The Great Wildebeest Migration is one of the world’s most thrilling, intriguing and spectacular displays of wildlife behaviour. Join us for an unforgettable eight-day safari adventure during August and September and enjoy the best of what Tanzania has to offer! We will explore the scenic Tarangire National Park, the wildlife-teeming Ngorongoro Crater, Central Serengeti and the Northern Serengeti to witness the wildebeest migration, dramatic river crossings, and see predators at the Mara River.
(Road & Fly Safari)
Our small group safaris offer the opportunity to explore Tanzania while enjoying the company of an intimate group of like-minded safari enthusiasts, on a set itinerary.
Game drive in Tarangire National Park
Visit the African Art Gallery
Half day Crater Tour (game drive)
Game Drive in Serengeti National Park
Game Drive in Serengeti National Park (with possible river crossings)
Flight from Johannesburg to Kilimanjaro Airport. Our friendly safari team will welcome you to Kilimanjaro Airport, and they will transfer you to Arusha. Arusha is one of the major coffee-growing regions in Tanzania.
Stay: Kahawa Lodge
Room: Standard room
Meals: Lunch, dinner & breakfast.
After breakfast, we meet our guide for a short briefing. We head off to Tarangire National Park, known as the land of giants - elephants and baobab trees. The landscape is ironically African with open Acacia woodlands and Baobab trees scattered all over the area. It has the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem.
Late afternoon we travel towards the local town of Mto Wa Mbu (Maasai for Mosquito Village – the only place in Tanzania which represents all tribes – 120 ethnic groups). Bananas are the main export in the area, and there are over thirty species of banana in the village, including a red banana which we recommend you give a try! We continue to drive up the Rift Valley escarpment to our lodge, perched on the edge of the Rift Valley with distant views over Lake Manyara.
Stay: Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge
Room: Standard room
Meals: Picnic lunch, dinner & breakfast
After breakfast, we drive from Lake Manyara with a stop at the African Galleria (for shopping Tanzania art, Masaai blankets, memorabilia, and Tanzanites), before driving to the Crater to enjoy an extended game drive along the Crater floor. A steep entry track leads us 600m down to the magnificent Ngorongoro Crater floor (referred to as the Garden of Eden). A big drawcard to this picturesque park is its dense population of predators, which includes lions, hyenas, jackals, and the ever-elusive leopard. People like to visit the crater at this time of year because of the large likelihood of encountering the Big 5. Late afternoon ascent to the crater rim with a short drive to your camp, enjoying views of the surrounding highlands which form together with the Crater one of Africa's most beautiful regions.
Stay: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
Room: Standard Room
Meals: Picnic lunch, dinner & breakfast
After breakfast, we continue our journey to the Serengeti National Park with the option to visit a Maasai village near Ngorongoro Crater (own account). After bidding the Maasai farewell, we continue our journey to the Central Serengeti with game viewing as we make our way towards the camp. The Central area encompasses the world-famous Seronera Valley which is known for its prime wildlife-viewing opportunities. You can visualise the meaning of the word ‘Serengeti’ at this point – which means the ‘endless plains’ in Maasai. The Serengeti - is renowned for its incredible concentrations of predators and the Great Migration of more than 1,5 million wildebeest and hundreds of thousands of zebras.
Stay: Serengeti Safari Lodge
Room: Standard room
Meals: Picnic lunch, dinner & breakfast
We explore more of the Central Serengeti before we are off to our next location in the Northern Serengeti, Kogatende. The Seronera is often referred to as 'big cat country, and its kopjes and acacias provide an excellent opportunity to spot a pride of lions, cheetahs, and leopards. We drive towards the beautiful Northern Serengeti enjoying en-route game viewing. The Northern Serengeti is virtually unexplored. With spectacular landscapes and magnificent wildlife, it offers an incredible and unforgettable Serengeti safari experience.
Stay: Mara Under Canvas Tented Camp
Room: Tent
Meals: Picnic lunch, dinner & breakfast
Enjoy two full days in Serengeti with game drives. You can do a game drive from sunrise to sunset, take a picnic lunch, or choose to explore more leisurely, coming back to the camp for lunch and doing a morning and afternoon game drive. Explore more of what the Serengeti offers and enjoy the greatest safari spectacle in the world – the great wildebeest migration as herds of wildebeest gather at the Mara River to cross! During this period herds are crisscrossing between the Masai Mara and the Serengeti on a regular base.
Stay: Mara Under Canvas Tented Camp
Room: Tent
Meals: Picnic lunch, dinner & breakfast
Check-out at the camp after a packed safari filled with endless memories and sightings and drive to the Kogatende airstrip for our flight by light aircraft to Arusha where we stop at the Cultural Heritage Centre (for shopping of Tanzania art, memorabilia, and Tanzanites), and enjoy our picnic lunch. Our safari adventure comes to an end as we drive to Kilimanjaro Airport for our onward flight home.
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SMALL GROUP DEPARTURE DATES:
These 08-Day Serengeti North Migration Group Safaris depart during August on set departure dates.
29 Aug – 05 Sep ‘26
01 – 08 Sep ‘26
SA Resident:
Price per Person SHARING: R86,289 pp
Price per SINGLE Traveller: R100,543 pp
International Traveller:
Price per Person SHARING: US$4,872 pp
Price per SINGLE Traveller: US$5,860 pp
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA:
International flights from Johannesburg or Cape Town are available on Kenya Airways and Ethiopian Airlines.
The northern sector of Serengeti National Park, characterised by rolling grasslands, riverine forests, and the Mara River along the border with Kenya. This region is best known for dramatic Great Migration river crossings, typically occurring between July and October, as vast herds of wildebeest and zebras move between the Serengeti and the Masai Mara. The area supports strong populations of predators, including lions, leopards, and crocodiles, and offers a quieter, more remote safari experience compared to the central Serengeti.
A 2,642 km² park in northern Tanzania named after the Tarangire River that flows through it. Tarangire is characterized by classic African savanna dotted with monumental baobab trees and is especially known for its large elephant populations (during the dry season, it has one of the highest concentrations of elephants). The park also shelters plentiful wildlife like wildebeest, zebra, giraffe, buffalo, and predators, all drawn to its life-sustaining river and swamps.
Tanzania’s flagship park, covering ~14,763 km² of rolling plains, kopjes, and riverine forests. The Serengeti hosts Earth’s greatest large-mammal migration: each year nearly 2 million wildebeest, zebras and gazelles follow the rains in a epic circular trek. It’s also famed for its predators – the vast plains sustain around 3,000 lions, plus many leopards, cheetahs, hyenas – offering some of the most spectacular wildlife viewing on the planet.
The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest unbroken volcanic caldera and is regarded as the 8th wonder of the world. It is one of the most diverse and fascinating areas of Tanzania and has been given the status of a World heritage site and International Biosphere Reserve. The fertile slopes and steep forest-covered walls are home to approximately 30,000 animals including the rare black rhino. The various ecosystems found within the 260 square kilometre crater floor sustain Cape buffalo, elephants, wildebeest, zebras, elands, gazelles, hippos, numerous bird species as well as a high concentration of predators. Although birdlife is generally good throughout the year, from November to April, migratory birds from Europe and Northern Africa are present and many resident birds are in breeding plumage.
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