Overview
7 DAYS SERENGETI WILDEBEEST MIGRATION SAFARI with Mambo Tanzania tours are one of the ultimate safari experiences in Africa, for great wildebeest migration.
Safaris can range widely in cost – depending on how many days, how many people, the level of luxury you’re looking for and many other factors.
Our safari vehicles with the hatched roof for shade against sunny African wilderness; are the extended body with roomy seats for comfortable sitting and stretching out legs. Every guest is accessible to the window seat. Cars are also fitted with fridges, power charge sockets and VHF radio calls for easy and fast communication with the base office.
Day 1Arrival in Tanzania
Arrive anytime at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO). We will arrange a private transfer to hotel in Arusha , where the rest of the day is at leisure. We will gather in the hotel for a per-safari briefing and an equipment check. We will also confirm you have the appropriate mandatory medical coverage and travel insurance.
Accomodation
Selected Hotel
Breakfast
Not Included
Lunch
Included
Dinner
Included
Day 2Game drive in Tarangire National park
Today we drive to Tarangire National Park, for excellent game viewing. Tarangire is a small park which offers some excellent sights. Generally, in the dry seasons, Tarangire comes alive as wildlife and birdlife congregate on the Tarangire River, which is a permanent source of water. We spend the night in our lodge beautifully set inside the park with stunning views and a unique atmosphere. In the late afternoon, we make a short journey from the park to our special tented camp.
Accomodation
Roika Tented Camp
Breakfast
Included
Lunch
Included
Dinner
Included
Day 3Game drive in Serengeti National Park
We head towards the Serengeti National Park. En route, there is an opportunity to visit Olduvai Gorge. It is within this steep-sided ravine that Louis and Mary Leakey made some of the world’s most important archaeological discoveries in the 1950s. Here is a small museum we are able to see evidence of our ancestors that have been dated back 2.5 million years. After lunch, we drive into the Serengeti itself and the rest of the afternoon is spent game viewing in the vast plains that are broken only by stands of acacia trees and the occasional kopje. In December, January and February we will normally meet the migration with large herds of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle. There are always plenty of resident animals, such as giraffe, buffalo, and elephant, and many large predators such as lion, cheetah, and leopard. We return to our special tented camp for the night.
Accomodation
Kati kati Tented Camp
Breakfast
Included
Lunch
Included
Dinner
Included
Day 4Another full day Game drive in Serengeti National Park
We have another full day in this wonderful park, rising early to make the most of our time. Our guides will choose the best spotting locations for the time of year; we can spend time at the Hippo pool watching these majestic animals laze about in the cool water happily living alongside the crocodiles, watch a big pride of lions, be in the middle of the migration, sometimes surrounded by wildebeest, sometimes by zebras, which travel with the wildebeest. We journey from the wide open plains to the kopjes: these volcanic rocky outcrops provide protection and shelter for a wide variety of animals and from the top, we can look out across the vast grasslands of the Serengeti. This diverse and interesting landscape will provide us with the ultimate in game viewing, we will hopefully see all of the plain games; elephants, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, lions and if you are lucky the elusive leopard and cheetah, as well as huge amounts of interesting bird life, from the elegant secretary birds to the flightless ostrich. We return to our special tented camp for the night.
Accomodation
Kati kati Tented Camp
Breakfast
Included
Lunch
Included
Dinner
Included
Day 5Game drive in Ngorongoro Crater
We start the day with an early morning game drive before heading to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Ngorongoro is a special place in that it is a Conservation Area, not a National Park; this means that the whole area is managed for both the animals and the local Masai people who graze their cattle alongside the indigenous wildlife. During the drive in Ngorongoro, we have a chance to glimpse something of the Masai way of life. After stopping at the entrance gate, where there is a chance to learn more about this fascinating volcanic landscape, we will drive around the rim of the Crater itself, and from here we can look down and see the herd of wildebeest or buffalos. Finally, we descend into the crater. The crater walls provide a natural sanctuary for the animals, which means there is plenty to see: lions, elephants, buffalo, rhino and leopard (if you are lucky). The only animal you won’t see in here is a giraffe, whose long legs are unable to cope with the steeps sides of the crater. In the late afternoon, we travel back to our special tented camp.
Accomodation
Ngorongoro Wild Tented Camp
Breakfast
Included
Lunch
Included
Dinner
Included
Day 6Ngorongoro to Arusha
Today you’ll experience the culture and traditions of the local Maasai on the way to Arusha. Your local guide will show you a Maasai Boma and explain the way on how Maasai live; after a short visit in the Maasai boma, we will drive back to Arusha.
Accomodation
Ambassador Lodge
Breakfast
Not Included
Lunch
Included
Dinner
Included
Day 7Arusha to the Airport
The airport departure transfer is free after the end of your safari.
Safari Cost
The cost is $2550 per person, the price per person varies depending on group sizes.
The above prices should be used as a guide only. Real pricing will be based on group size and itinerary desires.
Pricing is normally based on the number of people and the options desired for the safari.
For smaller groups pricing can be similar and sometimes less expensive than regular expedition prices listed on the website.
- Full board accomodation whilst on safari in the above mentioned en suite, tented camps and lodges.
- Private safari guide
- Private 4 x 4 safari jeep with pop up roof for game viewing
- Transfers in both directions between the international airport
- Park fees
- Crater fees
- All meals whilst on safari
- Airport arrival/Departure meet and greets at the airport.
- On safari - Vehicles equipped with ice chest with mineral water, wildlife guidebooks
- Government taxes, VAT and service charges relating to accomodation and included meals.
- Tanzania Visa
- International and domestic flights
- Hotel (available as an optional addon)
- Transfers (available as an optional addon)
- Personal Expenses (e.g. laundry, telephone, beverages, etc.)
- Tips and gratuities
- Travel insurance
- Meals not listed in the itinerary
- Liquors, beers and bottled beverages