Natural phenomena are a plenty around the world, but few compare to the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem’s annual Wildebeest Migration in terms of sheer size. The numbers alone are unbelievable: up to 2 million animals, along with wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle, travel 3 000 km (1 900 miles) to follow the rains and their oldest instincts.
On an unforgettable Wildbeest Migration Safari, spend 8 days discovering Tanzania’s most iconic and exciting national park. Visit the must-see Central Serengeti, the vast plains of Central Serengeti, and the Northern Serengeti.
Whatever your arrival time at Kilimanjaro International Airport, your driver guide from our office will be there waiting for you with a warm welcoming smile, relax in your comfortable vehicle as he takes you to your hotel in Arusha. On your journey to the hotel, you will get a brief impression of this large, bustling, commercial city. Depending on your arrival time you may either meet with your Safari expert today for briefing or tomorrow before you start your Safari.
Overnight Stay at Kibo Palace Hotel
We start our journey with a short drive to Arusha airport, followed by a 3 hour flight to the Grumeti
Airstrip in the Western Serengeti.
If you have never seen the Serengeti before, the primeval vastness of this place will blow you away!
Kirawira, Nyasirori, Simiti…the names are hard to say and maybe difficult to remember, but over the
next few days these locations in Tanzania’s Western Corridor will bring you wildlife adventures that will
fill you with memories. Your driver-guide can choose from a number of ‘loops’ when searching out
wildlife opportunities for you: these depart from and reconnect to the main road, visiting different types
of vegetation and exploring varied habitats. Two important rivers cross this region, and the permanent
pools created by the Grumeti and Mbalageti ensure that animals can be seen all year-round. Populations
of elephant and giraffe, wildebeest, baboons and lions are all resident here, but the Migration time sets
a different scene entirely. Huge crocodiles lurk in anticipation of the river crossing, looking to pick off a
wildebeest or two as their herds plunge into the waters for the other side. Safety in numbers? Not
always, so perhaps you will see not only a crossing, but a kill as well. Patience will bring its rewards – for
crocodiles and for you, the visitor, poised with your camera!
Overnight stay at Mbalageti Tented Lodge
After breakfast, enjoy the full day game viewing in western Serengeti. In Migration times, your driver-guide will do all he can to ensure you witness a crossing. If you didn’t see one yesterday, then today offers another possibility. But the Western Corridor has much more to offer. A favourite amongst our visitors is the collection of hippo pools: as they wallow throughout daylight hours in the mud, this really is wildlife-spotting at its easiest!
Overnight stay at Mbalageti Tented Lodge
Day 4: Western Serengeti - Central Serengeti
After breakfast, and a morning game-drive en-route, we set off for our next destination, the Central Serengeti, a journey of 80km with an expected time of around 2 ½ hours. On arrival, we take lunch and have an afternoon game drive. While you’ve been asleep or having breakfast, you can be sure that your driver-guide has been checking to see what’s happening in the wonderful world of wildlife. Rest assured, he will find you a highlight! In the afternoon, we take the short drive to the central part of Serengeti, where after lunch a game-drive will introduce you to this wildlife ‘hub. Finally, you will go to your chosen accommodation for relaxation and your evening
Overnight stay at Serengeti Tortilis Camp
Today, we set off from our accommodation in central Serengeti. Wildlife is abundant: sometimes you may think it has come to find you, rather than the other way round. Today’s highlight is unknown as the animals don’t publish their schedule and what we see also depends on the season, but this area is where bushland meets grassland, a favorite spot for big cats looking for prey. Cheetah, leopard and lions are all possibilities today. Today you will have a chance to enjoy the varied landscapes of the central Serengeti. The Seronera River weaves its way through this area, providing waters for all species of wildlife. You may also see the distinctive rocky outcrops, the famous kopjes which characterized the Serengeti landscape. Lunch will be served at the picnic site with an unforgettable experience enjoyed in the middle of the bush.
Overnight stay at Serengeti Tortilis Camp
After breakfast, our journey from Central Serengeti to Northern Serengeti will take around 5 hours, with plenty of changing landscapes and wildlife highlights to see along the route. The changing landscapes of Northern Serengeti and the wildlife surprises it will almost certainly provide. There are no guarantees, but a rhino sighting cannot be ruled out! We are now following in the footsteps of the Great Migration, great herds of thousands of zebra and wildebeest getting ready to cross the Mara into Kenya, and back again. On a daily basis, crossings cannot be guaranteed, but our driver-guides know the most likely places to witness them
Overnight stay at Ang’ata Migration Camp
As you awake for a second day in Northern Serengeti, you can contemplate those parts of this northern area can easily match the Southern Serengeti for the abundance of wildlife viewing, especially between July and October. After your breakfast, you will embark with your driver-guide on a full-day game drive, looking out for elephant and buffalo, eland and gazelle. Maybe you’ll be lucky enough to spot something really special: perhaps a cheetah, or even a rare black rhino, of which a small population are resident here.
Overnight stay at Ang’ata Migration Camp
After a relaxing breakfast, we leave our Northern Serengeti accommodation and transfer to Kogatende airstrip for our flight back to Kilimanjaro International Airport (‘KIA’). Your two-hour flight represents a last chance to see beautiful Tanzania - this time, from above. At the airport, you will connect with your departure flight back home!
Caught between a sprawling multicultural city and Africa’s magnificent landscapes, Gold Crest Hotel All Suites Hotel and Conference Centre in Arusha, Tanzania offers an experience marked by the best of nature and urbane living.
In the event that you get tired
of discovering the splendid outdoors you can choose to lounge inside the rooms and indulge in a carefree holiday while enjoying a view of the snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro. Should you be a corporate traveler in search of an inspiring venue, you can opt to use the state-of-the-art meeting facilities. Whatever the nature of your visit is, rest assured that our hotel will deliver an experience worth reliving.
Mbalageti Serengeti is located in the western corridor of the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. The Lodge offers a breathtaking 360-degree panorama view of the Serengeti Plain lands and the Mbalageti River, where one of the main attractions is the annual migration of wildbeest and zebra.
Mbalageti Serengeti offers unique opportunities for all guests to enjoy the beautiful scenery. From walking expeditions, camp fires, swimming and site seeing; there will always be something interesting to do.
Just a few miles drive from Seronera airstrip in the heart of Serengeti National Park, there lies a true wilderness retreat in the name of Osinon Camp. Set under the stunning umbrella of the acacia trees, Osinon is the perfect camp for exploring the centre of Serengeti.
Positioned in the central Serengeti, which was voted the best safari park in Africa, our luxury camp gives you a unique chance to view a stunning array of wildlife passing from Southern Serengeti to the Northern corridor.
Location: Roika Tented Camp is located outside Tarangire National Park, only 5 km from the main gate to the park, and about 125 km from Arusha town.
Accommodation: Roika Tarangire consists of 21 individually decorated luxury guest tents on raised platform and thatched roof, all with en suite bathroom (bathtub & shower), a private balcony, coffee & tea making machine
Facilities & Services: Other facilities include a restaurant and bar with a raised wooden deck, a swimming pool, laundry, curio / gift shop, internet café, a conference room, night game drives, guided nature walks.
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