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6 Days Calving Season
Duration
6 Days
Price
On Request
Best time
All year round
You wil visit
Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation Area,
What to expect
Tanzania Nature, Wildlife, Cultural and Beach Exprience
Also Available as
Trip Highlight
This tour will enchant you with its exceptional game viewing experience that covers the northern safari circuit! If you want to know why more than two million wildebeest migrate each year, the Ndutu calving season that takes place in Ngorongoro conservation area and the Ndutu plains will provide you with the information you need as its gorgeous. This safari full of action and magnificent scenery, takes you from sleepy towns to lush forests, grassy plains, spectacular landscapes, and finally into the lovely caldera.
Tour map
Day by day description
Day 1: Arrival JRO/transfer to Arusha
On arrival you will be met by our Gusa Africa driver guide and transfer to arusha which takes approximately one hour.
Depending on your time of arrival in Tanzania, you can decide if you would like to receive a short briefing with your guide on the same day or the next morning. The rest of the day is free for you to spend at your leisure. Enjoy the hotel, relax and get ready for your Tanzanian adventure!
Accommodation: Kibo Palace Hotel
Day 2: Transfer to Arusha airport fly to Serengeti National Park
After breakfast transfer to Arusha airport and board your flight to Serengeti National Park. You will arrive in time for game enroute to camp for lunch.
You will get to lodge for lunch, rest and head out again for an afternoon game drive in Serengeti wilderness and get to enjoy scenic views of this award-winning endless plains and abundance wildlife.
You will drive back to the lodge during the evening whilst enjoying the beautiful sunset for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Tanzania Migration Camp – Ndutu
Day 3: Game enroute to Ndutu
Ndutu is located in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, south of Serengeti National Park. There are almost two million wildebeest and zebra that move through the area each year. On February, the Migration is at Ndutu, and it is the calving season, the wildebeest give birth to approximately 8,000 babies a day.
You will explore Lake Ndutu, the alkaline lake that attracts a wide range of wildlife that come around to drink and for cooling off their bodies especially from December to April. As dusk draws close, you will drive to the Camp for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Tanzania Migration Camp – Ndutu
Day 4: Full day Ndutu
After a breakfast, head out to enjoy a full day game drive in the Ngorongoro Ndutu area, following the herds of wildebeests, Zebras and Gazelles who will be culminating the famous calving season. Few last babies will be born. This is after nearly half a million of them had already been born from January, forming the sea of ungulates that attracts hungry predators, making live kill a possibility to spot.
You will have lunch in the middle of the wilderness before going on with an exploration of awesome sights of the great vibrant herds of wildebeest, zebras and antelopes.
The blanket of grass is advantageous for the herds as it provides cover from predators as well as providing much-needed nutrients to the calves who are able to run minutes after they are born and within 3 days, they are normally strong enough to keep up with the herds.
Accommodation: Tanzania Migration Camp – Ndutu
Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater
With a 21 km diameter, the Ngorongoro caldera is home to up to 25,000 large animals and more than 360 different bird species. Additionally, the crater boasts Africa’s highest predator density. Other animals hide in the dense jungle on high crater walls, while others play in the fascinating setting of the crater floor. Be in awe of the grasslands that are crisscrossed by rivers, lakes, forests, and mountains.
The crater is known as the multiple land use property as animals and the Maasai people have managed to coexist together in harmony therefore don’t be surprised to see cattle amongst buffalo herds
After an adventurous day you ascend the crater and head the lodge in Karatu. You will get to lodge check-in and have the rest of your evening resting.
Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge
Day 6: Drive Back to Arusha
Every good thing has to end! You are about to end your natural wildlife and cultural experience. However, one last adventure is left: the drive to Arusha. This is your opportunity to find something special as you drive to Arusha after a relaxing breakfast.
Once you get to Arusha you will have lunch in one of the restaurants rest a bit before you transfer to the Airport for your onward flight home
Price
| NUMBER OF PAX | PRICE PER PERSON (USD) |
| 2 | $ 2812 |
| 3 | $ 2488 |
| 4 | $ 2286 |
Price Includes
- All meals and accommodations during the entire tour except meals in Zanzibar
- A high-quality safari land cruiser with pop up roof
- Kogatende -Zanzibar
- Arrival and departure transfers
- Highly experienced safari guide
- Unlimited mineral water on mainland safari
- All park fees for all national parks
- All government taxes
Price Excludes
✗ International Flights
✗ Tips
✗ Drinks at the lodges
✗ Any other things not mentioned above