7 Days Ngorongoro and Serengeti Safari – Wildebeest Calving Experience. This 7 Days Ngorongoro and Serengeti Safari – Wildebeest Calving experience safari is one of the most rewarding Tanzania safari tours that take travelers to experience the great wildebeest migration, the calving season in particular where the herds give birth to thousands of wildebeests, attracting the predators; be sure to look out for some action! This 7 days Ngorongoro and Serengeti safari – wildebeest calving experience is best booked for travel in the months of late December through March.
Summary itinerary of 7 Days Ngorongoro and Serengeti Safari – Wildebeest Calving Experience
Day 1: Ngorongoro Crater Drive
Day 2: Ngorongoro Conservation Area Game Drive, Transfer to Serengeti National Park
Day 3&4: Ndutu Wildebeest Calving Experience
Day 5: Hot Air Balloon Ride, Game Drive to Central Serengeti
Day 6: Full Day Game Drive in Central Serengeti
Day 7: Early Morning Game Drive, Departure
7 Days Ngorongoro and Serengeti Safari – Wildebeest Calving Experience
Day 1: Ngorongoro Crater Drive
Start your 7 days Ngorongoro and Serengeti Safari – wildebeest calving experience with an early pick up from your hotel of stay in Arusha and transfer to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You will descend into the Ngorongoro crater for a game drive to view wildlife for the rest of the day and also enjoy the beautiful scenery around the crater area where you will look out for various wildlife species such as wildebeests, elands, warthogs, zebras, buffalos, hippos, elephants, lions, hyenas, cheetahs, and leopards. Enjoy your packed lunch in the crater floor!
You will later be driven to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Hhando Coffee Lodge
Day 2: Ngorongoro Conservation Area Game Drive, Transfer to Serengeti
Enjoy a relaxed breakfast at the lodge and with your packed lunch proceed for a game drive in the conservancy. Look out for various wildlife in the conservancy and enjoy your photography sessions at ease. Have your picnic lunch in the park and then proceed for a transfer to Serengeti National Park. Serengeti National Park is the most sought after Tanzania and Africa safari park inhabiting all the big 5 animals and amazing wildlife diversity. Check in at the lodge, relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay at Central Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp.
Day 3&4: Ndutu Wildebeest Calving Experience
You shall enjoy breakfast at the camp and get to explore the wildebeest covered southern plains of Serengeti National Park in the Ndutu Area. Watch the wildebeest migration and chance to witness the calves being born, as well as predators lurking around! Lunch shall be enjoyed in the wilderness. Have early morning game drive and photography sessions as per preference. Dinner and an overnight stay at Ndutu Heritage Migration Camp.
Day 5: Hot Air Balloon Ride, Game Drive to Central Serengeti
Wake up early for a hot air balloon ride and watch the Serengeti Plains come to life. Look out for wild game, and take a chance to do amazing photography from up in the air. Get to experience a champagne bush breakfast. Thereafter, proceed to drive to Central Serengeti in the Seronera Area from the south, enjoying wild game viewing as you transfer to the central area. The Seronera River is known to inhabit a variety of wildlife as they come to get a drink or dip. Dinner and an overnight stay at Central Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp.
Day 6: Full Day Game Drive in Central Serengeti
You will start your day with breakfast at your lodge in Serengeti national park as you prepare for your morning game drive. You will be driven around the central plains of the park and look out for the herds of wildebeests as they graze around the savannah plains.
After the morning game drive, you will have lunch and later engage in another game drive and enjoy looking out for wildlife species grazing in the open savannah of Serengeti national park like elephants, giraffes, cheetahs, impalas, gazelles, buffalos, elands, antelopes, zebras, wildebeests, hippos among others. You will have dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Central Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp
Day 7: Early Morning Game Drive, Departure
Drive Time: 7-8 Hours.
Wake up to an early morning game drive in the park. After breakfast with your packed lunch, you will transfer to Arusha enjoying your lunch en-route. You shall be dropped off at the airport in time for your flight, or hotel of stay in Arusha, bringing your 7 Days Tanzania Safari to an end.
End of 7 Days Ngorongoro and Serengeti Safari – Wildebeest Calving Experience
Prices includes
- Airport pick up and drop off
- Hotel/lodge accommodation during the safari
- Private 4×4 safari land cruiser with pop up roof
- Professional safari and tour guide / driver
- All national park fees mentioned
- All meals on the safari
- drinking water during the safari
- Concession and crater fees
- Hot air balloon ride
- TANAPA VAT
Prices excludes
- Flights and visas
- Items of personal nature like other beverages, laundry, souvenirs, tips among others.
- hotel accommodation before / after the safari
- Entry visas
- anything else not included in the itinerary
