7 Days Tanzania Calving Safari
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7 Days Tanzania Calving Safari
7 Days Tanzania Calving Safari
Your journey begins in Arusha and quickly leads you into the striking landscapes of Tarangire National Park, where ancient baobabs rise over elephant herds and predators patrol the golden savannahs. You’ll then travel to Ndutu in the Southern Serengeti, the epicenter of the wildebeest calving season. Here, between January and March, over 500,000 calves are born in just a few weeks, attracting predators like lions, hyenas, cheetahs, and leopards, making for some of the most dramatic wildlife viewing on the continent.
The safari continues to the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site often called the “Eighth Wonder of the World.” This natural amphitheater hosts Africa’s densest population of large mammals, from black rhinos to prides of lions and flocks of flamingos. Finally, wind down at Lake Manyara National Park, famous for its tree-climbing lions, elephants, and rich birdlife along the alkaline lake’s edge.
Throughout the safari, you’ll be guided by seasoned professionals in custom designed 4×4 vehicles, staying in premium lodges and tented camps that combine comfort with immersive wilderness experiences. This is a journey that captures the raw beauty, vulnerability, and breathtaking rhythm of life on the African plains during calving season.
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Safari Overview and Details
Countries :
- Tanzania ,
Going To :
- Karatu ,
- Lake Manyara ,
- Ndutu ,
- Ngorongoro ,
- Serengeti ,
- Tarangire ,
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From USD 6222
Per Person Sharing
6 Nights on Safari
Safari Overview and Details
This safari visits the following destinations and has some engaging activities. We have also listed below its suitability for certain safari types you might be interested in.
Countries :
- Tanzania ,
Going to :
- Karatu ,
- Lake Manyara ,
- Ndutu ,
- Ngorongoro ,
- Serengeti ,
- Tarangire ,
Best For :
From USD 6222
Per Person Sharing
6 Nights on Safari
Pricing Info
Prices are per person and are based on two adults sharing.
Estimated prices
We estimate prices to simply provide a comparative cost between different safaris. The accurate price of a safari could vary, once flight fluctuations, special offers, and seasonal price variations are taken into account.
What’s included
Domestic transfers, accommodation, inclusive meals, drinks, and activities where specified
What’s excluded
International flights, visas, travel insurance
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Day by Day Safari Schedule
Safari Itinerary - Day by Day
Day 1: Arrival and drive to Tarangire
We will start our Safari from the Airport and you will be transferred to your Arusha hotel for the night. Your guide will brief you about the safari. After that you will continue leisure in your hotel. Later, dinner and overnight at the hotel.
- Location: – Arusha
- Camp of Stay: – Arusha Serena
- Meal Plan: – Full board
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Day 2: Drive to Tarangire National Park
You will be picked up from your hotel after breakfast for your drive to Tarangire National Park. Tarangire National Park is famous for its diverse landscape with nine different vegetation zones. The park is particularly known for the abundance of ancient baobab trees which are the largest trees in the continent), filling the landscape and dwarf the animals next to them.
You will enjoy an afternoon game drive after checking into the lodge. The river in the park is full of wildlife ranging from a large variety of birds to lions, leopards, zebras, giraffes, buffaloes, antelopes and, of course, elephants. In fact, the park has the largest concentration of elephants in the whole country. And provides unique chances to observe the interaction between elephant families.
Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
- Location: – Tarangire National Park
- Camp of Stay: – Tarangire Sopa
- Meal Plan: – Full board
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Day 3: Drive to South Serengeti (Ndutu)
After breakfast, we will head to the Lake Ndutu region, situated in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a sublime landscape of the southern Serengeti ecosystem. The drive takes approximately 3 hrs. Taking us across the beautiful landscape of the rift valley lake Ndutu. Alkaline like most of the other Rift Valley is frequently inhabited by a wide array of wildlife. With appetites sated, undertake our game drive in the Ndutu region. The majority of the wildebeest migration can normally be found on the short-grass plains from December to April. After the late afternoon game drive, drive back to camp for dinner and overnight.
- Location: – Serengeti National Park
- Camp of Stay: – Acacia Migration Camp
- Meal Plan: – Full board
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Day 4: Ndutu Southern Serengeti Wildebeest Calving
After a hearty breakfast, you will head out to enjoy a full day’s game drive in Ndutu. You will explore the range of different habitats found here including swamps, woodland and savannah. With luck, you will see vast crowds of wildebeests, zebras and antelopes sometimes stretching to the horizon. The sound of the wildebeest gently mooing is hauntingly beautiful.
During the calving season (between January and March), many of the female wildebeest give birth to their young, dropping over half a million young in this incredible act of synchronized birthing. The grass provides little cover and the young are easy pickings for a variety of predators (cheetah, lion, hyena, and leopard). Wildebeest calves can run minutes after they are born and within 3 days they are normally strong enough to keep up with the herd. After a full day’s exploration, return to camp for dinner and overnight.
- Location: – Serengeti National Park
- Camp of Stay: – Acacia Migration Camp
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Day 5: Ndutu to Ngorongoro Crater – Karatu
After breakfast, we will drive from Southern Serengeti (Ndutu) to the Ngorongoro Crater proceed directly to the crater floor for some wildlife viewing. When you first see Ngorongoro Crater, it looks like a forgotten world. Concealed by the steep volcanic walls is a pristine wilderness including sweeping savannah. Pockets of acacia woodland, and glistening lakes and swamps. The Crater was created when a large volcano exploded and collapsed in on itself two to three million years ago. After the game drive, return to camp for dinner and overnight.
- Location: – Karatu
- Camp of Stay: – Acacia Farm Lodge
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Day 6: Lake Manyara National Park
After your breakfast, and then we drive to Lake Manyara National Park. On our exploration of the park we will see millions of birds including flamingo. Monkey, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, elephant, and, with some luck, lions lounging in the trees. This impressive National Park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park) at the foot of the Great Rift Valley Western escarpment.
The Park varied habitat attracts a wide variety of animals, including one of Africa’s largest concentrations of Elephants. Manyara is famous for a Tree-climbing lion, as well as large flocks of flamingos attracted by the algae in the lake. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
- Location: – Lake Manyara National Park
- Camp of Stay: – Lake Manyara Escarpment Lodge
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Day 7: Lake Manyara National Park – Arusha (Departure)
You will have a leisure breakfast. Check out and meet your guide for the drive to Arusha for your flight back home.
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From USD 6222
Per Person Sharing
6 Nights on Safari
Pricing Info
Prices are per person and are based on two adults sharing.
Estimated prices
We estimate prices to simply provide a comparative cost between different safaris. The accurate price of a safari could vary, once flight fluctuations, special offers, and seasonal price variations are taken into account.
What’s included
Domestic transfers, accommodation, inclusive meals, drinks, and activities where specified
What’s excluded
International flights, visas, travel insurance
Chat to an expert
Get advice and suggestions to make this your perfect trip.
or call us on: +254 729 744 244
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In this case, we request our guests booking with us, to bring an extra back of supplies. This can be in terms of books, sports materials, and any other items that would change the lives of these kids.
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