8-Day Wildebeest Migration Calving & Bigfive Safari

This day is set aside for your arrival in Tanzania and Moonlight Tours Expedition representative meets you on arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport. He or she will transfer you to your hotel Arusha Planet Lodge in Arusha town. Your dinner is included.

After a long flight to Africa, we usually recommend starting easy while also cutting down the distances and so after breakfast, you will be picked up and our 8 days Wildebeest calving safari will start then transferred to Tarangire National Park in a 4×4 Safari jeep. At Tarangire, we register at the gate and continue with game drives for the rest of the day as we explore the African wilderness for the first day of our safari. This park is famous for it’s the large populations of elephants and its gigantic age-old baobabs, but it has much more to offer in terms of many animals and birds that are resident to this park. We expect to see lions, cheetahs, warthogs, gazelles, dik-diks, the rare long-necked gerenuks and many more.

Breakfast at the lodge early this morning and we are off to Ndutu plains for the migration safari in Southern Serengeti. We will have a brief stop at the Loduare Main Gate before entering the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, another brief stop to take pictures and get some stunning views over the Ngorongoro Crater floor. We will then drive further to Lake Ndutu area where the action takes place during the months of December through March. A picnic will be served and the afternoon will be spent doing game drives until later in the afternoon time to check in at the lodge or camp for dinner and overnight. Overnight at Sero Tented Camp. All meals included.

Will be spent at the Ndutu plains within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Ndutu plains are where it all happens in the month of January to March as the wildebeest’s Migration give birth to thousands of young calves every day. At Ndutu plains with the green pastures during this time of the year and the rich mineral soils that the herds adore you are sure to see the thousands of wildebeests accompanied by zebras, and gazelles spread along vast areas, as well as have the rare chance to witness some real wildlife action as the predators engage the herds and try to snatch their loved newly born foals.

Will be spent at the Ndutu plains within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Ndutu plains are where it all happens in the month of January to March as the wildebeest’s Migration give birth to thousands of young calves every day. At Ndutu plains with the green pastures during this time of the year and the rich mineral soils that the herds adore you are sure to see the thousands of wildebeests accompanied by zebras, and gazelles spread along vast areas, as well as have the rare chance to witness some real wildlife action as the predators engage the herds and try to snatch their loved newly born foals.

It is worth visiting the Serengeti National Park has come this far. After breakfast at your lodge or camp, we check out and drive a short distance to the Naabi Hill Gate where you will register and enter the Serengeti National Park for a day of game drives around the Central areas like Seronera Valley and around the Moru Kopjes. Later in the afternoon, you will check in at the lodge or camp for dinner and overnight. Overnight at Embalakai Camp. All meals included.

Early morning breakfast and check out of the lodge or camp and drive back to the Ngorongoro Crater. We will register at the Naabi Hill Gate again and at the Senator Gate then descend the 600 high walls of the Ngorongoro Crater to the floor of the Crater for a full day of Game drives. Ngorongoro Crater is the largest unbroken Caldera in the world and a wonderful place to be with an estimated 20000 animals roaming such a small area of just about 21 Kilometers across. The Crater offers the last chance to clock the Big five with the best chance to spot the black rhinos and leopards as well as many other animals. Later in the afternoon we will ascend up the Crater rim for overnight at Farm Of Dream Lodge.

Breakfast at your lodge then you will drive back to Arusha where your safari ends. At Arusha, you can be dropped at The Arusha Airport for or transferred to Kilimanjaro International Airport for departure. End of our 8 days Wildebeest calving safari Serengeti.