9-Day Great Migration Luxury Safari

Tarangire, Lake Manyara, two days on the Mara River, a walking safari and the Ngorongoro Crater.

9 days Luxury Tarangire, Manyara, Serengeti & Ngorongoro From $6,705 per person

9-Day Great Migration Luxury Safari · 9 days

Package Overview

Our most complete migration safari. You start in Tarangire and Lake Manyara, then head deep into the Northern Serengeti for two full days along the Mara River, where the herds cross from July to October. A walking safari with an armed ranger, a Maasai boma, Olduvai Gorge and a final day in the Ngorongoro Crater complete the route, with luxury lodges and camps every night.

Highlights

Two full days in the Northern Serengeti
A chance of Mara River crossings
Walking safari with an armed ranger
Tree-climbing lions at Lake Manyara
Maasai boma, Olduvai Gorge and the Ngorongoro Crater

Route map

Day 1 Kilimanjaro International Airport → Day 2 Tarangire National Park → Day 3 Lake Manyara National Park → Day 4 Central Serengeti (Seronera) → Day 5-6 Northern Serengeti (Kogatende) → Day 7 Central Serengeti (Seronera) → Day 8 Ngorongoro Crater → Day 9 Kilimanjaro International Airport

Day-by-Day Itinerary

Day 1 • Arrival in Arusha

Arusha

We meet you at Kilimanjaro International Airport and drive you to your hotel in Arusha to rest and get ready for the safari.

Day 1 Accommodation, Arusha Meal Plan: Bed and breakfast

Where you'll stay:

Gran Meliá Arusha or similar

Day 2 • Arusha to Tarangire

Tarangire

Pickup at about 8am for the 2.5-hour drive to Tarangire, famous for its elephant herds and baobab trees, some over a thousand years old. Zebra, giraffe, buffalo, lion and cheetah are common too. Picnic lunch by the Tarangire River and a game drive until evening.

Day 2 Accommodation, Tarangire Meal Plan: Full board

Where you'll stay:

Tarangire Kuro Treetops Lodge or similar

Day 3 • Lake Manyara

Lake Manyara

Lake Manyara sits below the Rift Valley wall and is famous for tree-climbing lions and more than 450 bird species, including pink flamingos on the soda lake. Picnic lunch and game drive until evening.

Day 3 Accommodation, Lake Manyara Meal Plan: Full board

Where you'll stay:

Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge or similar

Day 4 • Lake Manyara to the Serengeti

Serengeti

Leave at about 8am and drive through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, which you'll explore properly at the end of the trip, and on into the Serengeti with a game drive all afternoon.

Day 4 Accommodation, Central Serengeti Meal Plan: Full board

Where you'll stay:

Meliá Serengeti Lodge or similar

Day 5 • North to Kogatende

Northern Serengeti

A full day's game drive north through the Serengeti to Kogatende, near the Kenyan border, with a picnic lunch on the way. This is the quietest, wildest part of the park.

Day 5 Accommodation, Northern Serengeti Meal Plan: Full board

Where you'll stay:

Ole Serai Luxury Camp, Kogatende or similar

Day 6 • The Mara River

Mara River

A full day around the Mara River. In season the herds mass on the banks before crossing past crocodiles and through strong currents. It can take days for a herd to commit, so be patient. It's worth it.

Note: River crossings are never guaranteed.

Day 6 Accommodation, Northern Serengeti Meal Plan: Full board

Where you'll stay:

Ole Serai Luxury Camp, Kogatende or similar

Day 7 • Walking safari in the Serengeti

Walking safari

Get out of the vehicle and walk with an armed park ranger, looking at tracks, dung, insects and plants and their medicinal uses, the details you'd miss from the vehicle. Then drive south to the central Serengeti.

Activity · WALKING SAFARI

A guided walk with an armed park ranger.

Day 7 Accommodation, Central Serengeti Meal Plan: Full board

Where you'll stay:

Meliá Serengeti Lodge or similar

Day 8 • Maasai boma, Olduvai Gorge and the crater rim

Maasai boma

Visit a Maasai boma for traditional dances and stories of how they live and herd, then Olduvai Gorge and its fossil museum, before a night on the Ngorongoro Crater rim.

Activity · OLDUVAI GORGE

The museum and viewpoint at the site where some of the earliest human fossils were found.

Day 8 Accommodation, Ngorongoro Crater rim Meal Plan: Full board

Where you'll stay:

Ngorongoro Lodge, Meliá Collection or similar

Day 9 • Ngorongoro Crater and departure

Ngorongoro Crater

An early descent into the crater for a full day among zebra, buffalo, lion, flamingos, hippo and rare black rhino, with lunch at the hippo pool. Drive back to Arusha in the late afternoon for your flight home or another night in town.