Day 1: Arusha - Serengeti National Park (335 kilometers - five hours)
You will be picked up from Arusha at 08:00 and driven to the Serengeti National Park (14,763 square kilometers or 5,700 square miles) with your picnic lunch. Then, you will enjoy game drive en-route to the campsite.
Serengeti National Park is a home to lion, leopard, elephant, cheetah, buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, eland, wild dog, gazelles, crocs, and more. Birds in the park include the Eurasia migrants. Dinner and overnight stay will be at Serengeti Seronera Camp Site.
Day 2: Full day in Serengeti National Park
After breakfast, your agenda continues with both morning and afternoon game drives in Serengeti National Park. Remember this is the migration safari, so as Serengeti is very large, your game drives will depend on the move of the migrants. Your guide knows very well how to locate the herds.
The Serengeti means endless plains in Maasai language. In the central plains, there are carnivores like leopard, lion, hyena, and cheetah. This park is normally the scene of the annual migration of wildebeest and zebra that occurs between the Kenyan Mara and the Serengeti. Varied bird species can be seen here including eagles, ducks, geese, egrets, vultures, secretary birds, ibis, stork, herons, kites, pelicans, cranes, and guinea fowl. You will have all meals and overnight stay at Serengeti Seronera Camp Site. Meal plan includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Day 3: Serengeti National Park - Ngorongoro Crater Rim
You wake up at 06:00 for early morning game drives in Serengeti National Park. At 09:00, you will be back to the campsite for breakfast. Then, you check out and drive with lunch and game viewing en-route to Ngorongoro Crater Rim. Ngorongoro Crater, the largest unbroken caldera in the world, has an area of 260 kilometers and a depth of 610 meters.
The crater provides a protected habitat for thousands of mammals and birds. The entire day is spent on the crater floor viewing lion, hyena, wildebeest, zebra, black rhinoceros, and many species of small antelopes. The Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area is located between the Serengeti National Park and Lake Manyara. It is home to the famous Ngorongoro Crater which is the largest unbroken caldera in the world.
The crater is a spectacular setting to experience your African safari. Some scientists maintain that before it erupted, Ngorongoro Crater, the largest intact caldera in the world, would have been higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest point in Africa. It is one of the few places in Africa where you stand a very good chance of seeing the Big Five (lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino, and elephant) in the course of a game drive.
The local Maasai have permission to graze their cattle on the crater floor and it is not unusual to see Maasai cattle and buffalo grazing together with lion mere meters away. There are around 1,000 lions in the crater and approximately 20 black rhinos. Besides, the spectacular Lerai Forest is one of the best places in Africa to spot leopards. You can also have an option to visit the Olduvai Gorge at an extra fee for the museum. Dinner and overnight stay will be at Ngorongoro Simba A Campsite.
Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater Floor - Arusha
You wake up early morning for breakfast, then, at 07:30, drive to Ngorongoro Crater where you will descend into the crater floor for game drives. All the Big Five (rhino, lion, leopard, buffalo, and elephant) live in this wonderful caldera. Other animals included are zebra, hippo, wildebeest, hyena, and more. Birds include flamingos on the Soda Lake, geese, storks, vultures, and more.
Your break for lunch at Ngoitoktok Spring picnic sites will be an unforgettable experience. After lunch, you proceed with fame viewing while ascending the crater and proceed to Arusha for your drop off in Arusha Town or Arusha Airport (ARK) for your flight. This is the end of your safari.
