7-Day Great Migration Mid-Range Safari

Your safari begins with a transfer to the airstrip for a scheduled flight into the Serengeti. Flying straight to the north saves a long first day on the road and puts you close to one of the great migration regions in season.

Your guide meets you at the airstrip and game viewing starts on the way to camp. The northern Serengeti is wide valleys, rivers and resident wildlife; depending on timing you may see wildebeest, zebras, giraffes, elephants, buffalo, antelope and predators on the first afternoon.

In the Mara River season the herds gather, move, pause and sometimes cross. Crossings are never guaranteed, but starting here gives you time in the right place instead of on the road.

You settle in at Safari Haven Migration Camp for your first evening in the Serengeti wilderness.

Today belongs to the northern Serengeti. Your guide plans it around the latest herd movement, the tracks and your interests: following the herds, scanning the crossing points and watching how the predators respond.

The Mara River is famous for dramatic moments, but the herds move only when they decide to. Some days bring big drama; others reward patience with quiet behaviour, predators, elephants and river scenery.

A packed lunch lets you stay out longer, so you don't miss movement when the pattern changes during the day. You return to camp in the late afternoon for dinner under the Serengeti sky.

After breakfast you drive south through the park. It is a full safari day, not a transfer: the habitat shifts as you go, and sightings can come at any point on the route.

Depending on the season you may see plains game, giraffes, elephants, hyenas and lions along the way, with your guide choosing the route by time, conditions and recent sightings.

Central Serengeti is one of the park's most reliable year-round wildlife areas, known for lions, leopards and cheetahs, with permanent water that keeps it productive outside the migration months.

You spend the night at Wildlux Serengeti Camp, six tents near Seronera with private decks over the plains.

An early game drive in Central Serengeti, when the predators are active and the light is good for photography, exploring the rivers, kopjes and open grassland.

Then you drive out of the Serengeti and climb into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, from open plains to cool highland country. It is a big travel day, paced to balance wildlife time with a comfortable arrival.

You spend the night at Ang’ata Ngorongoro Camp on the south-eastern rim of the crater, inside the park boundary, which allows an early descent tomorrow.

After an early breakfast you descend into Ngorongoro Crater, a dramatic amphitheatre of grassland, swamp, lake and forest enclosed by steep walls.

You may see lions, buffalo, zebras, wildebeest, gazelles, hippos, hyenas, elephants and, with luck, a black rhino. Lunch is a picnic or a meal arranged by the lodge, depending on timing.

After the crater you climb out and drive down to Karatu for a night at Farm of Dreams Lodge, gentle highland country after several intense Serengeti days.

After breakfast you leave Karatu for Tarangire National Park, your last big safari: ancient baobabs, seasonal rivers and strong elephant country.

Your game drive may bring elephants, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, buffalo, impalas, warthogs, baboons, a wide variety of birds and, depending on movement, lions. It is especially rewarding in the dry months, when wildlife gathers at the water.

Tarangire gives the safari a warmer, more intimate final chapter and breaks the drive back. You continue to Arusha Farm House at Tengeru, on the Kilimanjaro side of Arusha, for your last night.

After breakfast you transfer to Arusha Airport or Kilimanjaro International Airport, timed to your flight. If it leaves later in the day, we can discuss a day room, lunch in Arusha or a short local activity.

That is the end of your 7-Day Great Migration Mid-Range Safari with Warriors of Africa Safari: the northern Serengeti, Central Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire in one compact week. If you want time on the beach afterwards, the safari extends easily to Zanzibar.