Serengeti Serenity: Wildebeest wonders & luxury safari retreat
It’s Ajubatus Safaris’ mission to provide our customers with a unique and highly personal safari experience, offering memories for a lifetime. This 10 day/9 night safari will offer you a one-of-a-kind African safari experience, providing excellent game drives in the most picturesque landscapes, and with abundant wildlife. During this Luxury Safari, you will stay overnight in lodges and/or tented camps at the most beautiful locations Tanzania has to offer. This safari takes place at a slower pace than usual, to provide our guests with great opportunities to relax and experience the beauty of the country.
This safari starts and ends at Kilimanjaro International Airport.
Note: The price shown for this tour is an indicative price per person, based on 6 persons per car, and 3 double bedrooms. Your flights to and from Tanzania, or your travel to Arusha are not included. National flights are included where applicable. No rights can be derived from the prices mentioned on the website.
Kilimanjaro International Airport (Google Map)
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Upon arrival of your international flight at Kilimanjaro International Airport, your Driver Guide will meet you at the airport and drive you to Arusah, which will be a good starting point for your safari the next day.
At the agreed time, we will meet you at your lodge in Arusha and drive straight to Tarangire National Park. This park is known for its large elephant population and giant Baobab trees. Tarangire River is a permanent source of water for the entire park, serving the wildlife. You may expect to spot lions, leopards, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, buffalos, giraffes, wildebeest, and zebras. Bird life is abundant in this park with over 400 bird species recorded. Packed lunch will be served inside the park. You will stay overnight in one of the lodges inside Tarangire National Park.
Today, you will have a full day to experience the beauty of Tarangire National Park. This park is known for its large elephant population and giant Baobab trees. Tarangire River is a permanent source of water for the entire park, serving the wildlife. You may expect to spot lions, leopards, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, buffalos, giraffes, wildebeest, and zebras. Bird life is abundant in this park with over 400 bird species recorded. Packed lunch will be served inside the park. You will stay overnight in one of the lodges inside Tarangire National Park.
After a final game drive in Tarangire National Park, you will drive in the direction of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. On the way, you will pass the lovely village of Mto wa Mbu where you can experience day-to-day Tanzanian life. At the end of the day you will drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, where you will overnight on the rim of the world-famous Ngorongoro Crater, from where you will have an amazing view over the crater.
Today, you will have an early start to visit the world-famous Ngorongoro Crater. This is the world’s largest inactive, intact, and unfilled volcanic caldera, with its own ecosystem, home to a wide variety of wildlife, which stays within the crater. After a memorable day in the Ngorongoro Crater, you will drive to the Ndutu area.The Ndutu plains are located in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, on the outskirts of the Southern Serengeti plains.
These plains are enriched with tremendous acacia trees, providing a panoramic view across Lake Ndutu and Lake Masek at the other end. In the months of December – March, the Ndutu plains provide a great opportunity to witness the Great Migration, while thousands of wildebeest calves are born within Ndutu during the calving season. You will arrive for dinner in your “home away from home” for the coming days, located in the Ndutu area.
Today, you will have a full day in the Ndutu area.The Ndutu plains are located in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, on the outskirts of the Southern Serengeti plains. These plains are enriched with tremendous acacia trees, providing a panoramic view across Lake Ndutu and Lake Masek at the other end. In the months of December – March, the Ndutu plains provide a great opportunity to witness the Great Migration, while thousands of wildebeest calves are born within Ndutu during the calving season. You will stay overnight in the Ndutu area.
Today, you will leave the Ndutu plains to drive slowly to the Central part of Serengeti National Park. The Central Serengeti, lying at the heart of this spectacular national park, is well-known for its abundant wildlife, large numbers of big cats and quintessential Serengeti landscapes of acacia-studded savanna. The Central Serengeti is studded with many rocky granite outcrops, known as kopjes, which are where you should look out for lions and cheetahs. You will stay overnight in the Central area of Serengeti National Park.
Today, you will have a full day game drive in the Central area of the park. Central Serengeti, lying at the heart of this spectacular national park, is well-known for its abundant wildlife, large numbers of big cats and quintessential Serengeti landscapes of acacia-studded savanna. Central Serengeti is studded with many rocky granite outcrops, known as kopjes, which are where you should look out for lions and cheetahs. You will stay overnight in the Central area of the park.
Today, you will leave Serengeti National Park with a game drive en route to drive to the city of Karatu, where you will be able to relax at the lodge of your choice. You will stay overnight in Karatu.
Today, your safari will come to an end. In time to catch your flight back home from Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will leave Karatu to drive to the airport.
This itinerary is applicable for the months of December – March. If you prefer to travel in the months of July – October, we can adapt the program to visit the Northern part of Serengeti National Park area instead of the Ndutu area. At the start of the year, the Great Migration is located in Ndutu, where the wildebeest give birth to their babies. In the months of July – October, the Great Migration takes place up north.
If you like to end your safari with some days of relaxation at the beach, you can extend this itinerary with a stay on the beautiful island of Zanzibar. We are happy to arrange that for you. This option is currently not included in this package.
