Tanzania Safari
Big Five and the Annual Migration
Big Five and the Annual Migration
Day-1: Meet at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transfer to Hotel
Day-2: Lake Munyara
After breakfast, we drive away from Moshi to Lake Munyara. By comparison with Ngorongoro and Tarangire, Manyara is much smaller but no less scenic. It is situated between the escarpment formed by the rift valley and the soda water Lake Manyara. It is an ideal spot for bird lovers and home to large groups of elephant and the tree climbing lion. Large numbers of buffalo, grazing giraffe and wildebeest are found in the area along with the chattering monkeys and rummaging warthogs.
Day-3: Ngorongoro Crater
We drive to and tour the Ngorongoro. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest intact caldera, forming an incredible bowl shape with sides of about 600m deep, and covering a distance of about 270km square. Various habitats form a complete microcosm within the crater floor, from grasslands to forest, swamps and Lake Makat. It is home to some 20 000 wild animals and although the animals move in and out of the area consistently, the vegetation in the crater floor provides an ongoing food supply attracting the gazers, and predators as well. We enjoy a lunch in the crater and later, proceed to the lodge to spend the evening.
Day-4: Tarangire
This morning we head to Tarangire National Park south of the Ngorongoro. It covers about 2600 sq km of floodplains, grassland and tall woodlands of acacia. It is home to the famous Baobab trees, hundreds of years old. During the drier winter months of July to September, a large number of migrant animals flock to the plains, which tend to be less concentrated with game in the months of April and May when there is more rain. Tarangire is known for its elephants as large numbers pour into the area around June, along with many buck species, wildebeest, and zebra. The area is rich in bird life as well as a few resident lion who tend to remain all year round. At the end of the day, interrupted only by watching game and taking in a picnic lunch, we drive back to Moshi
Day-5: Depart
Today you are transferred to Kilimanjaro airport for your flight home.
Day-1: Meet at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transfer to Hotel
Day-2: Lake Munyara
After breakfast, we drive away from Moshi to Lake Munyara. By comparison with Ngorongoro and Tarangire, Manyara is much smaller but no less scenic. It is situated between the escarpment formed by the rift valley and the soda water Lake Manyara. It is an ideal spot for bird lovers and home to large groups of elephant and the tree climbing lion. Large numbers of buffalo, grazing giraffe and wildebeest are found in the area along with the chattering monkeys and rummaging warthogs.
Day-3: Serengeti
After breakfast drive to and tour Serengeti. The areas is particularly famous for the massive migration of 1.5million Wildebeest, and several thousand Gazelle and Zebra all heading for greener pastures and improved grazing area's, risking life and limb to predators such as Lion and Crocodile. The National Park is broadly divided into three areas, the Seronera Valley and Seronera River, the Western Corridor and the Northern 'Lobo' area that extends northwards to join the Masai Mara.
Day-4: Serengeti
Tour of the Serengeti park and overnight at camp
Day-5: Ngorongoro Crater
We drive to the Ngorongoro Crater via Olduvai Gorge, one of the most important paleoanthropological sites in the world. Overnight Ngorongoro Crater
Day-5: Crater tour
This morning we will descend into and tour Ngorongoro Crater. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest intact caldera, forming an incredible bowl shape with sides of about 600m deep, and covering a distance of about 270km square. Various habitats form a complete microcosm within the crater floor, from grasslands to forest, swamps and Lake Makat. It is home to some 20 000 wild animals and although the animals move in and out of the area consistently, the vegetation in the crater floor provides an ongoing food supply attracting the gazers, and predators as well. We enjoy a lunch in the crater and later, proceed back to Moshi. Overnight Hotel.
Day 7: Depart
Transfer to the airport for your flight home
Day-1: Meet at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transfer to Hotel
Day-2: Lake Munyara
After breakfast, we drive away from Moshi to Lake Munyara. By comparison with Ngorongoro and Tarangire, Manyara is much smaller but no less scenic. It is situated between the escarpment formed by the rift valley and the soda water Lake Manyara. It is an ideal spot for bird lovers and home to large groups of elephant and the tree climbing lion. Large numbers of buffalo, grazing giraffe and wildebeest are found in the area along with the chattering monkeys and rummaging warthogs.
Day-3: Serengeti
After breakfast drive to and tour Serengeti. The areas is particularly famous for the massive migration of 1.5million Wildebeest, and several thousand Gazelle and Zebra all heading for greener pastures and improved grazing area's, risking life and limb to predators such as Lion and Crocodile. The National Park is broadly divided into three areas, the Seronera Valley and Seronera River, the Western Corridor and the Northern 'Lobo' area that extends northwards to join the Masai Mara.
