7 Days Best Great Migration River Crossing Safari

Arusha

You'll land at Kilimanjaro International Airport where your safari driver will be waiting to meet you. From there, it's a transfer to your hotel in Arusha. This is your chance to settle in, grab a meal, and get ready for the safari experience starting tomorrow. Rest up and go over your itinerary with the staff if you want more details about what's ahead.

Tarangire National Park

After breakfast, your guide picks you up early to head into Tarangire National Park for game drives. You'll see large elephant herds throughout the park, plus lions, leopards, and other wildlife. Around midday, you'll have lunch from a picnic box while still in the park. Once the afternoon game drives wrap up, you'll head back to your lodge for dinner and spend the night there.

Serengeti National Park

Following breakfast, you'll travel to Central Serengeti National Park for the day's wildlife viewing. Lunch happens at a picnic site within the park, then afternoon game drives continue. You're likely to see the great migration with wildebeest, zebra, and antelopes moving through the landscape, and you'll spot predators like leopards, cheetahs, and lions hunting in the area.

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Start early with breakfast, then drive north toward the Mara River in Northern Serengeti. Your guide will position you at the best viewpoints to watch the Great Migration's river crossings, where the herds face off against crocodiles and predators like lions, leopards, and cheetahs. The action here is intense and unpredictable, so you'll be watching one of nature's most dramatic events unfold.

Lake Manyara

You'll rise early for breakfast and continue with game drives in Northern Serengeti, keeping focus on the Great Migration activity. You'll carry a picnic lunch throughout the day. Later in the afternoon, you'll drive back south to Central Serengeti for your overnight stay at the lodge.

After breakfast, you'll head to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and spend the day doing game drives inside the crater itself. This UNESCO World Heritage Site offers excellent photography opportunities and a chance to see around 30,000 large mammals that live here year-round: buffaloes, lions, elephants, cheetahs, and rhinos all share this unique landscape.

Rise early for breakfast, then drive to Lake Manyara National Park for your final game drive of the safari. You'll see the famous tree-climbing lions in this area, baboon colonies, and the distinctive soda lake scenery. After the game drive ends, you'll transfer back to Arusha or head to Kilimanjaro Airport, depending on your departure arrangements.