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Fly In & Drive Out Great Migration Calving Season Safari

Calving Season Migration Safari - January to April

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The Journey

Trip Overview

Experience one of the most remarkable events of the Great Wildebeest Migration on this nine-day calving season safari. Beginning in mid-January, thousands of wildebeest and zebras give birth to their young on the plains of the southern Serengeti. Watch them take their first wobbly steps is an unforgettable sight and made all the more fascinating by the opportunistic predators that are never far away. Aside from exploring the Ndutu Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you’ll also spend time immersed in the natural beauty of Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Ideal duration: 5 Days     From $7500 per person    
  • Best time to go:
  • Peak
  • Good
  • Green season

Peak — prime wildlife & weather  ·  Good — great value, fewer crowds  ·  Green season — lush scenery, newborn wildlife & the lowest rates.

YOUR ADVENTURE BEGINS
1 Night Arusha

1 Night Arusha

Welcome to Tanzania – Fly into the Kilimanjaro International Airport where you will be met by your driver and transferred to your accommodation in Arusha. Take time to settle into your accommodation and overcome any jet lag, then enjoy dinner at the lodge’s restaurant. With Vencha Travel your safari will be 100% escorted and chauffeured from arrival to departure. It's a 60-minute drive to your first accommodations.  
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3 Nights Centra Serengeti

3 Nights Centra Serengeti

Fly directly to the majestic Central Serengeti - The Big Cat Capital of Africa! Depart at 8.00am on a 90-minute flight to the Central Serengeti where your very own private vehicle and personal driver-guide will be waiting. Focus your game drives along the Seronera River for quality encounters with lions and leopards. After lunch, head to the idyllic Makoma Plain, a well-known area for cheetahs. Conclude the day at Retina where you can walk next to the 200 hippos that inhabit the pool. Then explore the Central Serengeti and witness this region's teeming wildlife. Depart at 6.00am for a sunrise game drive before breakfast. The early morning is the best time to spot the big cats hunting. Resident animal viewing will be superb today for elephant, giraffe, buffalo, impala and waterbuck. Return to your accommodations for lunch. Depart on an afternoon game drive to the remote Sametu Marsh, the territory of the Serengeti's most famous lion pride and a magnet for wildlife.
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2 Nights - Ndutu South Serengeti

2 Nights - Ndutu South Serengeti

Witness the most amazing wildlife spectacle in Africa, the Great Migration. Embark on a full day adventure drive in the South Serengeti, which is most famous for the legendary wildebeest migration, a dramatic event featured in countless wildlife documentaries. Break up the day into 2 game drives with the morning focused on the Ndutu Woodlands (for elephant, giraffe, impala and leopard) and the afternoon focused on the Ndutu Plains (for wildebeest, zebra, gazelle and cheetah). Get ready to experience a slice of rare wilderness that few people ever will. Get your cameras out and put your walking shoes on as today you will explore the South. Serengeti including the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, one of the most secluded areas of Tanzania! Visiting this rugged area provides for unique opportunities such as off-road driving, walking safaris and authentic cultural tours. Keep an eye out for cheetah, eland, golden jackal, spotted hyena and the rare wild dog.
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2 Nights - Ngorongoro Conservation Area

2 Nights - Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Choose from several exciting optional tours as you depart the Serengeti. Today you will game drive to the Crater with optional tours along the way including an excursion to the Matiti Plains (the main wildebeest calving grounds), a tour of the famous archaeological site at Olduvai Gorge or a visit to a traditional Maasai Village. Few places in the world can match the Serengeti's long human history and this fact has earned this part of Africa the title 'Cradle of Mankind'. Following day aim to be the first vehicle in the famous Ngorongoro Crater this morning! Descend the steep walls of the Crater for an early morning game drive and enjoy this amazing sanctuary undisturbed from other visitors. After tracking down the Crater's rare black rhinos, massive bull elephants and famed black-maned lions, head over to Ngoitokitok Springs and indulge in a bush picnic with superb hippo viewing. Complete your circumnavigation of the Crater before returning to your accommodations.
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Departure

Departure

Enjoy a leisurely breakfast before being transferred to Arusha shopping excursions in Arusha before departing to Kilimanjaro Airport.
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