“Witness the amazing scenery of great migration”
10 Day Decagon Safari in Tanzania With Great Wildebeest Migration
Moivaro Lodge, Moivaro Road, Arusha, Arusha District, Arusha Region, Tanzania
Magnificent Tanzania Safari
Join Kubwa Five Safaris to witness one of the most anticipated scenery in Africa! This safari will let you experience the Great Migration in the impressive, view wildlife up close in the magnificent Ngorongoro Crater, and walk with the Masai in the Ngorongoro highland. With a combination of luxury tented lodges and permanent wilderness luxury lodges, this safari experience will make you in awe.
Key information
- Private safari
- Children policy: Children from the age of 15 years old are allowed to participate under the supervision of a parent or guardian
- Starting point and ending point: Arusha
- Languages spoken: English
- All park fees are included
Meet the guides
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Highlights
- Wildebeest migration tracking
- Game viewing in Serengeti, Tarangire, and Ndutu area
- A chance to spot lions, elephants, buffalo, rhino, and leopard
- Game drives in Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Tarangire, and Ngorongoro Crater
- Tarangire cultural experience tour of the Datoga tribes
- Airport transfer and ground transportation
- Breakfasts, lunches, and dinners
- 9 nights' accommodation
Styles
8 activity days in English
Group size: Maximum of 100 participants
Airport transfer included:
Kilimanjaro International Airport
Accommodation
Moivaro Lodge
Moivaro Lodge is situated right in the heart of beautiful, natural scenery and yet is only seven kilometers from the town of Arusha, an ideal spot to enjoy the impressive flora and fauna of East Africa. The spacious thatched brick cottages are set in a lovely tropical garden, with private verandas ensuring every visitor all the privacy needed. You can relax and enjoy the beautiful views of Mount Meru from the comfortable veranda and you can go for a stroll around the Moivaro property, or laze at the pool nestling in the midst of tropical trees and coffee plants.
Ngorongoro Farm House
Live the legendary atmosphere of past times on a colonial style coffee plantation farmhouse. With hand-plaited thatched rooftops, ample verandas, and colonial interiors, Ngorongoro Farm House is a small and exclusive hotel built on a 500-acre coffee plantation, all of which has been designed to take you to the comfort and style of past times.
Take a walk around the farm to contemplate the daily activities, relax in the fragrant gardens or enjoy the spectacular sunsets with the Oldeani Volcano as a background. It is a wonderful stop-off during a safari on the northern circuit of Tanzania and a privileged place from where one can visit the crater or enjoy activities such walking safaris to the volcano or excursions to Lake Eyasi on the Rift Valley still inhabited by the Hadzabe tribe.
Kati Kati Tented Camp
It is a mobile tented camp located in Central Serengeti, strategically located to cover the vast Serengeti plains. The camp offers comfortable accommodation and a unique opportunity to enjoy a real safari camp experience. The camp is only a two-hour scenic drive from Olduvai Gorge Museum and Grumeti River. A cozy mess tent is located in the center of the camp where meals are served. The campfire is ready every evening for appetizers and snacks before dinner.
Lake Masek Tented Camp
Lake Masek Tented Camp is located in Ngorongoro Conservation Area by the shores of Lake Masek in Ndutu between the vast of plains of Serengeti National Park and the northern side of Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Each tent is built on a raised wooden platform with a veranda from which guests can observe the wildlife visiting the lake.
The camp consists of 20 luxury tents with en-suite facilities with either king-sized beds, twins or triple beds. Each tent is built on a raised wooden platform with a verandah from which guests can observe the wildlife visiting Lake Masek. The bedroom area is ample and tastefully furnished. The bathroom area with twin washbasins, a standalone bath and an outside shower is separated from the bedroom area by way of a screen. Guests can enjoy a relaxing bath or take a shower under the stars.
Ngorongoro Wild Camp
Ngorongoro Wild Camp is located in the south of Ngorongoro Conservation Area approximately 50 kilometers southwest of Karatu town in Tanzania. This location is the ideal mid-way point for excursions to Tarangire, Serengeti National Park, and Lake Natron area. The mobile camp is composed of 20 comfortable luxury tents and six cottages to accommodate two guests each as well as large dining and reception area.
