5 Days Wildebeest Migration Camping Safari

You’ll depart from Arusha after breakfast for the approximately two hour drive to Tarangire National Park. Along the way you’ll pass bustling Masai villages and the vast, open plains that have become synonymous with images of Africa.

Once you’ve entered Tarangire, you’ll begin your game drive across a rich vista of endless golden savannah that surrounds the Tarangire River. The river itself runs throughout the year and is a vital source of water for the animals of the region during the dry season. Lined with acacia and Baobab trees, the river is regularly visited by the park’s large elephant population as well as other herbivores such as zebras and antelopes.

A picnic lunch with a view of the river is a great way to take it all in, but you’ll have to keep on your toes as the local monkey population does its best to separate you from your lunch!

After your day’s drive is done, you’ll retire to your accommodation for the evening.

Accommodation: Panorama camping

After breakfast you will check-out of the campsite and embark on your next game drive in Lake Manyara National Park with a packed lunch to enjoy during your drive. The Lake occupies a large area of the park and the forest transitions when you cross the park gate along the base of the Great Rift Valley and hot spring to the west. The park is home to the tree-climbing lion, buffalo, giraffe, hippo, troops of baboon, the spectacular pink flamingo, ostrich, geese and more. After your picnic lunch the afternoon game drive will continue as you drive to a Maasai Village where you will experience different cultural activities conducted by the Maasai people. In the evening you will drive to the Panorama public campsite for dinner and your overnight stay.

Accommodation: Panorama camping

After breakfast you will check-out and head towards the Serengeti National Park, traveling through the beautiful high lying farmlands of Karatu and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Leaving the highlands behind, you will descend into the heart of wild Africa and the Serengeti National Park with its endless plains rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. You will head to the central park area, known as the Seronera, one of the richest wildlife habitats featuring the Seronera River. The river provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attracts wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. You will arrive in time for lunch and then enjoy an afternoon game drive before returning for dinner and your overnight stay in the Seronera campsite.

Accommodation: Seronera camping

You will rise early, have a hot cup of coffee and leave the campsite for a sunrise game drive in the heart of Serengeti National Park. You will enjoy the beautiful African sunrise on this drive. Your game drive will last until midday when you will drive back to camp for brunch. After this delicious meal you will check-out and leave camp for the Ngorongoro Conservation Area enjoying another game drive as you make your way to the Ngorongoro Simba Campsite. Upon arrival at camp you will check-in, have dinner and turn in for the night.

Accommodation: Simba camping

After breakfast, you’ll depart for Ngorongoro Crater; considered by some to be the Eighth Wonder of the World. When you get your first glimpse of this vast, verdant caldera from the panoramic viewpoint, you’ll soon understand why it has earned such a lofty reputation.

Home to over 120 species of mammal including the fabled Big Five, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area is one of the most sought after safari destinations in the world. It’s a particularly good place to see the endangered black rhinoceros enjoying a lonely meal out on the grass plains, as well as a place to see large numbers of hippopotamus enjoying the cool water.
From the comfort of your open-top vehicle, you’ll be able to observe and photograph some of Africa’s most recognisable faces. The crater is home to a large number of predators including lions, leopards, cheetahs, jackals, and hyenas, as well as a large population of wildebeest, zebras, antelope, cape buffalo, and more.