Kenya & Tanzania Great Wildebeest Migration Safari

Kenya & Tanzania Great Wildebeest Migration Safari: Mid December through Mid March & July through October Each Year

Our Kenya & Tanzania Great Wildebeest Migration Safari takes you to the endless plains of east Africa – the setting for the world’s greatest wildlife spectacle – 1.5 million animal ungulate (wildebeest) migration.

Enjoy the romantic splendour of East Africa from your tastefully appointed lodge and luxury-tented camp accommodations as the vast plains rumble to the sound of the galloping herds. Enjoy professionally guided wildlife viewing walks and comfortably paced and informative wildlife viewing drives from your private 4×4 vehicle.

This trip is designed for travellers who are looking for the highest quality east African wilderness and wildlife experience staying at small and intimate lodges and tented camps, without the hustle and set schedule of a large group tour.

* Visit: 2 countries! Kenya and Tanzania
* Overland Transport: Private 4 x 4 Land cruiser Safari vehicles
* Highlights: All-inclusive, transfers by road and air, Tented Camps and Lodges,
* Includes Nairobi, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti, Amboseli, and Masai Mara
* Wildlife Viewing: Wildebeest Migration, River Crossings, Game Walks, Masai Village Visits, Birding etc

Day 1: Nairobi, Kenya Arrival. Overnight at Nairobi Ngong Hills Treehouse
Day 2: Fly Lake Manyara Tanzania. Overnight at Lake Manyara Tree Lodge
Day 3: Ngorongoro Crater. Overnight at Ngorongoro Crater Lodge
Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater. Overnight at Ngorongoro Crater Lodge
Day 5: Serengeti National Park. Overnight at Serengeti Grumeti Tented Camp
Day 6: Serengeti National Park. Overnight at Serengeti Grumeti Tented Camp
Day 7: Serengeti National Park. Overnight at Serengeti Grumeti Tented Camp
Day 8: Fly Amboseli National Park. Overnight at Amboseli Tortilis Camp
Day 9: Fly Amboseli National Park. Overnight at Amboseli Tortilis Camp
Day 10: Fly Masai Mara Game Reserve. Overnight at Masai Mara Governor’s Il Moran
Day 11: Masai Mara Game Reserve. Overnight at Masai Mara Governor’s Il Moran
Day 12: Masai Mara Game Reserve. Overnight at Masai Mara Governor’s Il Moran
Day 13: Fly Nairobi – Dayrooms at the Norfolk Fairmont Hotel – Evening Depart

Day 1: Nairobi, Kenya Arrival

You will be met upon arrival at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and transfer by road to Ngong Hills House. Ngong Hills House is a private home on a 10-acre estate with stunning views of Ngong Hills. The home accommodates 8 guests in 4 separate “tree houses” (elevated cottages). During the day you may enjoy a pleasant walk through the surrounding countryside. The Giraffe Center is only a 10-minute stroll away

Overnight at Nairobi Ngong Hills Treehouse

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 2: Fly Lake Manyara Tanzania.

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Wilson Airport in time to board your scheduled flight to Kilimanjaro Airport. Here you will go through customs; change planes and connect by scheduled flight to Lake Manyara. Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to Lake Manyara Tree Lodge.

Situated deep in the heart of a mahogany forest within the park, this new lodge accommodates guests in ten spacious tree houses with open-air showers and bathrooms. The decor is a combination of bleached wood and woven makuti (palm fronds) in natural tones and textures. The new lodge is situated about a kilometre from the lakeshore with easy access to the water. 

The lodge offers guests intimacy, romance, privacy and cool surroundings. Activities include wildlife viewing drives and professionally guided walks within Lake Manyara National Park.

Overnight at Lake Manyara Tree Lodge

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 3: Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, you will transfer by road to Ngorongoro Crater arriving in time for lunch. The Ngorongoro Crater contains a hidden world teeming with wildlife. This afternoon you will descend from the lush rainforest on the rim to the savanna bush and acacia woodland of the crater floor for an afternoon of wildlife viewing. You are very likely to see black manned lion, the highly endangered black rhino, wildebeest, zebra, elephant, hippo, jackal, and hyena. Late this evening you will drive back up to the crater rim for dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Crater Lodge.

Overnight at Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater

Perched on the rim of the crater and inspired by ancient African architecture, guests at Crater Lodge are accommodated in 30 private cottages with en suite facilities, each with a deck offering dazzling views of the crater floor 500 meters below. Rooms are complimented by graceful antiques, grand chandeliers, and magnificent hand-carved four-poster beds. After an early breakfast, you will enjoy a full day of wildlife viewing in the crater with a picnic lunch.

