10 DAYS WILDEBEEST MIGRATION CROSSING MARA RIVER.

Package Overview

JULY/AUGUST
Regarded as the best months to see the River Crossing on the Mara River from Masai Mara, offering fantastic photographic opportunities.
SEPTEMBER
The migration should now be in Kenya’s Masai Mara Nature Reserve just across the northern border from the Serengeti National Park. This is the best said to be the best time to visit Masai Mara.
OCTOBER
The time when Maasai Mara Nature Reserve having plentiful supplies of water and good grazing, hence a popular month to view the great herds in the Masai Mara.

10 DAYS WILDEBEEST MIGRATION CROSSING MARA RIVER.
Wildebeest Migration Crossing Mara River is a display of natural wonders with over two million wildebeests, zebras, and antelope travelling over 450 miles across the plain to ensure their survival, unaware that there’s the danger presented by the stalking lions and cheetahs among other predators of the wildlife. Witness huge crocodiles of the Mara River as they wait for the herbivorous to cross the swollen Mara river and enter into Masai Mara Game Reserve from Serengeti National Park.
The wildebeest migration river crossing in August moves north, passing through the Lobo area (north of Central Serengeti National Park) and the Wagakuria area (remote northern Serengeti National Park along the Mara River) en route to Kenya’s Masai Mara Game Reserve.

Day wise Itinerary

• Day 1 : ARRIVE IN TANZANIA

  Arrive at Kilimanjaro International airport, met and greet by Overland Safaris driver-guide and get assisted through customs and immigration formalities. Thereafter, drive to Arusha at Masailand Safari Lodge.
  Dinner and overnight at Arusha Safari Lodge: Bed, Dinner, Lunch, and Breakfast included.
  https://masailandsafari.com/

  • Themes Jeep Safari
• Day 2 : GAME DRIVE IN TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK

  Today we head to Tarangire National Park. The park, which has its own source of water, comes into its own in the dry season as a birdlife congregation on the Tarangire River and herds of giraffe, zebra, buffalo, and, in particular, elephants can be seen. Predators such as lions and leopards are also regularly spotted here. Our lodge is located within the park. It has a large lookout area from where sundowners can be had whilst watching the game on the sweeping plains below.
  Dinner and overnight at Eileen’s Trees Inn Lodge: Bed, Dinner, Lunch, Breakfast and included.
  https://eileenstrees.com/

  • Themes Game Drives
• Day 3 : GAME DRIVE IN SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

  We head towards 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 is a small museum, we are able to see evidence of our ancestors that have been dated back 2.5 million years. After lunch, we 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, January and February we will normally meet the migration with large herds of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle. There are always plenty of resident animals, such as giraffes, buffalo, and elephants, and many large predators such as lions, cheetahs, and leopards. We return to our special tented camp for the night.
  Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Robins safari Tented Camp: Bed, Dinner, Lunch, Breakfast and included.
  https://baobablodges.com/

  • Themes Game Drives
  • Accommodation Baobab Tented Camp [ 4 Star ]
• Day 4 : ANOTHER DAY GAME DRIVE TO NORTHERN SERENGETI KOGATENDE

  Northern Serengeti Kogatende
  After breakfast, drive to Serengeti Park with a picnic lunch. Much of the route will be a game drive before arriving at the lodge in the late afternoon. Arrive for dinner and overnight at your tented camp.
  Dinner and overnight at North Serengeti Baobab Tented Camp: Bed, Dinner, Lunch, Breakfast and included.
  https://baobablodges.com/mara-luxury-camp/

  • Themes Game Drives
  • Accommodation Baobab Tented Camp [ 4 Star ]
• Day 5 : NORTHERN SERENGETI KOGATENDE

  Northern Serengeti Kogatende
  After breakfast, we will proceed for a full day game drive viewing the great migration at the Mara area. Resident wildlife numbers are exceptionally high in the Wagakuria area. The key feature is the Mara River and there is a great chance to see the herds cross the Mara River to the north on one day and back south a few days later. Please note that it can be very difficult to witness crossing and is sometimes a matter of luck. A herd can be seen next to the river and only decide to cross a couple of days later. This area is a stunning region with kopjes, woodland, riverine vegetation and open plains, similar to Kenya’s Masai Mara
  Dinner and overnight at North Serengeti Baobab Tented Camp: Bed, Dinner, Lunch, Breakfast and included.
  https://baobablodges.com/mara-luxury-camp/

  • Themes Game Drives
  • Accommodation Baobab Tented Camp [ 4 Star ]
• Day 6 : GAME DRIVE IN SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

  We have another full day in this wonderful park, rising early to make the most of our time. Our guides will choose the best spotting locations for the time of year; we 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. We 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, we can look out across the vast grasslands of the Serengeti. This diverse and interesting landscape will provide us with the ultimate in game viewing, we will hopefully see all of the plain games; elephants, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, lions and if you are lucky the elusive leopard and cheetah, as well as huge amounts of the interesting birdlife, from the elegant secretary birds to the flightless ostrich. We return to our special tented camp for the night.
  Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Baobab Tented Camp: Bed, Dinner, Lunch, Breakfast and included.
  https://baobablodges.com/

  • Themes Game Drives
  • Accommodation Baobab Tented Camp [ 4 Star ]
• Day 7 : SERENGETI TO NGORONGORO CRATER

  Morning game drive in Serengeti; afternoon drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
  We have a final game drive in the Serengeti before heading back into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and to the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater where we spend the night.
  Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Wild Tented Camp: Bed, Dinner, Lunch, Breakfast and included.
  https://www.tanzaniawildcamps.com/ngorongoro-wild-camp/

  • Themes Game Drives
  • Accommodation Ngorongoro Wild Tented Camp [ 4 Star ]
• Day 8 : GAME DRIVE IN NGORONGORO CRATER

  We start the day with an early morning game drive before heading to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Ngorongoro is a special place in that it is a Conservation Area, not a National Park; this means that the whole area is managed for both the animals and the local Masai people who graze their cattle alongside the indigenous wildlife. During the drive-in Ngorongoro, we have a chance to glimpse something of the Masai way of life. After stopping at the entrance gate, where there is a chance to learn more about this fascinating volcanic landscape, we will drive around the rim of the Crater itself, and from here we can look down and see the herd of wildebeest or buffalos. Finally, we descend into the crater. The crater walls provide a natural sanctuary for the animals, which means there is plenty to see: lions, elephants, buffalo, rhino, and leopards (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 steep sides of the crater. In the late afternoon, we travel back to our special tented camp.
  Dinner and overnight at Eileen’s Trees Inn Lodge: Bed, Dinner, Lunch, Breakfast and included.
  https://eileenstrees.com/

  • Themes Game Drives
  • Accommodation Eileens Trees Inn Lodge [ 4 Star ]
• Day 9 : GAME DRIVE IN LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK

  We depart from your lodge and proceed to Lake Manyara National Park. Although small in size, this park is one of the most diverse reserves in the country. Lake Manyara covers two-thirds of the park. In the backdrop is the wall of the Great Rift Valley, before which lies the groundwater, forest, areas of open grassland near the lake foreshore, and the Soda Lake. We enjoy a picnic lunch in this area, which consists of open grassy areas, hot springs, dense woodlands, and steep mountainsides. Lake Manyara National Park is a birding paradise that has more than 350 species of bird. The park is also famed for its unique and elusive tree-climbing lions.
  In the afternoon, we drive back to our special safari lodge in Arusha.
  Dinner and overnight at Arusha Safari Lodge: Bed, Dinner, Lunch, and Breakfast included.
  https://masailandsafari.com/

  • Themes Game Drives
  • Accommodation Masai land safari Lodge [ 4 Star ]
• Day 10 : ARUSHA TO KILIMANJARO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

  Depending on your flight schedule and departure point, you will be transferred to the airport to connect your flight back home.

  • Themes Jeep Safari

Inclusions

• MAP (Room + Breakfast + Lunch/Dinner)
• Hotel
• Pickup-Drop
• Private Cab
• Private Guide
• Entry Tickets/Passes
• Welcome Drink
• Accommodation
• Mineral Water
• Non Veg Meals
• Veg Meals
• Veg & Non Veg Meals
• 1. Full board accommodation whilst on safari in the above-mentioned en suite tented camps and lodges
• 2. Private safari guide
• 3. Maasai Experience tour
• 4. Extended Toyota Land Cruiser
• 5. Private 4 x 4 safari jeep with pop-up roof for game viewing
• 6. Transfers in both directions between the International Airport
• 7. Park fees
• 8. Crater fees
• 9. All meals while on safari
• 10. Airport Arrival/Departure Meet and Greets at the airport
• 11. On Safari – Vehicles equipped with an ice chest with mineral water, wildlife guidebooks
• 12. Government taxes, VAT and service charges relating to accommodation and including meals

Exclusions

• 1. Tanzania Visa: $50 per person on arrival, USA and Canada passport holders USD.100
• 2. Personal Expenses (e.g. Laundry, telephone, beverages, etc.)
• 3. Meals not listed above
• 4. Optional Tours (balloon rides USD. 500 per person, etc.)
• 5. Tips and any items of personal nature.

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