8 Days Migration Safari To Ndutu

Tour Details

Start and end in Arusha with 8 day Ndutu/ crater special migration safari Feb – March. Migration safari to Ndutu during calving season tours holidays and travel packages have been designed specifically to focus on and to increase your chance to see the great Serengeti wildebeest migration. We have designed the itinerary to include the Lake Ndutu area, southern Serengeti and central Serengeti National Park where the majority of the wildebeest migration can normally be found from December through to April. To save on unnecessary travel time and to increase your game viewing time.

Tour Itinerary

Day 1: Karatu Village

Kilimanjaro airport – Karatu 3-4 hrs transfer Program: Your guide is waiting for you at Kilimanjaro airport. You proceed to Karatu. If you have time we can stop and visit local markets on the road and Karatu village. Otherwise you can relax at the lodge.

Kudu Lodge Mid-range lodge located in or near Karatu

All meals included

Day 2: Ndutu Serengeti

Transfer Karatu – Ndutu around 3 hours

Program: After breakfast leave Karatu drive to Ndutu for game viewing with packed lunch. We have game drive en-route through Ngorongoro Conservation Area. From December to March the Great Migration congregates around Lake Ndutu in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. When it reaches the area the herd splits up and spreads out leaving wildebeest herds as far as the eye can see.

Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp Mid-range located inside Central Serengeti

All meals included

Day 3: Ndutu Serengeti

Activities: game drive.

Program: After breakfast we spend the full day on game drive. We concentrate our attention on the Great Migration and predators, we move in Ndutu area between Serengeti and Ngorongoro. Picnic lunch is recommended so that we have more time for the game viewing.

Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp Mid-range located inside Central Serengeti

All meals included

Day 4: Serengeti National Park

Activities: game drive.

Program: After breakfast we move into Serengeti National Park for a full day game viewing. You will enjoy the day exploring new areas in this huge park full of wildlife.

Serengeti, over 6,000 square miles of sprawling, unspoiled landscape is quite a sight. Add to that an extraordinary population of resident and migratory animals in a constant bid for survival, and you understand why this is often called, “the world as it was in the beginning.” Search for leopard and lion. Watch in awe as zebra, wildebeest and elephant simply appear from amidst the woodlands and plains.

Serengeti Kati Kati Tented Camp Mid-range located inside Central Serengeti

All meals included

Day 5: Serengeti National Park

Activities: game drive.

Program: After breakfast we spend another full day in Serengeti. We can have a picnic lunch or hot lunch at the lodge/tented camp. The park is full of wildlife all over the year and you can witness an actual kill in the flesh of an animal.

Serengeti Kati Kati Tented CampMid-range located inside Central Serengeti

All meals included

Day 6: Serengeti National Park

Program: After breakfast full day game viewing. First we start our game drive in Serengeti where we can explore new areas, than later in the afternoon we drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area with game viewing en-route. Pic-nic lunch.

Ngorongoro Sopa LodgeMid-range lodge located on the crater rim of Ngorongoro Crater

All meals included

Day 7: Ngorongoro crater

Program: After early morning breakfast (or with breakfast boxes) descend down Ngorongoro crater for game viewing with packed lunch.

The park is one of the most densely crowded wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals. The Ngorongoro Crater is often called ‘Africa’s Eden’ and the ‘8th Natural Wonder of the World’, a visit to the crater is a main drawcard for tourists coming to Tanzania and a definite world-class attraction. Within the crater rim, large herds of zebra and wildebeest graze nearby while sleeping lions laze in the sun. At dawn, the endangered black rhino returns to the thick cover of the crater forests after grazing on dew-laden grass in the morning mist. Just outside the crater’s ridge, tall Masaai herd their cattle and goats over green pastures through the highland slopes, living alongside the wildlife as they have for centuries.

Kudu Lodge Mid-range lodge located outside Ngorongoro Crater

All meals included

Day 8: Karatu to Kilimanjaro airport

Transfer Karatu – Kilimanjaro airport 3 hrs

Activities: Iraqw boma visit.

Program: After breakfast e visit Iraqw boma (if you have time), then transfer to Kilimanjaro airport by private car.