8 Days Amboseli Safari and Tanzania Safari Tour
8 Days Amboseli Safari and Tanzania Safari Tour is an amazing Kenya and Tanzania safari tour to book for an amazing safari experience, especially in the Ndutu area for the great wildebeest calving season! This unique 8 Days Amboseli Safari and Tanzania Safari Tour starts and ends in Arusha, and yet allows you to explore even the picturesque Amboseli National Park, Kenya.
Book this 8 Days Amboseli Safari and Tanzania Safari Tour for travel in the months of December to March for the calving season of the great wildebeest migration, or have it customized for travel in the months of July to October for the great wildebeest migration in the northern Serengeti.
Detailed 8 Days Amboseli Safari and Tanzania Safari Tour
Day 1: Pick up and Transfer to Amboseli National Park, Game Drive
Our driver shall pick you from your hotel of stay in Arusha and drive you to the Namanga border, from where you shall meet our Kenya safari guide. After clearing with immigration and a short briefing, proceed on a transfer to Amboseli National Park. Enjoy the scenic views of the countryside.
Check in at the lodge, enjoy lunch, and at 3 PM head out for an afternoon game drive. Enjoy a game drive in Amboseli National Park as you search for the different game here, including large herds of white-tusked elephants, giraffes, and so much more. Look out for wild game as you drive to your lodge. Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Sopa Lodge for Mid-range.
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
About Amboseli National Park
This scenic Kenyan national park is known as one of the best places to get up close to big herds of elephants, making for amazing photos with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background. Amboseli National Park hosts a variety of big mammals and an array of birds.
Day 2: Full Day Game Drive in Amboseli National Park
Spend a whole day in Amboseli National Park, with morning and afternoon game drives, punctuated with a picnic lunch stop. This park is termed as an Animal’s paradise. Marvel at the scenic views of Kilimanjaro, herds of elephants, and so much more that the park has to offer. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay as above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Drive to Ngorongoro, Crater Rim Walking Safari
Enjoy a sumptuous breakfast at the lodge, check out, and proceed to transfer to Ngorongoro via Namanga border and Arusha, with a guide exchange at the Namanga border. Your Tanzania safari guide will drive you to the Ngorongoro conservation area, where you will engage in a walking safari. During your walking safari, you will be accompanied by a ranger, and you will get a close encounter with your natural surroundings in Ngorongoro and also get to know how to track animals. After this experience, you will proceed to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Hhando Coffee Lodge for Mid-range
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Ngorongoro Crater Drive, Drive to Serengeti National Park
You will have breakfast as you prepare for a drive to the Ngorongoro Crater. You will descend 600 meters into the crater and engage in a game drive as you look out for elephants, lions, buffalo, leopards, zebras, hippos, wildebeests, hyenas, dik dik, antelopes, and warthogs, among others.
You will also enjoy amazing views around the Ngorongoro crater during your game drive and also see flamingos along the shores of the alkaline lake found in the crater, Lake Magadi.
After a picnic lunch at the crater floor, drive to Serengeti National Park, which is about 3.5 hours away through wildlife areas. You will look out for different wildlife species during your game drive such as the big 5 and many others during your safari. Chase the sunset as you drive to the camp; check in, relax as you wait for your dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Central Serengeti Tanzania Bush Camp for Mid-range
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5 Full Day Serengeti Game Drive
Today after breakfast at the lodge, together with your packed lunch, you shall head out for a full day game drive in the Serengeti Plains, looking out for various animals in the park. Explore Serengeti National Park and engage in a game drive as you look out for wildlife species like giraffes, wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, lions, leopards, elands, wildebeests, zebras, hippos, cheetahs among others.
Chase the sunset as you return to the camp or lodge and relax as you wait for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: As Above
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6&7: Southern Serengeti – Ndutu Wildebeest Calving Experience
You shall enjoy breakfast at the camp and get to explore the wildebeest covered southern plains of Serengeti National Park in the Ndutu Area. Watch the wildebeest migration and chance to witness the calves being born, as well as predators lurking around! Lunch shall be enjoyed in the wilderness. Dinner and an overnight stay as above.
Accommodation: Heritage Ndutu Migration Camp for Mid-range
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Morning Game Drive, Drive to Arusha
Drive Time: Approx. 7 Hours
Head out for an early morning game drive in Ndutu area for a chance to spot the wildebeest migration yet again. After breakfast, check out and with your packed lunch drive back to Arusha. You shall have a picnic lunch stop. Once in Arusha, you shall be dropped off at your hotel in Arusha, or airport for your on-going flight.
Prices includes
- Airport transfers as per itinerary
- all activities as per itinerary
- Hotel/lodge accommodation during the safari
- 4×4 safari land cruiser
- Professional safari and tour guide / driver
- Park entrance fees and activities mentioned
- Drinking water in a safari vehicle
- Government taxes
Prices excludes
- Flights and visas
- Items of personal nature like beverages, internet, etc
- Travel insurance
- Tips and gratuities
- Optional and anything else not included in the itinerary
