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Wildebeest Calving Safari in Serengeti

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Detailed Itinerary

This 6 days safari let you to witness and enjoy the spectacular wildebeest dropping. The safari is best taken in mid-January to mid-march when over a million wildebeest gather on the plains of southern Serengeti very year to give birth. During the birth season, a thousand plus calves are dropped daily.

With the birth and millions of wildebeest, zebra and other animals in the area, there is an excellent opportunities for predators and you are definitely guaranteed so see a hunt. The mobile camping gives you the original safari experience. This is a natural phenomenon that is not to be missed. The

Safari at a Glance

Day 1: Arusha
Day 2: Serengeti National Park – Ndutu Area
Day 3 Serengeti National Park – Ndutu Area
Day 4: Serengeti National Park – Ndutu under canvas
Day 5: Serengeti National Park – Ndutu under canvas
Day 6: Departure

Day 1: On arrival at the airport, you will be picked by your driver guide for a transfer to your overnight hotel in Arusha town. Overnight: New Arusha Hotel – (Bed and Breakfast)

Day 2: You will have an early start through Ngorongoro to Ndutu area in Serengeti National Park. On arrival, you will have an en-route game drive to your overnight camp. After lunch and time at leisure, you will start to explore this wildlife rich area. This is the only place on earth where over two million wildebeest migrate to give birth at the same time. Meals and overnight: Lake Masek Tented Camp.

Day 3: You will have a full day game viewing with emphasis on the wildebeest giving birth – a unique experience of the wildebeest’s annual birthing season. It is estimated that wildebeests will deliver thousands of new calves in the wilderness of Serengeti plains in a day this season. Meals and overnight: Lake Masek Tented Camp.

Day 4: After breakfast, you will check out and proceed on a mobile Camping. This is a completely new game viewing safari experience. The Southern Serengeti is the main annual wildebeest migration corridor for over 1 million wildebeest, half a million zebra and gazelle, and their accompanying cast of predators, the area features a ringside seat for one of the greatest wildlife spectacles on earth. Meals and Overnight:  Masek under Canvas Tented Camp

Day 5: Spend another full day in one of the greatest wildlife spectacles on earth. There is great photo opportunity both for wildlife and scenes.  Meals and Overnight:  Masek under Canvas Tented Camp

Day 6: After a great wildlife viewing, you will depart with an en-route game drive to Arusha. On arrival in Arusha in late afternoon, you will have lunch and thereafter have time at leisure at your hotel room. There will be a farewell dinner later in the evening before a transfer to the airport for your onward flight.

Cost Includes:

  • Full board accommodation while on safari.
  • Bed and breakfast in in Arusha.
  • Day room use at the in Arusha hotel on the last day.
  • All park entrance fees.
  • All airport transfers.
  • Game drives as stated in the itinerary above.
  • Use of a 4×4 seven seater safari Land cruiser with a pop up roof.
  • Services of an English speaking driver guide
  • One liter of drinking water per person per day.
  • A farewell Dinner.
  • Excursions as detailed on the program.
  • 24hrs emergency flying doctors evacuation fee.

 

Cost Excludes:

  • Drinks and Beverages not in the Itinerary.
  • Tips and gratuities.
  • Any item of personal use.
  • Travel insurance.
  • Visas
  • Anything not mentioned above

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