8 Days Mid-Range Serengeti Wildebeest Migration Safari
Book 8 days wildebeest migration tour Tarangire Serengeti Ngorongoro crater and lake Manyara Lodge safaris The safari will take you around the best places in Tanzania visiting places such as lake Manyara which is famous for its tree climbing lions.
The Ngorongoro crater which is known also as the garden of eden Serengeti national park Tarangire national park and and chance to see great wildebeest migration while grossing Mara river.
Parks in this Trip
Tarangire NP
Lake Manyara NP
Serengeti National Park
Ngorongoro Crater
Day 1: Arrive to your hotel in Arusha
Day 2: Transfer to Tarangire
Day 3: Tarangire to Serengeti
Day 4: Serengeti Migration Experience
Day 5: Transfer from Serengeti to ngorongoro crater
Day 6: Full Day at Ngorongoro Crater.
Day 7: Lake manyara to Arusha
Day 8: Arusha to airport
Rates Per Person
Start dates | Solo 1 room | 2+ people Sharing rooms |
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Jan 1, 2024 – Dec 31, 2024 | s/p* | Get a Quote |
Jan 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025 | s/p* | Get a Quote |
Jan 1, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026 | s/p* | Get a Quote |
*s/p= Special Order. This tour is for solo travelers with special order.
Important to Know
Rates are per person and exclude the international flight from/to your home country.
This tour accepts children who are 15 years and older. Children under 16 receive a discount.
Activities & Transportation
Activities: game drives, evening/night game drives, gorilla trekking, chimpanzee trekking, walking safaris (with an armed guide) & boat trip
Game drives: pop-up roof 4×4 vehicle
Getting around: pop-up roof 4×4 vehicle, boat & hiking/walking
A transfer from and back to the airport is included
Accommodation & Meals
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
Mid-range tour
This mid-range tour uses lodges and guest houses.
Private tour
This tour will be organized exclusively for you. However, wildlife viewing activities are run by the lodges/camps and will be shared with others.
Can start any day
If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.
Can be customized
You can request minor changes to the accommodations and destinations of this tour.
Suitable for solo travelers
Solo travelers can book this private tour.
Getting There
This tour starts and ends in Nairobi/ Pickup Location
Book your own international flights when using this operator
A transfer from and back to the airport is included
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
Embark on an 8 Days Wildebeest Migration Safari, exploring Tanzania’s premier destinations—Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and Lake Manyara.
Price includes/excludes
- Park fees (For non-residents).
- A professional driver/guide
- All activities(Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade).
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section).
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional).
- Cultural Trips
- Drinking Water
- International flights (From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour.
- Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day).
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Extra meals, snacks, gratuities, souvenirs, service tips
- The government imposed increases in taxes and/or park fees.
Detailed Itinerary
→ Day 1: Arrive to your hotel in Arusha
We will pick you up from the airport by our driver and drive you to your accommodation in Arusha. Here you will overnight, relax, and prepare in anticipation of the adventures to come.
You’ll stay at Arusha Planet Lodge in Arusha city
Arusha, also known as “A” Town by the locals, is situated at the foot of Mount Meru, Africa’s 5th highest mountain. The altitude gives the city a pleasant climate and lush green environment.
Arusha is not a particularly attractive city in itself and is regarded by many visitors as little more than a necessary stopover before their safari starts in earnest.
Accommodation: Arusha Planet Lodge
→ Day 2: Transfer From Arusa to Tarangire
After breakfast, your safari guide will pick you up from your accommodation drive you to Tarangire National Park (approximately 2 hours). Tarangire is best known for its elephant families, savannah, iconic baobab trees, seasonal swamps and the life-giving Tarangire River. Animals gather at the river and giraffes, bushbucks and hartebeests are often seen.