Each tent has self-contained shower and toilet, two king-size beds, reading table, garden chairs, verandah, mosquito nets, solar power for lighting, water heater for hot shower, and radio communication. The mobile camp is also composed of 26 comfortable tents and a large dining tent. Each tent consists of two single beds with mosquito nets, an en-suite bathroom, a reading table and a veranda with chairs. Solar power is used for lighting and hot water.
Tarangire Safari Lodge
Tarangire Safari Lodge is a substantial lodge situated 10 kilometers inside the main gate of Tarangire National Park, close to the park's main airstrip, Kuro Airstrip. It was originally built in 1970 and so it's one of the oldest lodges in the park. The rooms at Tarangire Safari Lodge consist of 35 tents and five bungalows, divided into two wings of 13 tents on the right of the main area, and five bungalows and the rest of the tents on the left.
Each of the tents is suspended under thatch and is fairly simple. The beds can be either doubles or twins, and you'll find a writing desk, space to store luggage and a couple of bedside tables. The bathroom is at the back of the tent, behind a zipped canvas partition. Here, there is a single sink, a hot and cold shower, and a flushing toilet, these last separated by a curtain for privacy.
The circular bungalows are constructed from stone and thatch, and each houses three beds, so they're a good option for families. They have spacious bathrooms with proper closing doors, and the windows are glass slats covered with mosquito gauze, so you can open them to let in the breeze. The bungalows are large enough that extra beds can be added to make a triple or quadruple room. All these rooms at Tarangire Safari Lodge are kitted out with basic toiletries, a torch, insect repellent, a whistle for attracting attention, and an umbrella.
Tarangire Roika Tented Lodge
Tarangire Roika Tented Lodge offers a unique flora and fauna of shrublands and acacia woodlands with hearty baobab trees strewn around. You will be welcomed to the birds’ paradise of over 500 bird species. Roika Tarangire Tented Lodge is situated roughly 125 kilometers from Arusha town and is ideally accessible by Dodoma Road although it can also be reached by air since there is an airstrip just nearby in the park. The lodge lies nestled on the banks of Tarangire River and a mere five kilometers away from the main entrance to Tarangire National Park.
The lodge is also within driving distance to Lake Manyara and the famous Ngorongoro Crater. Each one of the 21 luxury en-suite tents has a unique theme with beautifully handcrafted furniture and uniquely built animal-shaped baths as well as showers. Every tent has got coffee making facilities for self-preparation of a cup whenever you desire and a private balcony that affords you a relaxed view of Tarangire’s wilderness. You can shop at the curio shop for memorable souvenirs, antiques and / or safari books.
KIA Lodge
KIA Lodge is your door to Tanzania - at less than a five-minute drive from Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA). The lodge is situated on a secluded hill in the heart of beautiful savannah scenery that is so typical for East Africa. Guests can admire the vast views of the African plains and of course the grand Mount Kilimanjaro that shows her snowy top mostly in the morning and at sundown. Because of its location, KIA Lodge is an ideal safe haven for arriving and departing Tanzania, climbing the Kilimanjaro or traveling on to the northern safari destinations. The friendly service, Zanzibar-style reception, typical African decorations, and tropical restaurant offer a warm welcome to into the Tanzanian culture.
Program
Day 1: Arrive in Arusha
You can arrive anytime at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO). The private transfer from the airport to the hotel in Arusha will be waiting for you at the airport. You will stay at Moivaro Lodge, which is beautifully located on the coffee farms and is a perfect place to prepare for your adventure. You will gather in the evening at 5:30 p.m. for a pre-safari briefing and an equipment check. You will have dinner and overnight at Moivaro Lodge, the lodge where you will stay in a charming atmosphere and enjoy every comfort you need.
Day 2: Lake Manyara National Park
Today, you will drive to Lake Manyara National Park for a full day game drive. This is one of Tanzania’s smaller parks but still offers a rewarding and diverse safari experience. The lakeshore at Manyara teems with birdlife and, while you are looking for the birds, you might spot one of the elusive tree-climbing lions. There are a surprising number of other large mammals and the striking cliffs on the rift escarpment form a dramatic backdrop. In the late afternoon, you will make a short journey from the park to the special wilderness lodge.
Day 3: Serengeti wildebeest migration tracking
You will head toward the Serengeti National Park. En route, there is an opportunity to visit Olduvai Gorge. It is within this steep-sided ravine that Louis and Mary Leakey made some of the world’s most important archaeological discoveries in the 1950s. Here, in a small museum, you will be able to see evidence of the ancestors that have been dated back 2.5 million years. After lunch, you will drive into the Serengeti itself and the rest of the afternoon is spent game viewing in the vast plains that are broken only by stands of acacia trees and the occasional kopje.
