6 Days Wildebeest Migration Safari
A migration-focused safari, routed each season to where the herds are moving through the Serengeti ecosystem.
Duration: 6 Days · Style: Great Migration · Best time: All year round · Route: Arusha → Tarangire → Serengeti → Ngorongoro
Highlights
- Positioned with the herds
- Two full Serengeti days
- Crater day
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1: Arusha → Tarangire National Park
Drive about two hours to Tarangire for an afternoon game drive among baobabs and the park's famous elephant herds, then continue to your camp or lodge.
Day 2: Into the Serengeti
Climb through the Ngorongoro highlands and descend onto the endless plains. Game drive en route to central Serengeti, arriving in time for sundowners.
Day 3: Following the herds
Your guide positions you where the migration is that month: south, central, west or north.
Day 4: Serengeti National Park
A full day of game drives across the Seronera valley: kopjes, river lines and open plains with some of Africa's best big-cat viewing.
Day 5: Serengeti → Karatu
A final morning game drive, then return through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to the cool, green highlands around Karatu.
Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater → Arusha
Early descent into the crater for a half-day game drive, then return to Arusha in the late afternoon for your onward journey.