4 DAYS / 3 NIGHTS NGORONGORO CRATER & SERENGETI NATIONAL PARKS

4 DAYS / 3 NIGHTS NGORONGORO CRATER & SERENGETI NATIONAL PARKS

Overview

If you want to see the Great Migration of wildebeests, then you definitely need to visit the Serengeti valley. The migration takes place in Tanzania from October to the end of July, moving around the territory of the Serengeti in a clockwise direction and going off to Kenya for two months. But since most of the time wildebeests are still in Tanzania, we boldly recommend you to see this unique phenomenon. Besides, the tour begins with wonderful Ngorongoro Crater, which is on the way to the Serengeti and serves as a gate toward the vast valley. Here is a world in which predators and herbivores coexist.

 

Day 1 | Arrival

When arrives at Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO). Participants are met by a representative of Nkeya Tours and Safaris and transferred to a hotel in Moshi or Arusha.

Day 2 | Ngorongoro National Park

On this day it is best to leave the hotel as early as possible so you can see the variety of animals that are only active during the morning hours; breakfast will be packed in lunchboxes specifically for this purpose. At 6:30 AM you will set off for Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and after about an hour you will already be inside the crater.

Ngorongoro is one of the most famous and interesting of Tanzania’s national parks because here you can find the greatest number of different animal species per square kilometer. You will have the chance to see buffalo, elephants, lions, wildebeests, zebras, hippopotamus and feline species such as caracals and servals. The luckiest travelers might even see a rhinoceros, an animal whose numbers are rapidly declining.

By lunch time you will arrive at the lake side, where you will be offered lunchboxes, after lunch the safari will continue, ending in a few hours with a transfer to Serengeti National Park.

In the evening you will be transferred to a hotel in the center of the Serengeti valley.

Day 3 | Serengeti National Park

After breakfast in the morning you will start in the eastern and southern parts of the park. The greater part of these areas is a savanna with wide open spaces, which provides a likely opportunity to see cheetah hunting antelopes.

Around lunchtime the driver will provide you with personal lunchboxes. After this stop the safari will continue, in the evening you will be transferred to a hotel, where you will have dinner and be able to rest.

Day 4 | Serengeti National Park

After breakfast you will start the safari by being transferred to the central part of the Serengeti (also called Seronera). Here your driver will try to find the animals you’re the most interested in. Closer to lunch time you will visit the Serengeti Visitor Centre, where you will be offered a lunchbox and provided with lots of interesting information not only about the animals’ populations, but also about the history of the National Park. Also, in this area you will be able to see hyraxes, which are the elephant’s closest relatives.

It is difficult to describe in detail all the animals of the Serengeti valley, for they number in the thousands: elephants, buffalo, ostriches, giraffes, jackals, hyenas, lions, antelopes, leopards and cheetah just keep your eyes peeled and enjoy the nature around you.

By the evening you will be transferred to the northern part of the Serengeti and then to your hotel.

 

 

 

Day 5 | Serengeti National Park

Wake up, breakfast and the start of your game drive through the northern part of the Serengeti, which is in a league of its own when it comes to its landscape and diversity of fauna. On this day you can see the animals that only live in the most remote areas of the park.

Around lunchtime the driver will provide you with personal lunchboxes. After this stop the safari will continue, by early evening you will finish the safari and return to the hotel in Moshi or Arusha.

Day 6 | Departure

Rest in the hotel and transfer to the airport.

drive back to your hotel.