Fly straight to the calving plains
Per person, 2 adults sharing, mid-range accommodation, peak-season park fees.
A light-aircraft flight puts you on the Ndutu plains in under two hours, in the middle of the calving season.
Fly from Arusha to the Ndutu area for two days among the migration herds and their newborn calves, then drive back via the Ngorongoro Crater.
Wildebeest calves (Jan–Mar) · Cheetahs · Lions · Hyenas · Black rhino (rare) · Buffalo · Hippos · Flamingos (seasonal)
Wild animals move freely; sightings are never guaranteed.
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Transfer to Arusha Airport for a scheduled light-aircraft flight. Explore the Ndutu area, where off-road driving is permitted, following the herds and the predators that track them. Includes a scheduled light-aircraft flight; soft bags within the airline's weight limit are required. Overnight at Sero Tented Camp.
Sero Tented Camp
Mid-range · Tented camp · Inside Serengeti NP (southern plains)
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Full board)
Game drive on the short-grass plains around Ndutu, where wildebeest usually calve between late January and March. Overnight at Sero Tented Camp.
Sero Tented Camp
Mid-range · Tented camp · Inside Serengeti NP (southern plains)
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Full board)
After breakfast, travel to the Ngorongoro Crater. Spend the morning in the Ngorongoro Crater, among grassland, swamp and the soda lake that fill the caldera floor. Return to Arusha in the afternoon for your onward journey, or transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport. End of services.
Breakfast, Lunch · End of services
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Mid-range: properties for this route. Availability is confirmed at quotation; an equivalent property of the same level is offered if one is full. Where a lodge has not yet supplied photos for our use, we show a photo of its area — your consultant sends the lodge’s own photos with the quotation.
Inside Serengeti NP (southern plains)
Mid-range · Tented camp · 2 nights (days 1, 2)
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