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10 Days Great Migration Safari

  • Arusha
  • Tarangire
  • Manyara
  • Ngorongoro
  • Serengeti
From 7,240

per person

Overview

Embark on an unforgettable journey through Tanzania’s most iconic wildlife destinations on this extraordinary 10-day Great Migration Safari. This immersive adventure takes you deep into the heart of East Africa, where breathtaking landscapes, rich cultures, and remarkable wildlife encounters combine to create the ultimate safari experience.

Your journey begins on arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, followed by a warm welcome and a relaxing overnight stay in Arusha, the gateway to Tanzania’s northern safari circuit. From here, your adventure unfolds as you travel to the wildlife-rich Tarangire National Park, a hidden gem famed for its vast elephant herds and ancient baobab trees. Along the life-giving Tarangire River, you’ll witness an incredible gathering of wildlife, offering exceptional photographic and game viewing opportunities.

The journey continues to the scenic Lake Manyara National Park, nestled at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment. This lush and diverse park is home to a wide variety of wildlife and birdlife, including large troops of baboons and flocks of flamingos. A cultural visit to the Iraqw community adds a meaningful human connection to your safari experience, enriching your understanding of Tanzania’s heritage.

A highlight of the safari awaits at the world-renowned Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site often referred to as Africa’s “Garden of Eden.” Descend into this vast volcanic caldera for unparalleled game viewing, where a dense concentration of wildlife—including predators and plains game—roams freely across the crater floor.

Your adventure culminates in the legendary Serengeti National Park, home to the awe-inspiring Great Migration. Here, you’ll spend several days exploring the endless plains, tracking vast herds of wildebeest and zebra as they move in search of fresh grazing, closely followed by Africa’s iconic predators. The Serengeti offers an authentic wilderness experience, with dramatic wildlife encounters and unforgettable sunsets painting the African sky.

This carefully crafted safari concludes with a scenic flight back to Arusha, leaving you with lasting memories of Tanzania’s wild beauty, extraordinary wildlife, and the timeless rhythm of the Great Migration.

Route Map

  • Start in Arusha
  • End in Arusha

Day by day

Day 1: Arrival Kilimanjaro – Arusha

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will warmly be met by our representative and transfer you to your place of stay in Arusha for dinner and an overnight.

  • 4x4 Safari Vehicle

Optional Activities

  • Game Drive

Accommodation options

Day 2: Arusha – Tarangire

Morning at leisure, after lunch in Arusha, you will be driving to Tarangire National Park for dinner and an overnight stay.

  • 4x4 Safari Vehicle
  • Full Board: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Optional Activities

  • Game Drive

Accommodation options

Day 3: Game viewing in Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, embark on a full day game viewing in Tarangire National Park. Tarangire is the third largest national park in Tanzania and best known for its largest herds of elephants in Africa and one of the most remaining ancient trees in the world with full of amazing stories, the gigantic Baobab Trees! The Park is the wilderness experience in its own right! Here you will be able to observe a diversity of wildlife magnetized by the Tarangire River that allows animals to play and lounge around. Herds of up to 300 elephants scratch the dry river bed for underground streams, while the migratory Wildebeests, Zebras, Buffalos, Impalas, Gazelles, Hartebeests and Elands crowds the shrinking lagoons.Dinner and an overnight stay in Tarangire.

  • 4x4 Safari Vehicle
  • Full Board: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Optional Activities

  • Game Drive

Accommodation options

Day 4: Tarangire – Lake Manyara, Game viewing in Lake Manyara

After breakfast, drive to the foothills of the ngorongoro Highlands, en route visit Lake Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara NP is a lovely scenic park that offers another unique experience of a Tanzania Safari! The park is also famous for its elephants; huge number of baboons and due to its varied landscape, the park has an impressive range of other game animals including wildebeest, buffalo, hippo, flamingo, zebra, warthog, waterbuck, dik-dik and impala. Bird – Watching here is very good, especially raptors. In the afternoon, drive up on the East African Rift Valley and visit the Iraqw Cultural Center for an introduction to the ancient culture of the Cushitic people who moved here from the “Horn of Africa’ nearly 1000 years ago. Later during the day proceed to Ngorongoro for dinner and an overnight stay.

