7 Day Great Migration Safari at Mara River Crossing
Overview
Experience Africa’s most dramatic wildlife spectacle on this unforgettable 7-day safari designed around the legendary Mara River crossings in Northern Serengeti. This itinerary maximizes your time near the crossing points inside , giving you the best opportunity to witness thousands of wildebeests plunge into crocodile-filled waters in one of nature’s most intense survival dramas.
Day-by-Day
Day 1: Kilimanjaro Airport to Arusha City
Our Safari guide from our office will pick you up at Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha Airport and transfer you to your hotel in Arusha for relaxation and overnight. Get time to relax at the lodge and be prepared for a next day of safari
Feel free to experience Arusha city tour with our guide for free.
- Accommodation: Arusha Planet Lodge
- Meals: Dinner
Day 2: Arusha to Tarangire National Park
You will be picked up early morning from the lodge to start a beautiful journey to Tarangire National Park while carrying lunch boxes. Once the game drive is complete, we will drive you back to the lodge to relax and stay overnight.
Tarangire National Park is well-known for its large elephant herds. You will see a variety of landscapes, from seasonal swamps to savanna. All these while the Tarangire River winds its way through the parklands. You may see a lion stalking its prey and leopards relaxing in the trees above.
Once the game drives are complete, we will drive you back to your lodge to relax, have dinner and stay overnight.
- Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 3: Central Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, depart for Central Serengeti National Park for wildlife sightings. Enjoy lunch at a suitable place inside the park. We will continue the game drive activity in the afternoon before reaching the camp.
Serengeti is well-known for its great migrating herds of zebra, antelope, and wildebeest. Be ready to see resident predators, leopard, cheetah, and lion, fulfilling their role in the circle of life.
- Accommodation: Kon Tiki Serengeti Camp
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 4: Serengeti North with Great Migration
Get up early, enjoy breakfast, and drive to Northern Serengeti National Park. We will settle around the Mara River, where the great migration is happening. Our safari guide will find the best viewpoint to observe the event.
The great migration is the most significant herd movement of wildebeest, zebra, and other animals crossing the Mara River into Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve. Migrating animals need to cross the crocodile-invested Mara River, this is where the action is! The best time to see the migration is between July and early October every year.
- Accommodation: Sero Tented Camps
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 5: Serengeti North with Great Migration & Central Serengeti
Get up early and enjoy breakfast, then continue with game drive in Northern Serengeti with special eye to the Great Migration. Later we drive back to Central Serengeti where we stop for overnight.
The Great Migration is the largest herd movement of wildebeests, Zebra and other animals crossing Mara River to Masai Mara in Kenya. Migration crosses Mara River that is full of Crocodiles. The best time to visit if from July to early October every year.
- Accommodation: Serengeti Classic View Camp
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater
After breakfast, then depart to Ngorongoro for game drive inside Ngorongoro Crater while carrying lunch boxes.
This park constitutes the largest uninterrupted caldera in the world and one of the natural wonders of Africa: with the presence of about 30,000 large mammals resident all year round (such as buffaloes, lions, elephants, cheetahs and rhinos) and many varieties of birds (such as flamingos, eagles, buzzards. Be ready to see many animals here within few time.
- Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater and Return to Arusha
After breakfast, we descend the Ngorongoro Crater for a day of game drives and beautiful scenery. Once we finish the game drives, we will transfer you to Arusha, where we conclude our safari.
The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest uninterrupted caldera and one of Africa’s natural wonders! About 30 000 large mammals are resident all year round (such as buffaloes, lions, elephants, cheetahs, and rhinos), and many birds (such as flamingos, eagles, and buzzards).
- Accommodation: No Accommodation
- Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
