense predator activity. The open terrain provides excellent visibility for wildlife photography and close-up sighting.

  • Where you’ll stay: Lake Ndutu Luxury Tented Lodge
  • Experience: Calving season experience

A memorable descent into the Ngorongoro Crater offers one of Africa’s densest wildlife experiences. After the game drive, continue to Karatu, set in the cool highlands near the crater rim.

  • Where you’ll stay: Ngorongoro Oldeani Mountain Lodge
  • Experience: Crater safari

An early start leads to Lake Eyasi for an immersive cultural visit. Spend time with the Hadzabe hunter-gatherers and the Datooga community, gaining insight into traditional lifestyles that have endured for generations.

  • Where you’ll stay: Ngorongoro Oldeani Mountain Lodge
  • Experience: Cultural Experience

After breakfast, the journey concludes with a transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport for your onward flight.

Inclusions

  • Return airport transfers
  • Park fees
  • Concession fees
  • Mini Fridge for Car Soft Drink
  • Accommodation
  • Water
  • Domestic Flight One Way
  • 4×4 vehicle with driver and fuel for 8 days
  • Crater fees

Exclusions

  • Drinks, anything not mentioned in inclusions.
  • Tipping Guide safari (Non-Compulsory) = USD15-20 per guide per day

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