Great migration Serengeti

TANZANIA

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The Great Wildebeest Migration is an ongoing process which means that when and where you choose to go determines what you will see. Our chosen dates and camps are to maximise on sightings based on where the herds are at the time.

We recommend a minimum stay of 5 days to enjoy the spectacle of the great wildebeest migration and can tailor your safari to include more days and to combine it with other sensational wildlife encounters in the region. Your Serengeti safari will begin and end in the airport town of Arusha, where you will be met and escorted to your short flight to and from the national park. You will be met at the national park airfield by your lodge guide.

Front-row seat action as the Great Wildebeest Migration makes its way through the vast open plains of the Serengeti

Overview

Length: 4 nights / 5 days, but we will amend to suit your needs
Group Size: Flexible – you tell us how many in your party
Location: Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Departure Dates:

Serengeti north season - June to October

Serengeti south season - January to March

(See details below about each season)

from US$ 3,500 per person sharing

More about the Great Wildebeest Migration:

The Greatest Show on Earth is, in fact, an ongoing process and not an event. 1,5 to 2 million wildebeest and zebras form the largest land mammal migration on Earth as they continuously follow the rains and good grazing across the vast plains of Serengeti in Tanzania and the Maasai Mara in Kenya.

Along the way, they cross many rivers, a sometimes chaotic and dramatic process if the river banks are steep and the water deep and fast flowing. Crocodiles trawl the murky waters, and lions, leopards and hyenas line the banks as they too, make the most of the situation.

The great migration follows a clockwise direction, with exact timing varying yearly, depending on the rains. December to February usually sees most of the herds giving birth in the southern Serengeti, when the grass is green and highly nutritious. From March to May, the grasses have dried up, and the herds start moving northwards through the Serengeti, ending up in the Maasai Mara area in mid to late July. The herds move continually back and forth between the northern Serengeti in Tanzania and Maasai Mara in Kenya until late September or mid-October – with the regular river crossings across the often-treacherous Mara River being a focal point for tourists. Then the herds start to move back south through the Serengeti, although stragglers will still be seen in the Maasai Mara into late October.


Our migration camps of choice are Lemala Serengeti mobile tented camps - Mara & Ndutu

READ more about the Serengeti here and more about the Great Wildebeest Migration here.

We offer two Serengeti migration safari seasonal packages, as follows:

SEASONAL PACKAGES

Seasonal camp visited: Lemala Serengeti mobile tented camp - Mara

5 days / 4 nights

June - per person sharing

US$ 3,500

June - SOLO

US$ 3,525

Jul-Sep - per person sharing

US$ 5,425

Jul-Sep - SOLO

US$ 6,640

Oct - per person sharing

US$ 4,240

Oct - SOLO

US$ 4,265

Includes:

  • TWO Domestic flights in/out of the Serengeti from JRO airport (Subject to rate and seat availability)

  • All airstrip to lodge transfers

  • Full Board accommodation including breakfast, lunch and dinner and twice-daily game drives

  • House drinks including house wines and spirits, local beers, soft drinks, juices, and water

  • Unlimited shared game drives with driver guide

  • All park, camping and concession fees

  • Tourism Development Levy

  • WiFi

  • Laundry

  • Arusha  Medivac Cover

  • 24/7 Office Support

Excludes:

  • International Flights into and out of Tanzania

  • Airport departure taxes (if applicable)

  • Excess baggage charges

  • Visas and COVID tests to enter Tanzania

  • Items of Personal Nature

  • Gratuities 

  • Telephone calls

  • Travel and medical insurance

  • Any activities not specified in the itinerary such as spa

  • Curios

Seasonal camp visited: Lemala Serengeti mobile tented camp - Ndutu

5 days / 4 nights

1-5 Jan - per person sharing

US$ 5,935

1-5 Jan - SOLO

US$ 6,425

6-31 Jan - per person sharing

US$ 4,775

6-31 Jan - SOLO

US$ 4,800

Feb-Mar - per person sharing

US$ 5,135

Feb-Mar - SOLO

US$ 5,510

Includes:

  • TWO Domestic flights in/out of the Serengeti from JRO airport (Subject to rate and seat availability)

  • All airstrip to lodge transfers.

  • Full Board accommodation incl. breakfast, lunch and dinner and twice-daily game drives

  • All park, camping and concession fees at Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Serengeti NP.

  • Tourism Development Levy

  • House wines and spirits, local beers, soft drinks, juices, and water

  • WiFi

  • Laundry

  • 24/7 office support

Excludes:

  • International Flights into and out of Tanzania

  • Airport departure taxes (if applicable)

  • Excess baggage charges.

  • Visas and COVID tests

  • Items of Personal Nature

  • Gratuities 

  • Telephone calls

  • All drinks not listed

  • Travel and medical insurance

  • Any activities not specified in the itinerary

  • Premium brand spirits and wines

Why us

Why us

We live here, in Africa, and have been doing this since 1991. Travel in Africa is about knowing when and where to go, and with whom. A few weeks too early / late or a few kilometers off course and you could miss the greatest show on Earth. And wouldn’t that be a pity?

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