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6-Day Migration Calving Safari (December to April)

Ngorongoro & Tarangire safari tour

From$1,290

Durations6 Days

Tour TypeSafari Tour

Tour Overview

Embark on an unforgettable 6-day safari adventure across Tanzania's most spectacular wildlife destinations. Your journey begins with two days exploring Tarangire National Park, known for its ancient baobab trees and large elephant herds. Experience authentic African culture with a stay at the comfortable Fig Tree Lodge in Mto wa Mbu, featuring private bathrooms. The adventure continues with three breathtaking days in the Serengeti, followed by a grand finale at the magnificent Ngorongoro Crater. Throughout the tour, you'll spend four nights camping under the African stars in Tarangire, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro, embracing the true safari experience with shared facilities.

Tour Activities

This six-day tour explores Tarangire's wildlife and Ngorongoro Crater's vast landscapes.

Tour Includes:

  • 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 flights during the tour
  • All Taxes/VAT
  • Roundtrip airport transfer
  • Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
  • Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)
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Tour Plan

This six-day tour explores Tarangire's wildlife and Ngorongoro Crater's vast landscapes.

Arusha to Tarangire National Park

Main Destination: Tarangire National Park

Accommodation: Budget camping inside Tarangire NP

Today our safari Adventure begins! After breakfast, pick up from your hotel and drive for 2 hours and 20 minutes to Tarangire National Park. The park is well known for its large elephant herds and abundance of Ancient Baobab trees (the largest trees in the continent). From the open roof of the vehicle we will experience the seasonal swamps, savanna and Tarangire River which is full of wildlife ranging from a large variety of birds to giraffes, impalas, zebras, lions, leopards, elands, warthogs and elephants. The picnic site has a spectacular view. We will have our picnic lunch there and proceed with game viewing before continuing to the campsite inside the park for dinner and overnight.

Meals & Drinks:

  • Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
  • All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

Tarangire National Park to Mto Wa Mbu

Main Destination: Mto Wa Mbu (Town)

Accommodation: Fig Tree Lodge & Camp - Budget hotel located in or near Mto wa Mbu

Wake up early in the morning for a sunrise game drive. After breakfast, we will continue our game drive in Tarangire in the morning and will depart for Mto Wa Mbu to have lunch and participate in a cultural tourism. The afternoon will focus on visiting the local tribes, banana farms, rice plantations, artworks, forests and waterfalls of the area. You can choose to have a walking or bike tour.

Meals & Drinks:

  • All meals included
  • All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

Mto Wa Mbu to Central Serengeti

Main Destination: Central Serengeti National Park

Accommodation: Budget camping inside Central Serengeti

After breakfast we will depart for Serengeti. A long and bumpy road will take you to about 4 to 5 hours of fascinating game on route driving up the crater highlands towards the vast plains of Serengeti. We will stop for a picnic lunch at the Serengeti, Naabi Hill Gate before we check in the park for an afternoon drive. After catching the sunset, we will proceed to Seronera campsite (Tumbili) for dinner and overnight.

Meals & Drinks:

  • All meals included
  • All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

Serengeti National Park

Main Destination: Serengeti National Park

Accommodation: Budget camping inside Serengeti NP

Today we will spend the whole day in the park. We head out and start to explore at sunrise, then return to the campsite for breakfast, pack our lunch and then go for a full day game drive exploring the beautiful scenery of Serengeti, searching for the big 5. There is more to Serengeti than large mammals, more than 500 bird species recorded, ranging from the oversized ostrich and bizarre secretary bird of the open grassland to the black eagles that soar effortlessly above the savannah. We will continue to search for Serengeti wildlife and return to the campsite at sunset for dinner and overnight.

Meals & Drinks:

  • All meals included
  • All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Highlands

Main Destination: Ngorongoro Highlands

Accommodation: Budget camping inside Ngorongoro Highlands

Today we will leave the campsite early in the morning (around 6am) for a sunrise game drive and to spot the animals when they are most active. We will then stop at a picnic site to enjoy breakfast in the bush and continue with the game drive before returning to the camp (around noon) for hot lunch, load the vehicle, depart camp and continue to Ngorongoro where we will have dinner and overnight at Simba campsite.

Meals & Drinks:

  • All meals included
  • All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

Ngorongoro Crater

Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater

Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)

Today we will get in the safari vehicle at 6am and descend to the crater with our packed breakfast. This stunning place will offer you with almost every species of wildlife indigenous to East Africa including the rare black rhino and if we are lucky, we might spot one. Measuring an area of 260 Kilometres square and extending about 20km in diameter, we will need probably 5 to 6 hours to explore it. We will ascend back to the campsite for your last meal with us and drive back to Arusha. We expect to be back in town around 5 to 6pm.

Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost. You'll be dropped off at the airport.

Meals & Drinks:

  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)