Day-4: Serengeti
Tour of the Serengeti park and overnight at camp
Day-5: Ngorongoro Crater
We drive to the Ngorongoro Crater via Olduvai Gorge, one of the most important paleoanthropological sites in the world. Overnight Ngorongoro Crater
Day-6: Crater tour
This morning we will descend into and tour Ngorongoro Crater. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest intact caldera, forming an incredible bowl shape with sides of about 600m deep, and covering a distance of about 270km square. Various habitats form a complete microcosm within the crater floor, from grasslands to forest, swamps and Lake Makat. It is home to some 20 000 wild animals and although the animals move in and out of the area consistently, the vegetation in the crater floor provides an ongoing food supply attracting the gazers, and predators as well. We enjoy a lunch in the crater and later, proceed back Ngorongoro.
Day-7: Tarangire
This morning we head to Tarangire National Park south of the Ngorongoro. It covers about 2600 sq km of floodplains, grassland and tall woodlands of acacia. It is home to the famous Baobab trees, hundreds of years old. During the drier winter months of July to September, a large number of migrant animals flock to the plains, which tend to be less concentrated with game in the months of April and May when there is more rain. Tarangire is known for its elephants as large numbers pour into the area around June, along with many buck species, wildebeest, and zebra. The area is rich in bird life as well as a few resident lion who tend to remain all year round. At the end of the day, interrupted only by watching game and taking in a picnic lunch, we drive back to Moshi .
Day 8: Depart
Transfer to the airport for your flight home
Day-1: Meet at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transfer to Hotel
Day-2: Lake Munyara
After breakfast, we drive away from Moshi to Lake Munyara. By comparison with Ngorongoro and Tarangire, Manyara is much smaller but no less scenic. It is situated between the escarpment formed by the rift valley and the soda water Lake Manyara. It is an ideal spot for bird lovers and home to large groups of elephant and the tree climbing lion. Large numbers of buffalo, grazing giraffe and wildebeest are found in the area along with the chattering monkeys and rummaging warthogs.
Day-3: Serengeti
After breakfast drive to and tour Serengeti. The areas is particularly famous for the massive migration of 1.5million Wildebeest, and several thousand Gazelle and Zebra all heading for greener pastures and improved grazing area's, risking life and limb to predators such as Lion and Crocodile. The National Park is broadly divided into three areas, the Seronera Valley and Seronera River, the Western Corridor and the Northern 'Lobo' area that extends northwards to join the Masai Mara.
Day-4: Serengeti
Tour of the Serengeti park and overnight at camp
Day-5: Ngorongoro Crater
We drive to the Ngorongoro Crater via Olduvai Gorge, one of the most important paleoanthropological sites in the world. Overnight Ngorongoro Crater
Day-6: Crater tour
This morning we will descend into and tour Ngorongoro Crater. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest intact caldera, forming an incredible bowl shape with sides of about 600m deep, and covering a distance of about 270km square. Various habitats form a complete microcosm within the crater floor, from grasslands to forest, swamps and Lake Makat. It is home to some 20 000 wild animals and although the animals move in and out of the area consistently, the vegetation in the crater floor provides an ongoing food supply attracting the gazers, and predators as well. We enjoy a lunch in the crater and later, proceed back Ngorongoro.
Day-7: Tarangire
This morning we head to Tarangire National Park south of the Ngorongoro. It covers about 2600 sq km of floodplains, grassland and tall woodlands of acacia. It is home to the famous Baobab trees, hundreds of years old. During the drier winter months of July to September, a large number of migrant animals flock to the plains, which tend to be less concentrated with game in the months of April and May when there is more rain. Tarangire is known for its elephants as large numbers pour into the area around June, along with many buck species, wildebeest, and zebra. The area is rich in bird life as well as a few resident lion who tend to remain all year round. At the end of the day, interrupted only by watching game and taking in a picnic lunch, we drive back to the lodge.
Day-8: Tarangire
This morning we tour through the Tarangire and then make our way back to Moshi.
Day-9: Depart Tanzania
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The Great Migration is the largest herd movement of animals on the planet. The constant movement of 1.2 million wildebeest and 300,000 zebra along with topi and other
gazelle move in a constant cycle through the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem on an age-old route in search of grazing and water.
The circuit takes the animals from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in the south of the Serengeti in Tanzania, up through the Serengeti and across into the Masai Mara in Kenya and back again. Predicting exactly when the great crossing of the animals across the Mara River is very difficult – nobody knows exactly when. It is generally believed that their journey is dictated primarily by
their response to the weather; they follow the rains and the growth of
new grass.
To navigate through the seasons, click the arrow on the right of the image
