8 Days Tanzania Wildebeest Calving Extravaganza
- Northern, Tanzania
Overview
Our ‘Wildlife Extravaganza’ is the ideal program for those who want to experience the great plains, the itinerary will take you to three spectacular wildlife areas in the north of Tanzania with excellent game viewing and unmatched photographic opportunity. Begin with exploring the Ngorongoro conservation with its breathtaking highlands and the Ndutu plains during the wildebeest calving with a host of predators ready to bounce for recently born babies and the lost ones. In the Serengeti, the lions that lord the plains await simple awe-inspiring photographic opportunities
Day by Day
Day 1:
Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park.
After breakfast drive to Lake Manyara national park for game viewing, the park is a scenic hidden and the contrasting habitats are something to look at, underground water forest, rift valley escarpment, acacia woodland, and the lake, sightings may include baboon, giraffe, buffalo, elephant and an amazing variety of birds, During June to August, is the best for Flamingoes and thousands of Pecans feeding on the abundance of fish in the lake and estuary. In the late afternoon proceed to your Farm of Dreama farm lodge.
Main Destination: Lake Manyara National Park
Meal Plan: Lunch & Dinner.
Accommodation: Farm of Dreams | Bougainvillea safari lodge
Day 2:
Ngorongoro Crater to Ndutu Area.
Leave the Farm of Dream Lodge very early in the morning, and through the Ngorongoro Conservation before descending, 610 meters down to the grasslands of the crater floor, an area of about 265 square kilometers. Despite its small size, the Crater is a Big 5 country and the openness of the terrain means easy and rewarding game viewing. You will spend the day exploring the crater floor, stopping to picnic on the grasslands amidst the grazing herds. Formed by a massive volcanic eruption, the world’s largest intact and un-flooded caldera provides a year-round home to an astonishing 25,000 large mammals including black rhino, wildebeest, and zebra along with Africa’s densest concentrations of hyena. The Crater’s forests shelter elephants and buffalo, its wetlands are home to hippos and flamingos while lions, jackals, leopards, and caracals make up the full range of predators. Late afternoon leaves the crater behind and drives back to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Main Destination: Ngorongoro crater
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Accommodation: Farm of Dreams | Bougainvillea safari lodge
Day 3 - 4:
Ndutu (Short Grass Plains)
After breakfast drive to the southern short grass plains where the two days will be spent exploring these scintillating habitats of acacia woodland, alkaline lakes, seasonal water holes, and the eye-catching plains. These are the area where 8000 wildebeest calves are born every day in a period of two weeks depending on the rain paten These phenomena take place between the mid of February every year, off-road driving is allowed giving you the up-close with the predators of the might Ndutu area. The sightings include lion, cheetah, leopard, caracal, hyena, bat-eared foxes, and the rare striped hyena and wild dog. Dinner and overnight Ndutu safari lodge.
Main Destination: Ndutu area
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Accommodation: Ndutu Safari Lodge | Wilderness tented camp
Day 5 - 7:
Ndutu Area to Central Serengeti National Park
After breakfast drive to Serengeti with your picnic lunch and within these three days we will explore the intimidating habitats of Serengeti starting from Gol Mountain, seronera valley, the Kopjes, and the eastern plains, looking for the big pride of lion which lord the plains, cheetah leopard and other sightings may include, the great migration depending on the time of the year, elephants, giraffe, impalas, and hippo maybe some of the common sightings. For people who want to come for photographic safaris, this is an opportunity since the sighting are incredible and fewer people are on safaris. On day three in the morning, we will streak out for a walking safari in the heart of the Serengeti national park and explore the area on foot. The aim of walking safari is to look for things we miss while on our safari jeeps like plants, animal tracks, droppings other bush stories, and exercise, and finish your day on an African-style sundowner. Dinner and overnight Tortilis tented camp.
Main Destination: Serengeti National Park.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Accommodation: Serengeti wilderness camp | Tortillis Tented camp
Day 8:
Serengeti National Park to Arusha Town
After breakfast on this day, we will strike out on a short game drive around the Soronera Valley and the river circuit before we head to the airstrip for our flight to Arusha. Upon arrival, you will be transferred to Arusha Coffee Lodge for lunch and then followed by a transfer to the airport for your flight back home if time permits you do your last-minute shopping
Main Destination: Arusha
Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch
Accommodation: No Accommodation.
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Price Includes
- Park fees (For non-residents)
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- Mineral water
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)
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