8 Days Tanzania Great Migration Tour – Mara River Crossing

This 8 Days Tanzania Great Migration Tour gives you the chance to witness the Great Migration along the Mara River and sleep in amazing accommodations. With Serengeti Smile, you will be immersed in the unspoiled nature of Africa, see wild animals up close, and take photos of the wonderful landscapes of Tanzania. All this comes with the assistance of a tour operator based in Arusha, full board, a personal English-speaking 8 Days Tanzania Great Migration Tour guide, and private use of a 4×4 Jeep (with mineral water, power sockets, and binoculars).

8 Days Tanzania Great Migration Tour Highlights

Detailed 8 Days Tanzania Great Migration Tour

Day 1: Arusha

Our 8 Days Tanzania Great Migration Tour guide will pick you up at Kilimanjaro (or Arusha) International Airport and transfer you to your hotel in Arusha for your overnight stay. You may opt to experience a tour of Arusha city with our guide (no cost). Be sure to rest in preparation for your 8 Days Tanzania Great Migration Tour tomorrow!

  • Main Destination: Arusha (City)
  • Accommodation: Arusha Planet Lodge – Mid-range lodge located in or near Arusha

Day 2: Arusha – Tarangire National Park


Today you’ll be picked up from the lodge early in the morning to start a beautiful journey to Tarangire National Park. You will carry a boxed lunch to eat along the way.

Tarangire is well known for its large elephant herds and diverse landscapes, from seasonal swamps to savannah plains. We may have the experience of watching a lion stalking her prey or leopards relaxing in the trees above. After the game drive you’ll make your way to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

  • Main Destination: Tarangire National Park
  • Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge – Mid-range lodge located outside Ngorongoro Crater

Day 3 of 8 Days Tanzania Great Migration Tour: Serengeti National Park

After breakfast, you will make your way into the central Serengeti for a game drive. You’ll eat lunch inside the park and continue your game drive into the afternoon before reaching your camp.

The Serengeti is known for its great migrating herds of zebra, antelope, and wildebeest. Be ready to see resident predators, including leopard, cheetah, and lion, fulfilling their role in the circle of life!

  • Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
  • Accommodation: Central Serengeti Luxury Camp – Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti

Day 4: Serengeti National Park


After an early breakfast, you’ll make your way to the northern Serengeti and the Mara River to see the Great Migration. Our 8 Days Tanzania Great Migration Tour guide will be sure to find the best spot.

The Great Migration is the largest herd movement of wildebeests, zebra, and other animals crossing the Mara River to the Masai Mara in Kenya. The best time to visit is from July to early October every year.

  • Main Destination: Northern Serengeti National Park
  • Accommodation: Heritage Mara Camp – Mid-range tented camp located inside Northern Serengeti NP

Day 5 of 8 Days Tanzania Great Migration Tour: Serengeti National Park

Get up early and enjoy breakfast before continuing with your game drive to see the Great Migration. Later we will drive back to the central area of the park for our overnight stay.

The Great Migration is the largest herd movement of wildebeests, zebra, and other animals crossing the Mara River to the Masai Mara in Kenya. The best time to visit is from July to early October every year.

  • Main Destination: Northern Serengeti National Park
  • Accommodation: Central Serengeti Luxury Camp – Mid-range tented camp located inside Central Serengeti

Day 6: Serengeti – Ngorongoro Crater


After breakfast we’ll make our way to the Ngorongoro Crater with lunch boxes in hand for another game drive.

This park consists of the largest, uninterrupted caldera in the world and one of the natural wonders of Africa. About 30,000 large mammals reside here year-round, including buffaloes, lions, elephants, cheetahs, and rhinos. A large variety of birds also all the crater home.

  • Main Destination: Ngorongoro Crater
  • Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge – Mid-range lodge located outside Ngorongoro Crater

Day 7: Ngorongoro – Lake Manyara National Park

After breakfast, you’ll depart for Lake Manyara with a lunch box in hand. Once we finish our game drive here, you will be transferred to Arusha for your overnight stay.

Lake Manyara is famous for its arboreal lions, which hide among the tree branches, and the numerous baboon colonies that populate the forest. The baboons will accompany you along the road from the moment you enter the park!

  • Main Destination: Lake Manyara National Park
  • Accommodation: Arusha Planet Lodge – Mid-range lodge located in or near Arusha

Day 8: Arusha

After breakfast you’ll relax at the lodge and, if time allows, take a short tour in Arusha for some shopping. Later you’ll be transferred to the airport to finish your adventure.

  • Main Destination: Arusha (City)
  • Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)

End of 8 Days Tanzania Great Migration Tour

Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.

You’ll be dropped off at the airport.

8 Days Tanzania Great Migration Tour Inclusions and Exclusions

Included

  • Park fees (For non-residents)
  • All activities (Unless labelled as optional)
  • All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
  • A professional 8 Days Tanzania Great Migration Tour driver/guide
  • All transportation (Unless labelled as optional)
  • All Taxes/VAT
  • Roundtrip airport transfer
  • Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)

Excluded

  • International flights (From/to home)
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
  • Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
  • Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
  • Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
  • Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
  • Drinks

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