The park is also home to buffalo, zebra and wildebeest. These animals are closely followed by a range of predators, the king, Simba, and her cousin, the leopard. From the open roof of the vehicle, you will be able to absorb the landscape and watch the wildlife later drive to farm of dream lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Farm of Dreams Lodge
→ Day 3: Tarangire to Serengeti N.P
After breakfast, we will journey on heading up towards the fertile highlands where wheat, coffee, and corn, are grown by the Iraqw people. Passing through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, we will be afforded a view of the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater before traveling onwards to the Serengeti National Park which we will reach by midday.
The Serengeti National Park is the largest park in Tanzania covering an astounding 15,000 sq km with diverse landscapes and habitats such as grassy plains, swamps, lakes, savannah and mountains. Here the great migration of wildebeest, zebra, and antelope takes place.
Depending on the season of your visit, we may have the opportunity to witness thousands of animals on their search for food and water.
After an extensive game drive, we drive to the Seronera Valley for an evening meal and overnight stay in Angata tented lodge.
Full board accommodation included in the tour price. Dinner and overnight at Mara Leisure Tented Camp.
Accommodation: Ang’ata Serengeti Camp
→ Day 4: Full Day Serengeti National Park
In this day you will wake up early morning and have your full breakfast then you will start your game drive inside Serengeti as you will have full day in Serengeti our driver will drive you to the key areas in Serengeti
We will make sure that you will follow wildebeest migration where they will during your tour with us
The Great migration varies every year the best chance of seeing it is during June up to September while the wildebeest calving is from January to March for the July up to September our driver will be able to take to northern Serengeti where they be able to see the great wildebeest migration crossing the Mara River. A million and a half of these majestic animals’ travel throughout the year as they look for fresh grazing pasture and follow the rainfall for better water sources and after your full day game drive you head back to your accommodation for dinner and overnight in Angata tented lodge.
Accommodation: Ang’ata Serengeti Camp
→ Day 5: Serengeti to ngorongoro crater
After an early breakfast, we head out for another game drive in the Serengeti. We may be afforded the opportunity to spot the Big Five” – lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino and leopard – before embarking on our journey to the Ngorongoro Crater.
The animals roam freely through the unfenced reserves, offering us an uninterrupted game viewing experience. Arriving at the edge of the crater, we have our first glimpse of what awaits us the following day – glistening streams, open grassland and a myriad of animals.
We spend the night in Rhino lodge directly on the crater’s edge, with the orange glow of sunset surrounding us as we drift off to sleep.
Accommodation: Rhino Lodge
→ Day 6: Full Day at Ngorongoro Crater
You will wake up around 5.30 am for your breakfast, after breakfast you will descend to Ngorongoro crater floor where you will able to see all big five, also you will see different types of birds, black rhino available inside crater. In this day you will have your lunch inside the crater while watching nature and high concentrations of flamingos.
Later after 6 to 7 hours game drive inside crater floor you will start ascend from crater drive back to farm of dream lodge for dinner and overnight. On this day after crater tour you will have a walking tour inside mto wa mbu village where you will experience how local people live, see banana plantations and you can taste local food also.
Accommodation: Farm of Dreams Lodge
→ Day 7: Lake manyara to Arusha
After breakfast, we will be met at our accommodation by our safari guide. We then set out for Lake Manyara National Park. This relatively small but diverse park, is so named for a shallow salt lake that covers a large area of the park’s surface area. Flooding and drying with the seasons, this soda lake is home to thousands of flamingos with another 500 bird species represented in the park.
On our exploration of the park, we will see monkey, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, elephant, and, with some luck, lion lounging in the trees.
The park is known for its diverse landscapes – not only open grassy plains, but also primate-filled woodlands and baobab-dotted cliffs.
After an extensive game drive through the park, we head toward to Arusha planet lodge.
Accommodation: Arusha Planet Lodge
→ Day 8: Arusha to airport [END OF SAFARI]
Leisure breakfast and lunch at the lodge and depending on your departure back home, you will be transferred to the Kilimanjaro International Airport.