5-Day Serengeti Wildebeest Migration Safari

Welcome to Tanzania. On arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, or any other arrival point, your safari driver guide will be waiting to greet you with a warm meet-and-greet service before driving you comfortably by road to your lodge in Arusha.

Take the rest of the day to shake off the weariness of a long journey. Your guide will brief you on the safari ahead, and the evening is yours to enjoy your first meal in Africa and a peaceful night's rest.

After breakfast at around 08:00, your safari driver guide will collect you for the drive to the Serengeti, crossing the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Continue to Olduvai Gorge, the 'Cradle of Mankind', where you will have time to explore both the gorge and the Olduvai Museum – one of the most important archaeological sites on earth, holding vital evidence of prehistoric man and of the other creatures that lived here millions of years ago.

Continue to a Maasai boma, where you will be welcomed into a traditional homestead and learn about the Maasai way of life, before a hearty picnic lunch.

In the afternoon, carry on into the Serengeti with game viewing along the way, catching the golden light of sunset before you reach your camp in the central part of the park. Enjoy your first dinner and night in the African bush.

After breakfast at around 08:00, set out on a full day of game driving in this world of wonders. The Serengeti is famed for its millions of hoofed animals roaming rolling hills that undulate gently towards the Kenyan border, capped by spectacular kopjes, open grasslands, acacia woodland and the riverine forest that encloses the Mara and Grumeti rivers.

Lose yourself in the wild beauty of the park and savour every moment, pausing for a picnic lunch out on the plains. Near the rivers there is a good chance of seeing the herds crossing the dangerous waters, or massing on the banks without crossing – a crossing is always a matter of luck, as the animals move entirely by instinct.

Return to your camp for dinner and the night.

After breakfast at around 08:00, your guide will collect you for the drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, with game viewing along the way. Descend some 610 m to the floor of the majestic Ngorongoro Crater, a grand volcanic caldera whose permanent water supply sustains an extraordinary variety of animal and plant life.

Enjoy the wild beauty of this natural sanctuary and a picnic lunch on the crater floor, followed by a short, exciting final game drive.

Then head on to your lodge in Arusha for dinner and an overnight stay.

Enjoy a final, unhurried breakfast at your lodge. Depending on your flight schedule, your safari driver guide will collect you and transfer you comfortably by road to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your onward flight home.

This marks the end of your safari. The whole Gip Adventure team wishes you a safe journey home, full of long-lasting memories of the Serengeti and its great herds.