10 Days Tanzania Wildebeest Migration Safari
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- No booking fees
- E-ticket/Mobile voucher
- duration 10 days
- tour type Private
- minimum participants 2
- age requirement 5-79 yrs
- max group size 7
- guiding method Fully guided
- Tour Code BM-3189
- Footprint Carbonneutral CO2 emissions resulting from all trips on Bookmundi will be offset via investments in carbon reduction projects.
- Operated in English, French, Italian, Spanish
HIGHLIGHTS
- Game drives
- Wildebeest Migration herds
- Maasai boma visit
The great Serengeti wildebeest migration is the movement of vast numbers of the Serengeti's wildebeest, accompanied by large numbers of zebra, and smaller numbers of Grant's gazelle, Thompson's gazelle, eland and impala. These move in an annual pattern that is pretty predictable. They migrate throughout the year, constantly seeking fresh grazing and, it's now thought, better quality water. The precise timing of the Serengeti wildebeest migration is entirely dependent upon the rainfall patterns each year.
Around June, the wildebeest migration is often halted on the south side of the Grumeti River, which has some channels which block or slow their migration north. In the Western Corridor, the wildebeest then congregate there, in the Western Corridor, often building up to a high density before crossing the river. The river here is usually a series of pools and channels. Still, it's not continuous – and so whilst they always represent an annual feast for the Grumeti River's large crocodiles, these aren't usually quite as spectacular as the crossings of the Mara River, further north.
The wildebeest migration continues moving northwards during July and August, often spreading out across a broad front: some heading through Grumeti Reserve and Ikorongo, others north through the heart of the Serengeti National Park.
September sees the herds spread out across the northern Serengeti, where the Mara River provides the migration with its most serious obstacle. This river gushes through the north of Serengeti from Kenya's adjacent Maasai Mara Game Reserve. Watching the frantic herds of the wildebeest migration crossing the Mara River can be spectacular; there are often scenes of great panic and confusion. It's common to see herds cross the Mara River north one day, and then back south a few days later.
By October, the wildebeest herds are migrating again with more accord: all are heading south, through western Loliondo and the Serengeti National Park's Lobo area, returning to the green shoots which follow the rains on the short-grass plains of the southern Serengeti in November.
Around June, the wildebeest migration is often halted on the south side of the Grumeti River, which has some channels which block or slow their migration north. In the Western Corridor, the wildebeest then congregate there, in the Western Corridor, often building up to a high density before crossing the river. The river here is usually a series of pools and channels. Still, it's not continuous – and so whilst they always represent an annual feast for the Grumeti River's large crocodiles, these aren't usually quite as spectacular as the crossings of the Mara River, further north.
The wildebeest migration continues moving northwards during July and August, often spreading out across a broad front: some heading through Grumeti Reserve and Ikorongo, others north through the heart of the Serengeti National Park.
September sees the herds spread out across the northern Serengeti, where the Mara River provides the migration with its most serious obstacle. This river gushes through the north of Serengeti from Kenya's adjacent Maasai Mara Game Reserve. Watching the frantic herds of the wildebeest migration crossing the Mara River can be spectacular; there are often scenes of great panic and confusion. It's common to see herds cross the Mara River north one day, and then back south a few days later.
By October, the wildebeest herds are migrating again with more accord: all are heading south, through western Loliondo and the Serengeti National Park's Lobo area, returning to the green shoots which follow the rains on the short-grass plains of the southern Serengeti in November.
ITINERARY
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Day 1: Arusha town to Lake Manyara National Park
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Day 2: Lake Manyara Park to Serengeti National Park (Seronera)
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Day 3: Serengeti Seronera Area to North Serengeti (Mara)
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Day 4: Full Day at Serengeti National Park
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Day 5: Serengeti (Mara area) - Northern Serengeti (Lobo Area)
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Day 6: North Serengeti (Lobo) to Serengeti Seronera Area
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Day 7: Serengeti Park to Ngorongoro Conservation Area
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Day 8: Ngorongoro Crater to Tarangire National Park
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Day 9: Full Tarangire National Park
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Day 10: Tarangire National Park to JRO
WHAT'S INCLUDED
- 9 Breakfasts, 10 Lunches and 9 Dinners
- Pick /drop Airport or hotel before and after the trip
- Park entrance fees
- The services of our knowledgeable driver/Guide
- Accommodation as per itinerary
- Activities as per itinerary
- Drinking water
- Safari transport by 4 x 4 (6 seat) with a roof hatch that pop up to enable easy game viewing and photography
- Soft drinks, alcoholic and other beverages
- Optional activities not outlined on the itinerary
- Tip
- Visa
- Airport departure tax
- Personal and baggage insurance
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