  • 4x4 Safari Vehicle
  • Full Board: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Optional Activities

  • Game Drive

Accommodation options

Day 5: Game Viewing in Ngorongoro Crater

Rise up early in the morning and descend down into the famous Ngorongoro Crater for game viewing. Ngorongoro Crater is such a unique safari destination, a veritable “Garden of Eden”. With a large concentration of animals and short grasslands, game viewing in the crater or more appropriately a caldera, is excellent as animals are everywhere! The caldera is reputed to contain the highest density of carnivores in the world. Dinner and an overnight stay in Ngorongoro.

  • 4x4 Safari Vehicle
  • Full Board: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Optional Activities

  • Game Drive

Accommodation options

Day 6: Ngorongoro – Serengeti

Today you drive to Serengeti National Park for lunch and an afternoon game drive. Serengeti is Tanzania’s most renowned national park and a home to the greatest concentrations of large mammals on the planet. The name Serengeti is derived from a Maasai word ‘Siringet’ to mean ‘endless plains’, and these rolling distances of short grass plains provide an exceptional landscape for wildlife viewing; your ultimate safari country– this is the highlight of your safari, you are in the total wilderness of Africa with game viewing around you to give you, your very own ‘Out of Africa’ experience! Dinner and overnight stay in Serengeti.

  • 4x4 Safari Vehicle
  • Full Board: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Optional Activities

  • Game Drive

Accommodation options

Day 7: Game Viewing in Serengeti National Park

The following day you will have game drives at your leisure and track wildlife in the Mighty Serengeti. Serengeti National Park never disappoints! The location of the camp is chosen to ensure you see the best of the wildlife in Africa. Dinner and overnight stay in the Serengeti.

  • 4x4 Safari Vehicle
  • Full Board: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Optional Activities

  • Game Drive

Accommodation options

Day 8: Game viewing in Serengeti National Park

With picnic lunch, game drives in the Serengeti to view the great migration of animals. In this Park, you will be so amazed by the endless plains of the Serengeti dotted with thousands and thousands of game animals decorating the plains and the woodland pockets in the area! In the wake of all these, follow the predators- Lions, Leopards, Cheetahs, Hyenas and Jackals, while vultures circle overhead to clean up. It is this migration that many people envisage when they think of the “Wild Africa”. The timing is so perfect to enable you enjoy the magic of real African wilderness and the beautiful African Sunset at the horizon!Dinner and an overnight stay in the Serengeti.

  • 4x4 Safari Vehicle
  • Full Board: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Optional Activities

  • Game Drive

Accommodation options

Day 9: Game viewing in Serengeti National Park

Morning and Afternoon game drives in Serengeti exploring more on the last great migration of mammals on the planet. The area is also so rich in terms of the large Carnivore populations this time as these predators celebrate the coming through of the migratory prey animals in their areas! Incidences of a Cheetah chasing a Gazelle or Lions making a kill and the Great Migration of animals that involves thousands and thousands of Wildebeests and Zebras are just some of the unique sightings you may encounter on safari in Africa-Serengeti National Park has all this for you on your Africa Safari during your visit!Dinner and an overnight stay in the Serengeti.

  • 4x4 Safari Vehicle
  • Full Board: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Optional Activities

  • Game Drive

Accommodation options

Day 10: Serengeti – Arusha

Today is another wonderful experience, boarding your plane and fly low over the remote wilderness and the scenic volcanic mountains back to Arusha for lunch and a day room. Late afternoon, you will be transferred to Kilimanjaro Airport for your International Flight connections.

  • 4x4 Safari Vehicle

Climbing Distance Summary

Mid-Range Safari Price

Pax

1 Person

Price

Luxury Safari Price

Pax

4 People

8 People

Price

7,610

Inclusions

  • An English-Speaking Professional Safari Guide,
  • All Transport on Safari in 4 x 4 open-roof Land Cruisers,
  • All Airport Transfers in Tanzania/Zanzibar,
  • All Meals in Tanzania/Zanzibar,
  • All Park Entry Fees and Crater Service Fees,
  • All Accommodation in Tanzania/Zanzibar,
  • Temporary Medical Evacuation Membership Service for Emergency on safari,
  • Soft Drinks during game drives-Water/Sodas,
  • Domestic flight ( Arusha – Zanzibar & Zanzibar – Dar Es Salaam)
  • All Excursions indicated in the Itinerary

Exclusions

  • Things of Personal Nature such as Phone Calls, Laundry, Drinks in the Hotels, etcetera,
  • International Flights,
  • Gratuities to your Safari Guides,
  • Porterage, Dining & Room Tips,
  • All Excursions not included in the Itinerary above

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