9 DAYS NORTHERN SERENGETI GREAT MIGRATION CROSSING MARA RIVER

DAY 1: PICK UP FROM THE AIRPORT

Our Safari driver will pick you up from the airport to the uniquely African village-style accommodations at Planet Lodge Arusha.

DAY 2: ARUSHA TO TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK

After breakfast, our Safari Guide will drive you to Tarangire National Park for a full game drive. The journey takes 2:30 (139.7 km) on the road from Arusha to the park. The National park is quiet and lovely. Located in Northern Tanzania It is iconic for its baobab, acacia trees, and elephant migration, with up to 300 herds of elephant, It’s the greatest concentration of wildlife outside Serengeti. The game concentration is exceptional from July through to October. After a full day game drive, you will have accommodations at your favorite EILEENS TREE INN KARATU

DAY 3: TARANGIRE N PARK TO SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK THROUGH NGORONGORO

After breakfast, our Safari Guide will take you to Serengeti National Park. where you will spend three full-day safaris covering most of the park from Kogatende to Serengeti Central. Serengeti National Park is one of the most important African tourism circuits. In more than 1 million years, little has changed in the park. The wild animals, flora and fauna and waterways are still mostly intact as they were more than one million years ago. Miraculous, the oldest remains of man (more than 2 million years ago) were discovered here by the famous African archaeologist, Dr. Leakey. At Serengeti, you will watch the exodus of over a million wildebeest and around 200,000 zebras making a daring cross from the northern hills to the southern plains for the short rains every October and November, it’s breathtaking.you will have your accommodations at TANZANIA BUSH CAMP

DAY 4-5 NORTHERN SERENGETI – KOGATENDE

After breakfast drive to Northeren Serengeti for full game drive till late evening to witness the great Wildebeest & Zebras Crossing Mara river then drive to the Camp, On the 4th day you will travel from central Serengeti to Northern Serengeti – Kogatende where you will stay for two day. This will take 4 h5 covering (194.0 km). Kogatende Airstrp is found on the edge of the Northern Serengeti Wilderness zone, just 20 minutes from the Mara River. An extraordinary location to witness herds of wildebeest & Zebras crossing the Mara river. At . After Arriving at Kogatende you will have your accommodations at MARA KATI KATI TENTED CAMP NO O2

DAY 6: NORTHERN SERENGETI KOGATENDE TO CENTRAL SERENGETI

On the 6th day you will travel from Northern Serengeti to Central Serengeti. Central Serengeti-Seronera Valley is home to a much greater diversity of resident wildlife than anywhere else in the Serengeti including, buffalo, giraffe, topi, elephant, waterbuck, hippo, impala, reedbuck, and families of baboons. The large concentration prey attracts the highest number of large predators in Africa ( hyena, lion, cheetah and leopard).

DAY 7: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK TO NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA-

After breakfast On the 6th day you will have a half game driving in Serengeti national park before driving to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. this safari covers 2:30 min (178.2 km) on road. Upon arrival you will have accomodations at Rhino Lodge. On the way to ngorongoro you will visit maasai Bomas (Option) and Learn their unique Culture relationship with the wild which has lasted for the past 200 years. During your stay at ngorongoro you will have accomodations at NGORONGORO RHINO LODGE

DAY 8: NGORONGORO CRATER TO KARATU – LAKE MANYARA.

After your memorable safari, and exquisite breakfast at RHINO LODGE. You will start your half day game drive in Ngorongoro Crater. Descending 610 meters (2,000 feet) deep, the floor of an ancient caldera it’s breathtaking. Nicknamed “Africa’s Garden of Eden” The crater has forged its own unique ecosystem due to its enclosed nature. It is the one place where you can certainly tick all the boxes, its awe-inspiring scenery, plentiful wildlife, it’s very remarkable.After game drive you will have to proceed ot
Eileen’s Tree Inn lodge for accommodations and preparations for the next day safari to The Loveliest Lake Manyara. EILEENS TREE INN LODGE KARATU

DAY 9: KARATU TO LAKE MANYARA TO THE AIRPORT

After breakfast our driver will take you Lake Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara, praised enthusiastically by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa” is a shallow alkaline lake at 960 m (3,150 ft) above sea level formed in a depression in the Rift Valley System. the park attracts a wide variety of animals, including Lake Manyara’s unique tree-climbing lions, Africa’s largest herds of elephants, as well as large flocks of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake. After the game drive, our driver will take you to the airport and that will mark the end of wonderful 9 DAYS NORTHERN SERENGETI GREAT MIGRATION CROSSING MARA RIVER safari with you, JRO OR ARUSHA AIRPORT: