explore tanzia - central serengeti migration safari

Ultimate Serengeti Migration Group Safari

This is our go-slow Safari, where we spend more time in each National Park and less time on the road (fly back to Aursha), with an added night in Tarangire National Park and 2-nights on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater.  Search for the “Big Five” in the scenic Tarangire National Park, the wildlife-teeming Ngorongoro Crater and the plains of the Serengeti

(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.  All Small Guided Group Tours can be booked on a Private Basis.

Itinerary

  • Day 1: Kilimanjaro Airport / Arusha

    Our friendly safari team will welcome you at Kilimanjaro Airport, and transfer you to Arusha. Arusha is the hub of Tanzania's legendary Northern safari circuit and home to Mt Kilimanjaro, the Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire, and Lake Manyara National Parks. Arusha is also one of the major coffee-growing regions in Tanzania.

    Stay: Kahawa Lodge (Standard room)

    Meals: Lunch, dinner & breakfast.

  • Day 2: Arusha / Tarangire National Park

    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. 

    We check in at our lodge and relax until dinner.

    Stay: Tarangire Sopa Lodge(Standard room)

    Meals: Picnic lunch, dinner & breakfast

  • Day 3:Tarangire National Park / Ngorongoro Crater

    After breakfast, we enjoy a morning game drive in Tarangire National Park.

    After lunch 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 and continues towards the misty Ngorongoro highlands, passing on the rim of Ngorongoro Crater where we will stop for your first spectacular view of the Crater.  We check in at the Ngorongoro Serena Lodge.

    Stay: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge (Standard room)

    Meals: Picnic lunch, dinner & breakfast


  • Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater

    Today we’ll rise early morning to witness the sunrise over the Crater before enjoying 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

    Meals: Picnic lunch, dinner & breakfast

  • Day 5: Ngorongoro Crater / Serengeti National Park

    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: Signature Serengeti Tented Camp

    Meals: Picnic lunch, dinner & breakfast

  • Day 6 & 7: Serengeti National Park

    Balloon Safari - optional

    For a once in a lifetime experience, we highly recommend an early morning hot air balloon safaris (will be for your account) – a unique 'bird's eye' game viewing experience, before landing in the beautiful wilderness and enjoying a full bush-style breakfast, complete with fresh coffee, tea, fruits, and champagne.  

    Enjoy two full days in the Serengeti  - explore more of what the Serengeti offers and enjoy the greatest safari spectacle in the world – the great wildebeest migration as massive herds of wildebeest call the Central Serengeti home during this time of the year.   The annual Wildebeest Migration is one of Africa's most breathtaking experiences.  

    Stay: Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge (Standard room)

    Meals: Picnic lunch, dinner & breakfast

  • Day 8: Serengeti NP / Arusha / Kilimanjaro Airport

    Check-out at the camp after a packed safari filled with endless memories and sightings and drive to the Seronera 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. 

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We also offer this as a private safari or can send you a tailor-made quotation similar to the above itinerary - one designed specifically for you, around your taste, budget, interests and more.

  • Airport transfers. 
  • Accommodation in Arusha with lunch, dinner & breakfast.
  • Accommodation on safari on a full board basis (breakfast, lunch & dinner). 
  • 4x4 stretched Land Cruiser safari vehicle (maximum 6 clients per vehicle).
  • 1x Ngorongoro Crater tour. 
  • Flight from Central Serengeti to Arusha.
  • Unlimited kilometers on game drives during the safari. 
  • Services of your professional and knowledgeable Tanzanian English-speaking driver/guide. 
  • All national park entry fees.
  • Comprehensive support from our operational office in Tanzania for the duration of the safari 

  • International flights
  • Entry visa to Tanzania 
  • Travel Insurance (Highly recommended)
  • Meals and drinks not specified  
  • Laundry services
  • Gratuities to the driver/guide, hotel staff & porters 
  • Maasai Boma visit fee 
  • Balloon safari
  • All expenses of a personal nature
  • Malaria – Tanzania is a malaria area

Dates & Prices

Dates:

SMALL GROUP DEPARTURE DATES:

This 08-Day Ultimate Serengeti Group Safaris depart during May on set departure date.   

14 - 21 May 2025 (SOLD OUT!)

Rates:

SA RESIDENTS: INTERNATIONAL:
R63,458.00 pp sharing Please contact one of our consultants
Flights from Johannesburg: R9,100.00 pp

 

  • Exchange rate used (bank selling rate) for SA Resident: R18.80 to US$1.00
  • Request a quote from our Safari Specialists for the most current rates and availability on our group departures.
  • Please contact our office for our SINGLE & TRIPLE room rate.
  • Please treat all pricing as a guide only.
  • All rates are subject to increases beyond our control, including fuel price, government taxes and exchange rate fluctuations.
  • Maximum 18 clients per safari, with a maximum of 6 clients per vehicle.

National Parks

Tarangire National Park 

Tarangire is a long, thin park covering 1,360 sq. km, roughly running north south along the line of the Tarangire River.  It is made up chiefly of low-lying, rolling hills on the Rift floor, its natural vegetation of acacia woodland and giant baobabs only altered by huge areas of swamp.  The swamps of black cotton mud produce rich grasslands, while the watercourses are lined by huge trees, including sycamore fig, tamarind, and sausage trees.


Ngorongoro Crater 

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. 

Serengeti National Park

The Serengeti’s endless plains is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is patrolled by Africa’s big cats, elephants, buffaloes, gazelles and giraffes and is perhaps most famous for the migration of animals, which is the perfect place for one of many serengeti migration tours. The principle players are the wildebeest, whose numbers appear to have increased to about 2 million. In addition, about 250,000 zebras make the seasonal journey to fresh pastures, first to the north, then the south after the rains. Their ancient instinct to move is so strong that no drought, gorge or crocodile-infested river can hold them back. In February the wildebeest cows drop their young in a synchronized birthing that sees some 300 000 to 400 000 calves born within two to three weeks.

Bird watching in the Serengeti is good all year round, at its very best from November to April.This is when European and North African migratory birds are present for resident species.