Overnight at Ngorongoro Crater Lodge

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Days 5, 6 & 7: Serengeti National Park

After breakfast on day 5, you will depart by road to the Serengeti plains with a stop at Olduvai Gorge. The Serengeti is arguably the most impressive wildlife sanctuary in the world. At certain times of the year these vast, seemingly unending, plains are inhabited by enormous herds of wildebeest and zebra. In the calving season (February-March) the herds concentrate on the Ndutu and Salei plains attracting the attention of predators like lions, cheetahs and hyenas. You will spend three nights at Grumeti River Tented Camp (depending upon the time of year other lodges or camps may be suggested) – a small luxury camp situated in a remote valley in the western corridor of the Serengeti, overlooking a tributary of the Grumeti River. The camp has 10 private walk-in tents with en suite facilities. Activities include game drives in the Serengeti. There is also a pool.

Overnight at Serengeti Grumeti Tented Camp

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Days 8 & 9: Amboseli National Park

After breakfast on Day 8, you will be transferred to the nearby airstrip in time to board your scheduled flight to Arusha where you will enjoy lunch. From Arusha, you will transfer by road across the Tanzania / Kenya border to Amboseli Tortilis Camp.

Experience the real Africa sleeping under canvas and waking up to spectacular views of Mount Kilimanjaro. A bit of luxury and seclusion away from the bustle of the main lodges, guests are accommodated in fifteen permanent walk-in tents under thatch roofs with en suite facilities. Set at the edge of the park you will enjoy game drives in open 4×4 vehicles, cultural excursions, and guided walks. The camp has a pool.

Overnight at Amboseli Tortilis Camp

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Days 10, 11 & 12: Masai Mara Game Reserve

On Day 10 you will be transferred to Amboseli Airstrip to board your scheduled flight to Nairobi. In Nairobi, you will change planes and fly to the Masai Mara Game Reserve. Upon arrival, you will be met and enjoy a short wildlife Game Drive before lunch at Governor’s Il Moran Camp. The Camp is comprised of ten tents, all facing the Mara River. The ten tents consist of a large wooden framed bed, carpets, furnishings, and a very large bathroom with a separate shower, bath, bidet, toilet, and sink. The main tented camp area consists of a tented lounge with comfortable chairs and pillows and a dining tent.

Our African Spice Safari professional driver Guide will astonish you with his bush knowledge and expertise: vultures will lead them to a hyena kill, and a warning cry from a mother wildebeest reveals a leopard stalking through the grass. For the experience of a lifetime, drift the dawn over the magnificent plains of the Masai Mara in a hot air balloon (at extra cost). Then enjoy a champagne breakfast in the bush at the landing site, before returning to camp on a wildlife viewing drive.

Leave your vehicle behind and take a walking safari with one of the camp’s armed guides for the true thrill of the bush – you’ll experience the untamed beauty of the Mara. You’ll track wildlife, unsure what waits around the next corner, giraffe, buffalo, or lion. You’ll catch the scents and sounds of wild Africa. Surrounding the Mara are the lands of the Masai tribe, a tall, proud race of warriors. Herding cattle and goats, they’ve lived among the animals for centuries. Enjoy visiting Masai villages to see a way of life that’s survived almost unchanged for generations.

Dinners are served privately at your tent, by the outdoor fire or communally in the dining area – you decide each evening what you would prefer. There is no fence so wildlife is free to wander through at any time.

Overnight at Masai Mara Governor’s Il Moran

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 13: Fly Nairobi – Dayrooms at the Norfolk Fairmont Hotel – Evening Depart

You will enjoy a morning wildlife viewing activity and breakfast before being transferred to the airstrip in time to board your scheduled flight to Nairobi. Upon arrival you will be met and transferred to the Norfolk Fairmont Hotel where you will enjoy lunch and probably revisit one or two stores in Nairobi for shopping then relax in your day room. This evening you will be transferred to Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta Airport in time to board your onward flight.

Dayrooms at the Norfolk Fairmont Hotel Nairobi

Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Kenya & Tanzania Great Wildebeest Migration Safari Trip Price Includes

Meet and greet at Jomo Kenyatta Airport + Air (Nairobi – Manyara | Serengeti – Arusha | Amboseli – Nairobi – Masai Mara | Masai Mara – Nairobi) + Wildlife viewing activities in 4-wheel drive vehicles in Camps and Lodge + All accommodations on a fully inclusive basis + All guided wildlife viewing activities + Mineral water and soft drinks while wildlife viewing in your private vehicle + Soft drinks, water and Juices, beer, wine and local spirits + All Park entrance fees + Flying Doctor coverage

Kenya & Tanzania Great Wildebeest Migration Safari Trip Price Excludes

* International airfare
* Airport taxes and entry visas
* All items of a personal nature i.e. trip insurance, tips and gratuities and telephone calls