BIRTHING OF THE WILDEBEESTS

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We will be picked up at the airport by the Miguu driver and brought to Ngare Sero Lodge in Arusha. It’s a 40-minute drive. Ngare is definitely one of our favorites – you will see whyJ

Accommodation: Ngaresero Mountain Lodge for 2 nights till 10th February  Board Basis:  Bed & Breakfast, Drinks, Lunch and Dinners are for the guests account.

Ngare Sero has a very good spa and a massage will be perfect to get over your flight. Budget per meal is about Php 1,500.00 or less.

Ngaresero is a peaceful, sprawling plantation type property, lush with trees and vegetation. There is plenty of bird life in the area and its local residents include a family of Colobus monkeys who jump from tree to tree plus plenty of birds. There is also horseback riding and village walks – and a spa! After settling in and welcome sundowners, we will have a delicious African dinner at the lodge. 

After early breakfast we can explore Arusha City and drive to the Arusha Cultural Heritage Center, a large museum-like center for shopping and culture that features art, sculpture, African masks, jewelry, and crafts, material, tableware, etc. Also featured are the increasingly rare Tanzanite jewels that can only be found in Tanzania.  Lunch will be at the cultural center. There is also the option of visiting the Arusha Natural History Museum or you can just head back to the Lodge to chill.

Accommodation: Ngaresero Mountain Lodge  

Board Basis:  Bed & Breakfast

After breakfast we will leisurely drive to Tarangire, Tanzania’s fourth largest and one of its most diverse. We will stop at the picturesque park gate for the driver to fill up the parks registration book before safari driving to our next camp. Tarangire is known to be an elephants paradise and we will see lots of them!  We will drive along bush tracks and explore the Tarangire River’s twists and turns to find elephants and other animals drinking and playing in the refreshing waters.  In the afternoon we’ll arrive at your tented lodge to settle in and relax before dinner and for our first night in the African bush. 

Accommodation: Katikati tented lodge for two nights, check-out on 12th Feb   

Board Basis:  Full board 

 We may have either two or three game drives, one at sunrise before breakfast, and one or two other drives later in the morning before lunch and or in the afternoon/evening. Late in the afternoon we will arrive at camp for sundowners and dinner. 

Accommodation: Katikati tented lodge for the 2ndnight    
Board Basis:  Full board

After breakfast we will check out from Tarangire and leisurely drive to Karatu.   Karatu is our starting point for the next day’s tribal encounter with two tribes in Lake Eyasi: the Hadzabe, the last hunter-gatherers of East Africa whose practices have remained the same for over 10,000 years, and the Datogas, known for their metalworking. The Datogas also engage in agriculture and are excellent at working with metals. After the tribal visit we will drive back to Karatu for dinner and overnight at Bougainvillea Lodge. 

Accommodation: Bougainvillea Lodge for 2 nights
Board Basis:   Full Board
 

We suggest leaving the lodge at 8:30am at the latest for our 45 minute drive to the Hadzabe. Expect to spend an hour and a half or more with the Hadzabe after which we will drive less than 30 minutes to the Datogas. I we leave at around 8:30am we should be back in our lodge at 1pm for lunch and for a restful afternoon. It will be pretty hot in the tribal areas so dress appropriately.
 

Accommodation: Bougainvillea Lodge for the 2nd night
 

(3 hours maybe more if we stop to take in the stunning views and to visit Maasai homes)

After an early morning Valentine’s Day breakfast we will drive from Karatu town via the Ngorongoro crater ridge road to Ndutu in the Southern Serengeti. Ndutu is made mostly of sweeping grasslands and occupies the area towards the Northwest border of the Conservation Area and stretches into South Serengeti. And like most of the Serengeti, it too has endless wide plains dotted with lakes, trees, stunning kopjes. Ndutu is where the Birthing of the Wildebeests takes place. You will see tens and thousands of wildebeests and zebras as they converge in this vast, beautiful area of the Serengeti. 

During the birthing season, you may be able to watch Wildebeests giving birth, the newborn calves taking their first steps, and the interactions between mother and calf. You may also see a lot of predators such as lions and hyenas stalking the wildebeest, as they try to take advantage of the vulnerable young.

Accommodation: Ndutu Migration Camp

Board Basis:  Full Board

Accommodation: Ndutu Migration Camp 

Board Basis:  Full Board

We will game drive to the Ndutu Airport to catch our flight to Arusha. Upon arrival, we will be picked up and brought to the Gran Melia Hotel where we will spend the night. 

Accommodation: Gran Melia Hotel Arusha
Board Basis: Room & Breakfast

Our departure time from the hotel will depend on your flights home.

And so ends the services of Miguu Expeditions. 

Karibu my new friends!