Witness thousands of wildebeest giving birth across the Ndutu plains, with predators never far behind. Join this private 8 days Tanzania Ndutu calving safari through Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Ndutu and Ngorongoro.
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Read our reviews on Google →This 8 days Tanzania Ndutu calving safari combines great wildlife viewing with comfortable accommodation and a private safari experience. Begin at Lake Manyara before continuing to Central Serengeti. Spend three nights around the Ndutu area during the calving season. Explore the Ngorongoro region before returning to Arusha via Tarangire. The tour is customizable and can start on any day, subject to availability. Request a quote for this 8 days Tanzania Ndutu calving safari and we will adapt it to your dates and group size.
In short, this 8 days safari is planned around the calving season at Ndutu. First, you start at Lake Manyara National Park. Then you travel to Central Serengeti for a full day. Next, you move to the Ndutu area for three nights.
After that, you explore the Ngorongoro region. Finally, you stop at Tarangire National Park before you return to Arusha. Because the tour is customizable, it can start on any day, subject to availability. Overall, it mixes great wildlife viewing with comfortable lodging.
Locations are approximate and shown for orientation. Your exact route may vary slightly with conditions.
Extended drives across the Ndutu calving grounds
Newborn wildebeest calves and trailing predators
Time to capture the drama of calving season
Bush lunches out on the southern plains
Day by Day Plan
Day01Your safari begins with a morning departure from Arusha toward Lake Manyara National Park. In addition, enjoy a game drive through this scenic park, searching for elephants, giraffes, zebras, buffaloes, monkeys, birds, and other wildlife. Surrounded by dramatic landscapes and the Great Rift Valley, Lake Manyara offers a beautiful introduction to your Tanzania safari. Then head to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Highlight: Search for Lake Manyara's tree-climbing lions among the lakeshore forest.
After breakfast, leave the Lake Manyara area and travel toward Central Serengeti. As you approach the Serengeti, the landscape opens into vast golden plains supporting abundant wildlife. Enjoy game viewing along the journey and continue into the Seronera region. There you will begin exploring one of Tanzania’s richest wildlife areas before settling into your tented camp.
Highlight: Watch the scenery open into golden plains as you enter Central Serengeti.
Day03Spend a full day exploring Central Serengeti, following wildlife activity across the Seronera Valley and surrounding plains. During the day, search for lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, and wildebeest. Enjoy a picnic lunch in the wilderness. Finally, use the day to explore different wildlife-rich areas with your safari guide.
Highlight: Search for lions, leopards and cheetahs on a full day in Central Serengeti.
Day04After breakfast, begin your journey south toward Ndutu, the calving grounds of the Great Wildebeest Migration. Enjoy wildlife viewing as you travel through the Serengeti and into the southern plains. Arrive at Ndutu and settle into your tented camp. The area is famous for huge concentrations of wildebeest, zebra, predators, and newborn calves.
Highlight: Travel south into the short-grass plains of the Ndutu calving grounds.
Day05Spend a full day exploring Ndutu during the calving season. Thousands of wildebeest give birth across the southern Serengeti plains. Then, you can observe newborn calves and predator activity. Search for lions, cheetahs, hyenas, jackals, and other wildlife. During the day, follow the migration across the open grasslands with your guide.
Highlight: Witness newborn wildebeest calves and trailing predators on the Ndutu plains.
Day06Enjoy another exciting morning game drive around Ndutu before continuing toward the Ngorongoro area. In addition, use your final time in the calving grounds to search for wildebeest herds, newborn calves, zebras, and predators. Later, leave the southern Serengeti and travel toward your comfortable lodge near Ngorongoro for dinner and overnight.
Highlight: Enjoy a final Ndutu game drive before continuing toward Ngorongoro.
Day07After breakfast, enjoy a scenic journey through the Ngorongoro region toward Mto wa Mbu. Depending on your schedule, enjoy wildlife viewing or explore the surrounding landscapes before arriving in this lively cultural town. Relax at your lodge and enjoy your final evening before tomorrow’s Tarangire experience and return to Arusha.
Highlight: Stop at a Maasai village on the scenic drive toward Mto wa Mbu.
Day08After breakfast, travel toward Tarangire National Park for your final wildlife experience. In addition, enjoy a game drive through the park, searching for elephants, giraffes, zebras, buffaloes, lions, and other wildlife among the famous baobab landscapes. After the game drive, continue to Arusha for your hotel or airport drop-off. This ends your safari.
Highlight: Spot elephants and baobabs on a final Tarangire game drive before Arusha.
Get a personalized price for this 8 Days Tanzania Ndutu Calving Safari. Your final cost depends on your travel dates, number of travelers, accommodation preferences, and any requested changes to the itinerary.
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This 8 Days Tanzania Ndutu Calving Safari can be customized according to your travel dates, group size, interests, accommodation preferences, and budget. Add extra nights in Ndutu, upgrade your accommodation, extend your Serengeti stay, include the Ngorongoro Crater game drive, or combine your safari with Mount Kilimanjaro or Zanzibar. To time your trip well, read our guide to the Great Migration, Serengeti calving season guide and best time to visit Serengeti. See what past travelers say about us on SafariBookings, TripAdvisor and Google reviews, or read our customer reviews page.
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