All-inclusive 7 Days Wildebeest Calving Safari Itinerary in Ndutu Serengeti, Tanzania the best Photography Safari to observe wildebeests migrate through the Serengeti during calving season.

Great Migration Calving Season in Ndutu Serengeti, Tanzania

Over a million wildebeests migrate from the North to the South to give birth between January and February, bringing the Serengeti to life. Pregnant wildebeests are drawn to the calcium-rich grass shoots of the green season in search of food for their impending calves. The calving season guarantees fantastic animal views with predators and their offspring following suit as over 8000 wildebeest are born every day. You see two of Tanzania‘s most famous spots on your calving migratory safari. Beginning in Arusha, spend the day traveling through the active coffee farm at Legendary Lodge while admiring views of Mount Meru. The Ngorongoro Crater, one of Africa’s most well-known Big 5 sites, is the next stop. Take game drives through the dormant volcano during the day. start your 7 Days Wildebeest Calving Safari in Ndutu Serengeti, Tanzania.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive in Arusha, Tanzania

Upon landing at Kilimanjaro International Airport, your caving migration safari will begin. Kabira Safaris Africa representative will meet you here and transport you to Legendary Lodge, one of Arusha’s most opulent hotels. You will be welcomed to a colonial-style manor house situated on a working coffee estate after a quick 1-hour journey from the airport, on the outskirts of Arusha. Twelve bungalows, each with a private balcony and views of Mount Meru, are scattered across the lush grounds of Legendary Lodge.

The location is ideal for beginning or ending your Tanzania safari, and the peaceful surroundings are great for unwinding after a long flight. Before engaging in afternoon activity, have a simple picnic for lunch. You can take a coffee farm tour to see the plantations, or you can use the farm’s various running and cycling routes, depending on how you’re feeling.

Visit the Olasive School or the Plaster House, two outreach programs that provide housing for kids undergoing pre-and post-operative care, if you’d like to give back to the neighborhood. After a long day of traveling, you may unwind by the pool, work out in the gym and sauna, or chill at the on-site spa and select from the many rejuvenating treatments on offer. Enjoy a delicious supper served in the historic farmhouse or a candlelit dinner at your garden cottage after a sundowner beverage.

Included Activities

Visit the active coffee plantations while taking a tour of the coffee farm, then relax at the on-site spa. Enjoy gourmet dinners with a selection of wines in the evening or a candlelit dinner at your garden cottage.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Check-in Legendary Lodge

Day 2: Transfer to Ngorongoro Crater

Today marks the start of your Wildebeest Calving Safari in Tanzania adventure. A full English breakfast is served at the lodge after you awake to the aroma of freshly brewed coffee. Your driver will be waiting for you at the main lodge after a simple check-out to take you to Entamanu Ngorongoro, where you will spend the next two nights. While traveling, stop at Lake Manyara National Park for your first wildlife drive to see the elephant herds drinking from the lake’s edge and the tree-climbing lions. Your journey through Africa officially begins today. A full English breakfast is served at the lodge after you awake to the aroma of freshly brewed coffee. Your driver will be waiting for you at the main lodge after a simple check-out to take you to Entamanu Ngorongoro, where you will spend the next two nights. While traveling, stop at Lake Manyara National Park for your first wildlife drive to see the elephant herds drinking from the lake’s edge and the tree-climbing lions.

Before embarking on your second game drive of the day, you’ll arrive just in time for afternoon tea and a delicious treat. The Ngorongoro Crater, one of the most well-known locations in Africa to search for the Big 5, is easily accessible from the camp. The mineral-rich caldera is home to herds of elephants, buffalo, rhinos, and wildebeest, as well as one of the highest concentrations of predators. Before your three-course dinner in the main camp, your ranger will stop along the rim to let you have a gin and tonic as the sun sets over the highlands as you make your way back to camp.