In December, February, and March, you will normally meet the migration with large herds of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle. There are always plenty of resident animals, such as giraffe, buffalo, and elephant, and many large predators such as lion, cheetah, and leopard. You shall return to Kubwa Five Safaris’ special tented camp for the night.
Day 4: Serengeti wildebeest migration tracking
You will have another full day in this wonderful park, rising early to make the most of your time. The guides will choose the best spotting locations for the time of year. You can spend time at the Hippo Pool watching these majestic animals laze about in the cool water happily living alongside the crocodiles, watch a big pride of lions, be in the middle of the migration, sometimes surrounded by wildebeest, sometimes by zebras, which travel with the wildebeest.
You will journey from the wide open plains to the kopjes. These volcanic rocky outcrops provide protection and shelter for a wide variety of animals and from the top, you can look out across the vast grasslands of the Serengeti. This diverse and interesting landscape will provide you with the ultimate in game viewing.
Hopefully, you will see all of the plain games such as elephants, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, lions and if you are lucky the elusive leopard and cheetah, as well as huge amounts of interesting bird life, from the elegant secretary birds to the flightless ostrich. You shall return to Kubwa Five Safaris’ special tented camp for the night.
Day 5: Serengeti wildebeest migration tracking
After breakfast, you will take the packed lunch with you and proceed with the game drive in the Serengeti National Park. The migration can be seen on a long chain approximately 40 kilometers heading to the southwestern direction. Around 12:30 and 1 p.m., you will take a break for your lunch. After having lunch, you will proceed with your game viewing following the move of the migrants on the southwest of the park. Approximately 1.3 million wildebeest, 250,000 gazelles, and 200,000 zebras have been recorded sharing the short grass.
Day 6: Ndutu wildebeest migration tracking
After breakfast, you will start at 8:30 a.m. for a full day in Ndutu area. A striking characteristic of this area is the stunning acacia woodland which is immediately surrounded by the short grass plains. Within this wooded area is Lake Ndutu, one of the Rift Valley’s soda lakes. At the height of the wildebeest migration, and when heavy rains have fallen, often times, lines of wildebeest can be seen crossing the lake. Accompanying the wildebeest are large numbers of zebra and Thomson's gazelles.
Tanzania is spoilt because of the migration. No other African county has the game like it. In the dry season, the game around Ndutu is much like game viewing in any of the southern African countries. In some cases, it is still better and you can never take away the feeling of space and wonder that the Serengeti evokes.
Day 7: Game drive in Ngorongoro Crater
You will start the day with an early morning game drive before heading to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Ngorongoro is a special place because it is a conservation area, not a national park. This means that the whole area is managed for both the animals and the local Maasai people who graze their cattle alongside the indigenous wildlife.
During the drive in Ngorongoro, you have a chance to glimpse something of the Maasai way of life. After stopping at the entrance gate, when there is a chance to learn more about this fascinating volcanic landscape, you will drive around the rim of the crater itself and from here you can look down and see the herd of wildebeest or buffalos.
Finally, you will descend into the crater. The crater walls provide a natural sanctuary for the animals, which means there is plenty to see such as lions, elephants, buffalo, rhino, and leopard (if you are lucky). The only animal you won’t see in here is a giraffe, whose long legs are unable to cope with the steeps sides of the crater. In the late afternoon, you will travel just outside of the crater to the special tented camp.
Day 8: Game drive in Tarangire National Park
Today, you shall drive to Tarangire National Park for excellent game viewing. Tarangire is a small park which offers some excellent sights. Generally, in the dry seasons, Tarangire comes alive as wildlife and birdlife congregate on the Tarangire River, which is a permanent source of water. You will spend the night in a lodge beautifully set inside the park with stunning views and a unique atmosphere. You shall have dinner and overnight at Tarangire Safari Lodge.
Day 9: Tarangire cultural experience tour
You will have a morning breakfast at Tarangire Safari Lodge and the rest of the day is free to relax and or explore the Maasai cultural experience. You will go on a walk to visit Datoga tribes. The Maasai lives in the areas as well as the Datoga. Learning about their history is as fascinating as the views are breathtaking from several hilltop peaks in the area. Dinner and overnight will be Tarangire Roika Tented Lodge.
