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The Wildebeest Migration: December to March. In response to November's summer rains, wildebeest start moving in their hundred thousand out of Kenya's Maasai Mara and onto Tanzania's southern Serengeti plains and the northern Ngorongoro conservation area.
Minimum 2 travelers | Limited to 36 guests, Recommended Time for this Safari : December - March
Day 1 Arrival in Kilimanjaro International Airport, TanzaniaArrive at Tanzania's Kilimanjaro Airport and transfer to a peaceful GRAN MELIÁ ARUSHA, An oasis within Arusha set out on 18 acres of beautiful landscaped coffee and tea plantations. Pure tranquility with spectacular views of Mount Meru. Gran Meliá Arusha offers a unique experience combining the most exciting once-in-a-lifetime safari destination with state-of-the-art conference facilities.
Accommodation: Gran Meliá Hotel Arusha | Meal plan: dinner, breakfast | Website: https://www.melia.com/en/hotels/tanzania/arusha/gran-melia-arusha/index.htm
Day 2 - 4 Central Serengeti PlainsAfter breakfast this morning we depart from the Hotel for Arusha domestic airport and our flight to the Serengeti. This legendary savanna derives its name from a Maasai word meaning “endless plains.” We fly to Serengeti National Park, where a vista of golden grasslands stretching to the horizon under a blue bowl of sky provides an iconic image of East Africa. Meeting our safari vehicles and drivers, we set out on our first wildlife drive. Our destination is a remote sector of the Serengeti previously off-limits to visitors for two decades during a period of habitat rehabilitation to increase the cheetah population. Surveying open range and kopjes—large granite outcrops that dot the plains—the camp offers fabulous wildlife viewing in diverse habitats, particularly of the abundant feline predators that live and hunt in this area.
Accommodation: Kubu Kubu Luxury Tented Camp | Meal plan: Dinner, breakfast, lunch | Website: http://twctanzania.com/en/accommodation/kubu-kubu-tented-camp/
Day 5 - 8 Southern Serengeti - Ndutu, Lake Masek Luxury Tented CampDepart this morning after breakfast to southern Serengeti with a game drive en route to Ndutu Lake Masek Luxury Tented Camp; Witness the early morning mist rise on the banks of Lake Masek. Besides, this area is the principle setting of the Great Migration which takes place from December to March and the Big Five visit the area. The camp is set-up every year in a different part of the area, to make sure that you will always have the best place to see this impressive spectacle from your own tent. During the short rains each year, some 2 million wildebeest trek from Kenya’s Maasai Mara to the southern Serengeti, then back again, in search of new grass. The wildebeest migrate with hundreds of thousands of zebra, whose superior vision and hearing serve as an early-warning system for predators. Gazelle and other antelope accompany the great herds as well. We are in the region during the time when zebra and wildebeest are giving birth, and the herds are mostly stationary. The majority of baby wildebeest are born during a single three-week window, after most zebra young have emerged. We'll hope to see infants (though timing on the calf drop is weather-dependent), as well as prey interactions. Predators seek out the most vulnerable members of the herds, and we may see a lion seize a sick wildebeest or a cheetah overtaking a newborn that has become separated from its mother. Leopard, hyena and jackal also prey on the migrating herds while vultures hang in the air, waiting to feast on carrion. While the spectacle is at times grim, its primal drama is a wonder to behold.
Accommodation: Lake Masek Luxury Tented Camp | Meal plan: Dinner-breakfast-lunch | Website: http://twctanzania.com/en/accommodation/lake-masek-tented-lodge/
Day 9 Ngorongoro Crater TourAfter breakfast, we drive and descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for a full day of game viewing. A picnic lunch will be taken on the crater floor, the crater supports up to 25,000 large mammals. Grazers dominate: zebra, wildebeest – accounting for almost half the animals – gazelle, buffalo, eland, hartebeest and wart hog are also plentiful. Giraffe, for example, stay away because there is insufficient food at tree level; topi (an antelope subspecies) because they compete directly with wildebeest. An odd feature of the crater elephants is that they are almost exclusively bulls. Breeding herds – comprising large numbers of females and young with a few attendant older males – are probably unable to find enough quality food in the crater. Ngorongoro has carnivores in quantity, drawn by the large herds of prey animals. It has the densest population of large predators, mainly lion – about 60 – and more than 400 spotted hyenas, living in eight clans of up to eighty individuals. Both lions and hyenas will scavenge from each other, depending on weight of numbers and of course, hunger.
Accommodation: Kitela Lodge Karatu | Meal plan: Dinner-breakfast-lunch | Website: http://twctanzania.com/accommodation/kitela-lodge/
Day 10 Arusha - Kilimanjaro International AirportSadly, departure is after breakfast, we will drive back to Arusha where you will have chance for shopping before we go to Gran Melia Arusha, a dayroom is held to allow you to relax and check out later in the day. A vehicle is on hand to transfer you to Kilimanjaro International airport to connect with your international flight back home.
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