10 Day Great Migration & Cultural Adventure

Detailed Itinerary for 10-Day Great Migration & Cultural Adventure

Day 1: Arrival in Arusha in Tanzania

We’ll pick you up from the airport and transfer you to Njiro Legacy. As part of your excursion, you’ll enjoy a city sightseeing tour, which includes visits to local markets, the Maasai market, the Cultural Heritage Center, and the Arusha City Museum for an enriching cultural experience.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Accommodation: Njiro Legacy (mid-range hotel)

Day 2: Transfer from Arusha to Tarangire

After breakfast, we will pick you up from your lodge/hotel and continue off the beaten track to Tarangire National Park, a wildlife haven in northern Tanzania, famous for its large elephant herds and iconic baobab trees. Covering 2,850 square kilometers, the park is home to a wide variety of wildlife, including lions, giraffes, zebras, and over 550 species of birds, making it a paradise for birdwatchers. The Tarangire River, which flows year-round, attracts animals during the dry season, offering visitors spectacular opportunities to witness wildlife in a concentrated area. Its stunning landscapes and rich biodiversity make Tarangire a must-visit destination for any safari adventure.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Accommodation: Heart and Soul Lodge (mid-range hotel)

Day 3-5: Serengeti National Park

Start early and continue your journey to Serengeti. Serengeti National Park is one of the most renowned wildlife reserves in the world, located in northern Tanzania. Spanning over 14,750 square kilometers, it is famous for its vast, open plains and the Great Migration, where over 1.5 million wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles move in search of fresh grazing grounds. The park is also home to the “Big Five” (lions, leopards, elephants, buffalo, and rhinos) and offers unparalleled opportunities for wildlife viewing. Its diverse ecosystems include grasslands, savannahs, and riverine forests, making the Serengeti a symbol of Africa’s untamed wilderness.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Accommodation: Serengeti Wildebeest Camps (mid-range hotel)

Day 6: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater

Enjoy another game drive in Serengeti National Park before continuing to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, which was separated from Serengeti in 1959. The resident Maasai in Serengeti National Park were relocated to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, where they still live today in harmony with wildlife and nature. Did you know that the Ngorongoro Conservation Area combines a large variety of topographical features and that there are nine different craters within its boundaries? Your guide will happily explain more about this outstanding destination of 8,292 sq km. Proceed to your accommodation on top of the crater rim and enjoy a splendid view of the caldera before the night breaks with a sky full of stars. Or you can continue driving to your accommodation in Karatu.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Accommodation: Ngorongoro Safari Lodge (mid-range hotel)

Day 7: Ngorongoro Crater to Lake Eyasi

After breakfast, drive along the crater rim to Seneto Gate on the western side and descend into the crater floor on an adventurous path—what an impressive view! The Ngorongoro Crater provides a home for a vast number of animals because of its reliable water availability. Animals frequently move in and out. The number of wildebeests and zebras increases during the dry season, whereas the numbers of elands, elephants, and waterbucks increase during the wet season. Search for the ‘Big Five’—buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion, and the black rhinoceros. The crater is one of the only two places in Tanzania where you can still observe the highly threatened black rhinoceros. After intensive game viewing, continue to Lake Eyasi for your overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Accommodation: Heart and Soul Lodge (mid-range hotel)

Day 8: Lake Eyasi to Materuni Waterfall

In the southwest corner of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area is the beautiful Lake Eyasi, a soda lake that is fed by the Sibiti and Baray Rivers. Visiting Eyasi Lake is a different type of safari experience from those that you may be familiar with from your other Tanzania wilderness excursions with African Mecca. The region around Eyasi is the home of the Hadzabe and Datoga communities, who continue their ancient lifestyle of hunting-gathering and pastoralism, respectively. Visits to the villages give you a personal, intimate look into the daily life of these people. You may be impromptu invited into their homes, learn about the family structures, participate in traditional dances and bead making with the women, join the traditional small game hunting and gathering by the Hadzabe people, make bows and arrows, and much more. Early in the evening, drive to Arusha for your overnight stay.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Accommodation: Njiro Legacy (mid-range hotel)

Day 9: Materuni Waterfalls

Be immersed in Tanzania’s great outdoors on this full-day tour to Materuni and Kikuletwa. It is ideal for adventure, cultural, and active travellers in the region. Start off on a hike to Materuni Waterfalls and enjoy a refreshing dip. Next, head to a local farm to learn more about Tanzania’s coffee industry before finally unwinding in the Kikuletwa Hot Springs. After all that, you will be driven back to Arusha for dinner and your overnight stay.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Accommodation: Njiro Legacy (mid-range hotel)

Day 10: Transfer Back to Arusha

After breakfast, you will be transferred back to Arusha to either your hotel or to the airport for your outbound flight, making the end of your trip.

Meals: Breakfast

Transportation & Guides

We use both standard 4×4 customized safari vans and 4×4 luxury customized safari Land cruisers as our road mode of transport for game viewing, taking photos wildlife filming, and photography, all our safari vehicles have a pop-up roof for proper game viewing and easy to take as many photos as you can, with also charging system for your cameras, phones and also every client is guaranteed of a window seat for easy view.

Our drive/guides are very professionally and well trained, we know every successful safari needs a great guide, majority of the comments from our clients regarding our services are centered on the professionalism of our guides, returning clients request the same guide on their second and third trip.