Day 10: Tarangire to KIA Lodge
This lovely lodge is located near the airport and your accommodations will be in one of the 40 charming bungalows set among the gardens. The open-air bar has a magnificent view of Mount Kilimanjaro. Relax the remainder of the day by the pool, or soak in the view from your bungalow. A late dinner buffet for those flying in late is provided.
Transportation
The transportation for this safari is a 4x4 Safari Land Cruiser / minivan (up to eight passengers) with pop-up tops and seven window seats for game viewing. Groups of twelve or more people who would like to travel in one vehicle are offered 25 to 28 seat coasters that have about 16 window seats. Kubwa Five Safaris' safari vehicles are well maintained to provide the maximum level of comfort and safety.
Drivers / guides
The success of your safari will largely depend on your driver / guide. Because of this, Kubwa Five Safaris has a great team of carefully selected well-trained drivers / guides.
Included excursions
During this safari, you will get the opportunity to visit Datoga tribes in Tarangire.
Guides
Raymond
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Raymond joined the team as the Spanish Group leader 15 years ago when he began working in the industry. Experience and knowledge from traveling to different conservation location around the world made him fall in love with the Tanzanian wildlife in particular, which makes him eager to show the difference of what Tanzania has to offer The Spanish in Raymond makes him passionate for Mediterranean cuisine. When Ray is not working, he spends time discovering the next best recipe to use to cook up a storm, from Paella to making Spanish Inspired cocktails.
Peter
He has been in the tour industry for over 7 years. He is a senior diver guide who is very familiar with all the major destinations in Uganda. His daily duties include guest transfer between airports, hotels, camps, and tourist attraction areas in Uganda. With adverse knowledge of flora and fauna, excellent driving skills, flexibility and generous smile, Peter will welcome and guide you around this wonderful country. He proudly shares his knowledge of wildlife and sites with openness and a touch of humor. What he enjoys most during his guiding tours are the sunrises and sunsets.
Emmanuel
He has worked for 17 years in the safari industry, and previous worked as a field guide trainer about cats and character, before working full time as a guide. Emmanuel is passionate about making guests happy and likes nature in general. Emanuel loves all creatures large and small. He excels at engaging with family and friends at whatever lever as he is adaptable and easy going. While he makes time for everyone he equally enjoys a quiet time relaxing with a good read.
Robby
He joined us this year. He is determined to be one of the best. Robby has a passion with wildlife and so kind with children and this makes him one of the best guides to go out on adventure with Family Groups. As a family man, in his spare time Robby loves to spend time sight-seeing with the children or lazy day exploring his passion for the animal kingdom by watching Discovery channels.
Location
This safari will take place at Lake Manyara National Park, Serengeti National Park, Ndutu area, Ngorongoro Crater, and Tarangire National Park in Tanzania.
Lake Manyara National Park
Located on the way to Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti, Lake Manyara National Park is worth a stop in its own right. Its groundwater forests, bush plains, baobab strewn cliffs, and algae-streaked hot springs offer incredible ecological variety in a small area, rich in wildlife and incredible numbers of birds.
The alkaline soda of Lake Manyara is home to an incredible array of birdlife that thrives on its brackish waters. Pink flamingo and graze by the thousands of colourful specks against the grey minerals of the lake shore. Yellow-billed storks swoop and corkscrew on thermal winds rising up from the escarpment, and herons flap their wings against the sun-drenched sky. Even reluctant bird-watchers will find something to watch and marvel at within the national park.
Lake Manyara’s famous tree-climbing lions are another reason to pay a visit to this park. The only kind of their species in the world, they make the ancient mahogany and elegant acacias their home during the rainy season and are well-known but rather a rare feature of the northern park. In addition to the lions, the national park is also home to the largest concentration of baboons anywhere in the world — a fact that accounts for interesting game viewing of large families of the primates.
Lake Manyara has a big number of elephants, so many giraffes; zebras, wildebeest, impala, waterbuck, and warthog, small known shy Kik’s dik-dik as well as Klipspringer along the ramps of the escarpment. Leopards are hosted within the broken forests and escarpment, healthy lions that are widely known for their tree climbing pranks. This used to be a special character of the park which is not the case today. Regarded as Africa’s largest, huge herds of baboons are expected by most of the travellers.
Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park is undoubtedly the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world, unequalled for its natural beauty and scientific value, it has the greatest concentration of plains game in Africa.
The Serengeti National Park in Tanzania was established in 1952. It is home to the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth – the great migration of wildebeest and zebra. The resident population of lion, cheetah, elephant, giraffe, and birds is also impressive. There’s a wide variety of accommodation available, from luxury lodges to mobile camps. The park covers 5,700 sq miles, (14,763 sq km), it’s larger than Connecticut, with at most a couple hundred vehicles driving around.
The Serengeti has earned the titles of one of the “Seven Natural Wonders of Africa” and one of the “Ten Natural Travel Wonders of the World” for being the site of the largest terrestrial mammal migration in the world (about 2 million animals!). However, even without the Great Migration, the park sports the densest lion population in the world and is home to all members of the Big Five and almost 500 bird species.
Ndutu area
The Ndutu area forms the north-western part of the Ngorongoro Conservation area, which covers an area of just over 8 000 km² and includes the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater, the Olduvai Gorge, forests, mountains and the vast plains of Ndutu stretching to Serengeti (unfenced).
Consisting mainly of sweeping grasslands, the Ndutu area in the northern part of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area joins the Serengeti. As such, it forms part of the annual migratory route of hundreds of thousands of wildebeest, zebra and antelope (and their predators) who come to graze and calve between November and March, depending on the rains. The forests around Lake Ndutu and small koppies are also home to prolific, resident wildlife.
Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro Crater is the largest intact caldera in the world – The Ngorongoro Crater is considered one of the most amazing natural wonders of the world and it’s definitely a must-see place in Tanzania. It attracts thousands of people from all around the globe, all year long and sometimes it’s so crowded that people prefer staying there for only a couple of nights and then moving on to the quieter Serengeti. When visiting the crater, visitors also get the incredible chance of interacting with the people from the Maasai tribe.
It is known as ‘Africa’s Garden of Eden’, Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater is the largest unbroken caldera in the world 610 metres (2 000 feet) deep and covers 260 square kilometres (100 square miles) . The crater is known as the ‘Garden of Eden’, because of its stunning green grasses, blue water and the diversity of animals in the ‘small’ space of the crater. The ever-changing clouds, colours and landscapes make this crater magical.
Boasting incredible concentrations of wildlife, which includes elephants, lions, cheetahs, wildebeests, buffaloes, and the rare black rhinos. Ngorongoro Crater is one of the best places to spot the ‘Big Five’ and the rare black rhino.
Tarangire National Park
The Tarangire National Park is known as a wonderful birding destination and it is a home to diverse wildlife including buffalo, giraffe zebra, Thompson’s gazelle, mongoose, warthog and the resultant predators such as lion and leopard, particularly during the dry season, when the Tarangire River is the only source of water in the area. The landscape is of particular interest too, due to the high number of scenic baobab trees.
Tarangire National Park is most well-known for the large herds of elephant that call the park home. Herds can number up to 300 and seeing these gentle giants meander across the plains and under the iconic baobab trees is a truly memorable safari experience.
Food
You will have an African buffet. Kubwa Five Safaris can as well arrange the meals according to your request.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
- Soda
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
- Other dietary requirements on request
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
Things to do (optional)
- A visit to Olduvai Gorge
- Excursions to a Maasai village
What's included
- Serengeti and Ndutu wildlife migration tracking
- Game viewing in Serengeti, Tarangire, and Ndutu area
- Game drives in Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Tarangire, and Ngorongoro Crater
- Tarangire cultural experience tour of the Datoga tribes
- Ground transportation
- 9 nights' accommodation
- En-route meals as indicated in the itinerary
- Park fees and relevant government taxes
- Services of an expert guide
- Airport transfers
What's not included
- Airfares
- Visa fees
- Personal insurance
- Expenses of personal nature, such as drinks, tips, laundry, telephone, and cigarettes
- Accommodation and meals not indicated in the itinerary
How to get there
Recommended Airports
JRO
Kilimanjaro International Airport
36 km
Transfer included
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO). Transfer from the airport is included. Kubwa Five Safaris will pick you up from the airport.
Airport: Kilimanjaro International Airport
Airport transfer included: Kilimanjaro International Airport
No additional charges. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 17% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 14 days before arrival.
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