7-day calving season safari in Tanzania.

Experience the magic of witnessing the birth of new life on a 7-day calving season safari in Tanzania.

During the calving season, which typically occurs between January and March, the vast plains of Tanzania come alive with newborn wildebeest, zebras, and other ungulates. It's a truly awe-inspiring spectacle that offers a unique and unforgettable safari experience.

Highlights

Serengeti National Park

Lake Manyara National Park

Ngorongoro Crater

Tarangire National Park

Map

Tanzania

Start Point: Arusha

Day 1

Arusha Gran Melia Arusha

Day 2

Tarangire NP Maramboi Tented Lodge

Day 3

Lake Manyara NP Kitela Lodge

Day 4 - 5

Serengeti NP Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge

Day 6

Ngorongoro Crater Kitela Lodge

Day 7

Arusha (No accommodation)

End Point: Arusha

Day 1

Arusha

Welcome to the start of your safari and welcome to Tanzania! You've chosen a fantastic place for your safari journey and we'll get you started with an introductory briefing before we head out to begin the trip you've been dreaming of.

Busy Arusha is an essential part of safari life here in northern Tanzania and most travelers pass through at some stage. Whether you’re on your way out on safari or here for a little longer, you’ll catch a glimpse of streets filled with energy and color.

Activities Day 1

Around Lunchtime

Arrival! Welcome to [COUNTRY].

You will be met in Kilimanjaro Airport by someone from our company. They will greet you and get you ready to begin your trip with us.

Afternoon

We will pick you up from Kilimanjaro Airport this afternoon and take you to the next stage of your journey.

Evening

We'll take you to your hotel this evening.

Accommodation Day 1

Gran Melia Arusha

Hotel

The best rooms at Gran Melia Arusha look out towards Mt Meru, one of northern Tanzania's most beautiful mountains. Enjoy rooms of the highest quality, with modern decor, and a good onsite restaurant. The spa and wellness center are ideal for some relaxation while you take a break from safari life. You're also close to the center of Arusha.

Meal Plan Dinner All drinks

Day 2

Tarangire National Park

Wherever you go in Tarangire National Park, you’ll come across the park’s famous and larger-than-life baobab trees and elephants. These are the twin elements that give this park so much personality. There is, of course, so much more. We don’t just mean the huge populations of wildebeest, giraffes, hippos, buffaloes, baboons, vervet monkeys and zebras. Or the rugged landscape of rocky hills and rivers, swamps and savannah plains. You also have an excellent chance of seeing lions here – Tarangire is a real lion stronghold – and keep an eye out for leopards and cheetahs as well.

Activities Day 2

Morning

Transfer by Road, Arusha to Tarangire National Park

Rest of Day

You'll be going on a guided game drive to look for Tarangire's lions, elephants, cheetahs and more. It's one of the best places to go looking for animals in northern Tanzania.

Accommodation Day 2

Maramboi Tented Lodge

Tented camp

You’ll stay close to the shore of Lake Manyara at Maramboi Tented Camp, northeast of Tarangire National Park. Enjoy wildlife excitement, big-sky views and high levels of luxury, all without straying beyond the camp’s perimeter. It’s a good place to fall in love with the whole safari experience all over again, and, not surprisingly, Maramboi gets many repeat visitors.

Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner All meals and drinks

Day 3

Lake Manyara National Park

Where the plains of northern Tanzania meet the Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara is a wonderful place to spend a safari day. Your highlights for the day might include getting up-close-and-personal with the elephants that made this park famous, lots of baboons, as well as one of few lion populations in Africa that spend much of their time in the trees. Between the forests at the foot of the escarpment and the lake that gives the park its name, enjoy rich birdlife and the chance of seeing predator ambush their prey.

Lake Manyara and the Great Rift Escarpment

Activities Day 3

Early Morning

Transfer by Road, Tarangire National Park to Lake Manyara National Park

Rest of Day

Take a guided game drive around the forests and along the lakeshore of Lake Manyara National Park, and look for elephants and tree-climbing lions, all in the company of an expert guide.