9 DAYS-LUXURY CALVING SEASON SAFARI: TARANGIRE, SERENGETI & NGORONGORO CRATER
9 Days / 8 Nights
Starting From: $5898 per person
Overview
This 9-day luxury safari offers an extraordinary journey through Tanzania’s most iconic destinations — Tarangire, Serengeti, and the Ngorongoro Crater — during the calving season, when the southern Serengeti bursts to life with newborn wildebeest and dramatic predator action. Begin in Tarangire National Park, home to ancient baobab trees and vast herds of elephants, before continuing to the Serengeti, where luxury lodges and tented camps provide front-row seats to one of nature’s greatest events. Conclude your adventure in the Ngorongoro Crater, a wildlife paradise brimming with the Big Five. With exceptional comfort, expert guides, and unforgettable scenery, this safari redefines African luxury and adventure.
Day 1: Arrival | Kilimanjaro Airport-Arusha
Upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, our Professional Guide will be waiting at the arrival gate with a sign written your Name(s). You shall advise your flight name and schedule with us prior your arrival.
Our guide will drive to Arusha city where you will check into already booked hotel/lodge by us. You will be briefed about your entire safari.
Accommodation: Pazuri Inn
Meal Plan: Full Board (Dinner, Breakfast and Picnic lunch boxes)
Drinks not included
Day 2: Tarangire National Park
Your safari is set to professional start today after an early breakfast at the lodge towards Tarangire National Park. You will depart with Picnic lunch boxes and check out of the hotel.
As you embark on first day of safari adventures, you will go for a full day game drive at Tarangire National Park.
Our guide will take you to a designated Picnic site inside the park, where you will enjoy your packed lunches outside of your safari vehicle.
Tarangire National Park is gets its name from the Tarangire River that crosses the park. As its primary source of fresh water, the river attracts all wild animals and supplies water to unique vegetation of the park. The Tarangire Ecosystem is defined by the long-distance migration of wildebeest and zebras. During the dry season thousands of animals concentrate in TarangireNational Park from the surrounding wet-season dispersal and calving areas. The park is famous for its high density of elephants and baobab tree. Home to more than 550 bird species, Other common resident animals include waterbuck, giraffe, dik dik, impala, eland, Grant’s gazelle, vervet monkey, banded mongoose, and olive baboon. Predators in Tarangireinclude lion, leopard, cheetah, caracal, honey badger, and African wild dog.
Accommodation: Eileen’s Trees Inn
Meal Plan: Full Board (Dinner, Breakfast and Picnic lunch boxes)
Drinks: Not included
DAY 3: NGORONGORO CRATER
You shall check lodge out of the lodge with picnic boxes as another adventure awaits in the Ngorongoro Crater.
The area is named after Ngorongoro Crater, a large volcanic caldera being, the world’s largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera.
It’s one of the very rare locations in the whole continent where you can witness the black Rhino. The crater has a river, several swamps, a soda lake with a great concentration of flamingos, a forest and open plains that attracts a number of wildlife species such as migratory birds, wildebeest, lions, gazelles, zebras.
Accommodation: Lake Masek Tented Lodge.
Meal Plan: Full Board (Dinner, Breakfast and Picnic lunch boxes)
Drinks: Mineral Water, Soft Drinks & House Wines
DAY 4, 5 & 6: NDUTU AREA /SOUTHERN SERENGETI FOR CALVING SEASON
Since the main focus of this safari is to witness the great wonder of the migration of wildebeest. Then the Southern Serengeti is a place to be during this time of the year for it is well known to be the calving season.
Here you will spend three days exploring the wonders of this area called Ndutu area. Your focus will be on the migration. During this time of the year, Ndutu is full of millions of wildebeest and newborns.
You will have the options of going out on early game drives and come back for hot lunches at the lodge or have a day full day one of these days to explore further parts of the area.
Accommodation: Lake Masek Tented Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board (Dinner, Breakfast and Picnic lunch boxes)
Drinks: Mineral Water &Soft Drinks
DAY 7: CENTRAL SERENGETI
After breakfast you will continue with your adventure and drive to the central Serengeti. The park is named as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1981 over 2million ungulates, 4000 lions, 1000 leopards and over 500species of birds spread across 15000 square kilometers of land.
Accommodation: Kubukubu tented Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
Drinks: Soft drinks
DAY 8: CENTRAL SERENGETI TO KARATU
Today you will be able to enjoy a long breakfast and check out of the lodge. You will get to explore some parts of the central Serengeti on a half day game drive before you exit Serengeti national park.
Serengeti is ever fascinating and by now you will have seen a lot of wildlife and have chosen your favorite animal.
You will head to a small town of karatu and check into a lodge in time to enjoy the facilities.
Accommodation: Eileens Trees Inn
Meal Plan: Full board (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
Drinks: Not included
DAY 9: MANYARA NATIONAL PARK TO ARUSHA/AIRPORT
After breakfast you will depart and take a scenic route to Manyara National Park. In the afternoon you will drive to Arusha for airport drop off which will mark the end of your tour.
What is Included
- All nights’ accommodation,
- Private Safari Guide,
- Private Land Cruiser 4 x 4
- All Park Fees,
- All Government Taxes
- Unlimited Drinking Water,
- Thermos with hot tea/coffee,
- Medical Kit & some soft drinks in the Safari Jeep
What is not Included
- Alcoholic Drinks at your accommodation
- Personal needs
- Tips
- VISA & Flights from country of origin