9-Day Epic Great Migrations Wildlife Budget Safari

Today, you will explore Tarangire. It is one of Tanzania's largest national parks and sanctuary for an unusually large elephant population. Majestic baobab trees are an interesting feature of the park. Animals concentrate along the Tarangire River, which provides the only permanent water supply in the area. There is a great diversity of wildlife including lions, leopards, cheetahs, and up to six hundred elephants. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the lodge.

After breakfast, you can be transferred to Lake Manyara National for a half-day game drive. You will have a lunch box continuing with a drive to the park. You will have lunch in the park and later go for game drives. In Lake Manyara, expect to see animals such as lions, buffalos, giraffes, wildebeest, zebras, impalas, warthogs, elephants, hippos, and more than 300 bird species. You will return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Today, you will have an easy morning with a short drive to Lake Natron. After lunch, you will meet and walk with local guides on a walk to the Ngaresero Waterfall which will take about 2 hours. In the evening, you can walk around the shores of Lake Natron on the lookout for the lesser flamingo. Lake Natron is the most important and regular breeding site for lesser flamingos in East Africa and during the breeding season, Lake Natron hosts up to 2.5 million flamingos. The majority of egg-laying and hatching takes place from September to January although the peak occurs between October (early) and December. Besides the waterfowl, there are other limited bird species due to the lake’s deeply alkaline waters. You will enjoy the beautiful sunset along the spectacular East African Great Rift Valley ridge. You will have dinner and an overnight stay.

After breakfast, you will depart Natron for Serengeti. The drive can take up to 4 hours and it’s the perfect way to see different shades of Tanzania’s ever-changing landscapes. The arid scenery will slowly be exchanged for the lusher and greener surroundings of the Rift Valley. You'll enjoy a full day doing game drives in Northern Serengeti in the Wogatende (Mara River area) to take in the Great Migration experience. If you are lucky, you may witness a Mara river crossing, Northern Serengeti has beautiful rocky outcrops that are easy for predators like lions and Leopards, cheetahs and elephants, etc Your overnight stay will be Serengeti North Camp.

Today you will have a full day to explore the Northern Serengeti and hopefully see the river crossings. You'll break the day into morning and afternoon game drives or take lunch boxes for a full-day game drive. You will have an opportunity to see one of the Serengeti geographical features rocky outcrops which is very important in the Serengeti ecosystem. Your overnight stay will be at the camp.

The Serengeti offers diverse habitats, ranging from wooden forests to open plains, sheltering a plethora of animals, roving or leaping, flying or crawling. Serengeti National Park is home to Africa’s Big Five and it is one of the best places in the world to spot lions dozing off in the shade, leaping after a marked prey or growling off a share of their hunt. You'll enjoy an en-route game drive from Northern Serengeti to Central Serengeti. You can have an optional walk on central Serengeti after a few days sitting in the safari Jeep. You will get time to stretch your legs for a 2-hour walk with an armed ranger. Your overnight stay will be at the tented camp.

Today you have early morning game drive in the crater to view wildlife for full day crater tour with picnic lunch down into the crater. Supported by year-round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. You will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater. A large number of flamingos, hippos and other water birds can usually be seen there. After lunch, you will drive back to hotel for dinner & overnight.

Today you will have an easy start to the day. You will have a short drive to Mto wa Mbu village and meet your local guide who will take you for a 2 to 3-hour walk through a local town and village. You'll have time to explore and interact with the local community, learn their way of living, and participate/see how they make a banana beer. You will enjoy a local lunch. After the excursion you will transfer to Arusha / Airport.