9 Day best of Tanzania for wildebeest migration and cultural excursion
This 9 day will bring out the best of Tanzania northern circuit leading you to visit the famous places like Serengeti national park, Ngorongoro conservation area and tarangire national park for wildlife viewing. You will further visit cultural excursion where you will visit the Hadzabe people in their natural habitats around lake Eyasi where you will go hunting with these traditional people while getting an understanding of how they go about their lives and their history.
the trip is designed to take place between June and October where you will be walking in the foot stamps of the wildebeest migration with a chance to witness the Mara rive crossing of wildebeest where thousand of wildebeest attempt to cross the crocodile feasted river mara in such for the green pasture. In the due process, several of the wildebeest will be killed by the running water, others get hunted by the hungry crocodile while others be fed on by the waiting big cats. all that will be happening while standing their in your safari car witnessing the exercise.
for those interested in hiking, you will have a chance to hike Ol donyoi Mountain that is only hiked at night due to the high temperatures that are experienced during the day and making it impossible to hike the mountain during the day, beside hiking, you will visit lake natron which is soda lake which act as the breeding ground for both lesser and greater flamingos. this is the only place where bleeding takes place across east Africa.
your trip will end at either seronera airport or Kogatende airport where you will catch your flight to your next destination probably to Zanzibar for another experience in Tanzania.
the table below offer the itinerary with the campsite where you can camp for this great experience. we have also costed for you the expected costs for this whole trip to enable you plan this great adventure within your budget with one of our 4×4 Landcruiser with 2 double rooftop tent. therefore the shared cost is for a group of 4 sharing the same car.
table showing the 9 day itinerary of Tanzania
days |
destination |
accommodation |
| Day 1 to day 2: tarangire | Arrival at JRO, transfer to tarangire national park for game viewing | Migombani campsite (https://migombanicamp.com/) |
| Day 3: ngorongoro | A visit to Ngorongoro crater for game viewing and exploring the biggest caldera in the world | Kudu lodge and campsite (https://kuducamp.com/) |
| Day 4: lake eyasi | Very early in the morning, drive to lake eyasi for an encounter with Hadzabe hunters for the hunting experience. The exercise takes place very early in morning and you will done by 1 Pm to drive back to Mto wambe | Migombani campsite (https://migombanicamp.com/) |
| Day 5 and day 6: lake natron | Drive to Lake natron for about 4 hours where you will arrive around mid day to visit the soda lake which is famously known for both lesser and greater flamingos. This is the only breeding ground for flamingos due to its escaleted condition which is unfavourable for other animals to live in. You can also opt to hike ol donyoi mountain | Masai giraffe eco lodge (https://www.maasaigiraffe.com/) |
| Day 7 to day 8: northen serengeti | Explore northern serengeti with the hope to witness the mara river crossing of wildebeest. July is the good month for witnessing this experience that takes place mara river. | Lobo public campsite (https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g293751-d10087367-Reviews-Lobo_Public_Campsite-Serengeti_National_Park.html) |
| Day 9: central serengeti | Game viewing at seronera region of central serengeti. The home to the big five of africa with chance of encountering several lions among other wildlife
You will fly out from seronera airport on your way to Zanzibar. |
Seronera public campsite (https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g293751-d9997526-Reviews-Seronera_Public_Campsite-Serengeti_National_Park.html) |
Costs in dollars |
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| Park fees | ||
| tarangire | 60x2x4 | 480 |
| Ngorongoro crater | 71×4+300 | 584 |
| Lake natron | 50x2x4 | 400 |
| Serengeti including accomodation | 165x3x4 | 1,980 |
| Other accommodation | 30x4x6 | 720 |
| Car hire (car and all camping equipments) | 180×9 | 1,620 |
| Grand total | 5,784 | |