8 Days Serengeti Wildebeest Mara River Crossing Safari

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8 Days Serengeti Wildebeest Mara River Crossing Safari

8 Days Serengeti Wildebeest Mara River Crossing Safari

8 Days 7 Nights From 3590$, per person in a double/ Twin room

Rates are per person (pp) and based on 2 people sharing 1 room

Excluding international flights (from/to your home country)

Trip Type Activity level Service level
By Road Easy Budget

Trip overview

The Mara River crossing is one of the greatest obstacles in the entire circle of the wildebeest Migration; there are only two options of Life and death on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

One of earth’s most spectacular wildlife events takes place each year in the heart of Tanzania’s Serengeti national park and Kenya’s Masai Mara all located in the heart of East Africa, culminating at a river crossing where nature coldly decides who lives to see another season this is made harder due to the fact that Mara River sometimes experiences flooding and the crocodiles are always waiting for food and on the other hand lions and cheetahs are on alert in Masai mara.

Over 1.5 million wildebeest, zebras, Thomson’s gazelles, and Elands follow a circular migratory route throughout the Serengeti and Masai Mara ecosystems, fraught with a series of river passages whose raging currents and predatory beasts lurking in the shallows make the endeavor more than just a simple swim.

After having forded the formidable Grumeti River in Tanzania, the remaining herd makes its way north from July through October to the meandering Mara River. Along its banks, the wildebeest queue up as far as the eye can see, waiting to take the season’s final plunge in hopes of finding promise greener grasses – and, new studies show, better drinking water – on the other side.

Day 1: ARRIVAL AT KILIMANJARO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND TRANSFER TO ARUSHA FOR OVERNIGHT.

Day 2: DRIVE FROM ARUSHA TO TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK

Day 3: DRIVE TO LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK

Day 4: LAKE MANYARA TO NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA

Day 5: NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA TO CENTRAL SERENGETI

Day 6: DRIVE FROM CENTRAL SERENGETI TO NORTHERN SERENGETI

Day 7: FULL DAY GAME DRIVES IN NORTHERN SERENGETI

Day 8: DRIVE FROM SERENGETI TO ARUSHA AND CONNECT YOUR ONWARD JOURNEY

Know before!

  • Trip starts from Arusha and ends in Arusha<l/i>
  • Travelers can upgrade to a flight from Serengeti to Arusha but weight limit is 15 kgs
  • Any age can join this Trip
  • Solo travelers can join this trip

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Detailed itinerary

Day 1: Arrival at Kilimanjaro international airport and transfer to Arusha for Overnight

On arrival at Kilimanjaro international Airport, you will be received by our representative from Endless plains Africa Ltd and transfer to Arusha is strategically located as the main entry point to Tanzania's famous "Northern Safari Circuit," which includes renowned national parks and wildlife reserves such as Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire, and Lake Manyara for your overnight.

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Day 2: Drive from Arusha to Tarangire National Park

After morning breakfast, you will depart for Arusha national park, the park gives you many chances as it is a habitat to plenty of wildlife like zebras, searching for underground streams in the dry river beds, herds of up to about 300 elephants can be seen. The shrinking lagoons are gathered around by migratory wildebeest, eland, gazelle, impala, zebras, kudu, hartebeest buffalo, and other smaller mammals. Also regularly spotted are the dry country antelope like fringe-eared Oryx, Mongoose colonies are often hosted by abandoned drifts (anthills).

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Day 3: Drive to Lake Manyara National Park

Set under the magnificent of the Great Rift Valley’s steep western escarpment is a long narrow park that keeps the area between the escarpment and Lake Manyara safe. The shallow lake Manyara is an alkaline lake that expands and contracts according to the seasons within a long silvery bowl of salt deposits. Within the vicinity of the lake are wide grassy flood plains and further, as you move away, are bands of mixed acacia woodlands. Leaving that aside, patches of captivating evergreen forests, that are kept going by perennial groundwater springs from the base of the escarpment are next to the escarpment. 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.

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Day 4: Lake Manyara to Ngorongoro Conservation Area

After morning breakfast, you will drive to Karatu town where you will go for a 2-hour stroll through the local farming village of Mto wa Mbu, unique for housing over 120 different tribes. On the walk you’ll go through the market, local homes (or shambas, as known in the native Swahili), schools, and milling machines. opt for lunch at a home or at the Swahili Canteen Restaurant after the authentic Experience you will transfer to Ngorongoro conservation Area for overnight.

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Day 5: Ngorongoro Conservation Area to Central Serengeti

After breakfast, we'll descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for captivating game drives. Once we've explored this natural wonder and its abundant wildlife, we'll transfer you to central Serengeti.

Ngorongoro Crater is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Africa's natural wonders. It boasts the largest uninterrupted caldera globally and is home to approximately 30,000 large mammals that reside here year-round. Expect to encounter a wide array of wildlife, including buffaloes, lions, elephants, cheetahs, rhinos, and numerous bird species such as flamingos, eagles, and buzzards.

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Day 6: Drive from Central Serengeti to Northern Serengeti

Start your day with an unforgettable sunrise game drive across the Serengeti. See the sun set fire to the savannah as predators such as leopards and lions hunt for their morning meal.

the game drive will continue along the Sogore River Circuit, which loops into the plains south of the Seronera River, and which is good for possible Lion, Thomson gazelle, Topi, ostrich and cheetah sightings. you will follow the Kopjes Circuit, which goes anti-clockwise around the Maasai Kopjes, which usually attract a number of lion and some formidably large cobras. Kopjes are weathered granite outcrops, scattered around the plains, most of which are miniature ecosystems, providing shade and drinking water in pools left in the rock after the rains. This makes the kopjes particularly good for spotting wildlife in the dry seasons – including lions, which like to lie in wait for animals coming to drink! And later transfer to Northern Serengeti national park.

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Day 7: Full day game drives in Northern Serengeti

Set out on an African Safari of a lifetime with One Nature's seasoned guides, accompanied by our exclusive luxury open safari vehicles. The Northern Serengeti, boasting the Great Migration River Crossing, Africa's legendary Big Five, the largest lion population, and many bird species, stands as an unparalleled wildlife sanctuary.

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Day 8: Drive from Serengeti to Arusha and Connect your onward Journey

After an early morning breakfast, your will depart Serengeti for your long drive from Northern Serengeti to Arusha, upon arrival you will be transferred to Kilimanjaro for your onward Journey.

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Booking advice

Being a migration safari, we recommend booking way in advance as Lodges in Northern Serengeti get filled up close to 6 months before July.

Includes

  • Accommodation
  • private 4×4 safari vehicle
  • Guide
  • Fuel
  • All park entrance fees
  • Airport transfers
  • Enroute meals and drinking water
  • All game drives
  • conservation and government taxes

Excludes

  • International flights
  • Tanzania tourist Visa
  • Travel insurance
  • Pre and post safari accommodation
  • Tips for guides and hotels
  • Personal expenses like Alcoholic drinks
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