Included Activities

Start a wildlife drive across the Ngorongoro Crater to look for elephants, buffalo, and rhinos with predators pursuing them. Before your three-course dinner at the main camp, your ranger will stop along the rim so you may sip gin and tonic and watch the sunset over the hills.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Check-in Entamanu Ngorongoro

Days 3: Game drive in Ngorongoro Crater

Your devoted ranger will get you up at daybreak so you can go on your early-morning game drive through the Ngorongoro Crater. To avoid the throngs of tourists making their way to the crater, getting going early is highly advised. Take your guide inside the reserve after a strong cup of coffee to explore one of Africa’s Seven Natural Wonders. Before heading back to the camp, your guide will make a pit stop for a packed breakfast. You have the option of continuing your wildlife adventure after a small lunch or relaxing at camp. Put on your walking shoes and visit a nearby community to learn about daily Maasai life. Take a Maasai community member and an experienced guide on a crater rim walk as you return to camp on foot and explore the nearby hills. Your guides will point out landmarks as they bring you through the area.

educating you about Maasai customs and beliefs, pointing out medicinal plants, and following any wildlife that has wandered close to the camp. Return to the main camp for dinner and a nightcap after watching the sunset over the crater.

You Won’t Believe What Happened on our Tanzania Safari (Ngorongoro Crater)

Included Activities

With a knowledgeable guide and a local Maasai, explore the surrounding highlands on a crater rim hike. Track any wildlife that may have strayed close to the camp and learn about the Maasai’s medicinal plants, customs, and beliefs.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Entamanu Ngorongoro

Day 4: Transfer to South Serengeti

Before meeting your driver to be taken to the fabled Serengeti Mobile Camp, get up at your leisure and savor a hearty cooked meal. After traveling for around two hours, you will reach the real mobile tented camp, which is set up annually in three different sites to follow the wildebeest’s migratory path. Each location has been carefully chosen to guarantee that visitors see the wildebeest calves as they move in search of water and beautiful green grass to feed their young. The camp’s ideal location in Maswa, South Serengeti, from December to April affords guests front-row seats to the calving season. The camp then migrates to the North Serengeti from July to November and the West Serengeti from May to July.

The renowned Serengeti Mobile Camp has two camps of 11 en-suite tents each with a separate bar and eating area. You may take your time enjoying your migration safari because each group will have access to a private guide and own safari vehicle with unlimited game drives. After lunch, you may choose between hopping in your private closed safari car with a pop-top roof to photograph the calving migration or exploring the park on a bush walk with an experienced guide. Before having dinner in the bush under the stars, pause to observe the Serengeti sunset.

Included Activities

With the help of your knowledgeable guide, board your private safari vehicle and travel through the Serengeti in search of wildebeest and their young. Take to the Serengeti with your guide for a more personal safari, or go on a hot air balloon safari to view the migration from above.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Serengeti Mobile Camp

Day 5 – 6: South Serengeti Migration safari

On your migration safari over the following two days, travel through the Serengeti in search of the wildebeest and their newborn calves. Game drives turn into an exhilarating experience as gangly wildebeest calves draw numerous predators and their young. Before returning to the main camp for some well-earned rest, enjoy a breakfast picnic on the reserve. After lunch, you can continue your migration safari with a wildlife drive to Ndutu and the Southern Serengeti, or the ideal way to conclude your Wildebeest Calving Safari is to view the migration from above with a hot air balloon safari*. Take a night drive into the reserve in the early evening, stopping along the way for a drink at dusk in the Serengeti and dinner at the main camp.

Crazy Great Migration Mara River Crossing in Serengeti – Tanzania Safari

Included Activities

With the help of your knowledgeable guide, board your private safari vehicle and travel through the Serengeti in search of wildebeest and their young. Take to the Serengeti with your guide for a more personal safari, or go on a hot air balloon safari to view the migration from above.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Legendary Serengeti Mobile Camp

*Don’t miss out, hot air balloon safaris are subject to availability and come at an additional cost

Day 7: Departure

Your Wildebeest Calving Safari tour comes to an end on day seven. After breakfast, your driver will pick you up and transport you 45 minutes to Mwiba airstrip, where the Legendary Serengeti Mobile Camp is located. You will be transported to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your subsequent travel home during the regular hour and a half flight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

End of the 7 Days Wildebeest Calving Safari in Tanzania

Inclusions

• Accommodation and meals, as specified in the itinerary
• Activities and excursions, as specified in the itinerary
• Transportation services, as specified in the itinerary
• Your Trip Coordinator: a 24/7 point of contact supporting you during your trip
• Carbon emissions offsetting for your trip

Inclusions

• Entrance fees and meals, unless mentioned in the itinerary description
• Tips and personal expenses
• Visa and tourism fees
• Travel, health, and cancellation insurance
• International airfare

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