A 9day Ndovu safari in Tanzania Elephant Migration

Ndovu is a Swahili word meaning Elephant. During some months this safaris operate where you can experience the biggest congregation of Elephant on earth. These animals are attracted by to the great sand rivers, and forced into migratory modes by a long dry season; over 4000 elephant come into Tarangire National Park alone. There is much more to this Tanzania safari than elephants to be sure, but at no other time of the year can you experience this great collection of the world’s largest land animal.

Day 1: Northern Tanzania

When you arrive at Kilimanjaro or Arusha airports, our tour guide will be ready to welcome you and take you to a beautiful resort in a thick African forest, Rivertrees, at the foothills of Mount Meru, Africa’s 5th highest mountain. Activities are accessible for those who reach early for their Tanzania safari.

Days 2 & 3: West Kilimanjaro

Having finished your breakfast, head to the western slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro then to a private Maasai conservancy of over 60 000 acres. Neighboring Kenya’s Amboseli National Park, the area has a rich game and magnificent scenery. You’ll have chances to track elephant on foot, interact with the local Maasai and experience some incredible game viewing.

Move to the campfire where others are for sundowners earlier than having gourmet dinners all set by professional bush chefs. Watch the unbounded evening sky before turning in. Get pleasure from outstanding luxury accommodations in Olmalog Camp surrounded by the sounds of Africa.

Day 4: West Kilimanjaro – Arusha – Manyara

On this day you will move through the meandering northern Tanzania areas, in the villages that hardly ever see tourists. You will visit the booming town of Arusha too in case you are not tired, you will go for a privately guided tour of an important anti-venom snake farm, and by late afternoon reach Kirurumu, a stunning tented lodge situated right on the periphery of the Great Rift Valley.

Day 5: Manyara – Ngorongoro

Early in the morning feel the joy of viewing these animals once more game drive in this park famous plus one of the most fine-looking parks on the circuit. Come back to Kirurumu for lunch and in the afternoon carry on to Ngorongoro Crater for one of the most stunning drives in the world. Beak the voyage to hold your breath over the look of Africa’s great natural wonder, the 12-mile wide Ngorongoro Crater. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge.

Day 6: Ngorongoro

Use the entire day for touring this great natural wonder. The hundred square miles enclose an unbelievable amount of game, plus the great pride of lions, free-ranging black rhino and some of the most approachable eland on the continent. The extraordinary ecosystem has conserved wildlife for millennia. Meals and overnight at Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge.

Day 7: Ngorongoro – Tarangire

Wake up early in the morning and leave for Tarangire National Park reach there before or at noon. This is the greatest time of the year for this famous Elephant Park, with its many outstanding sand rivers and thick bush. Having finished your lunch at the northern lodge, use the afternoon for game viewing in the park, meeting the large numbers of violent elephant. At time the park may seem to look like it is located respects southern part than an East African park, with its heavy woodlands. By nightfall you’ve reached the intimate and luxurious Swala Camp deep in the southern section of the park.

Day 8: Tarangire

Use the entire day for exploring the sand rivers, woodlands and remarkable baobab forests of this enormous park on this Tanzania safari. The birdlife in Tarangire is exceptional, sitting directly below a flyby between southern Africa and Europe, capturing migrants from both hemispheres. Leopards are predominantly very many here, as is giraffe. But on top of that the large numbers of elephant families, forced together after hundreds of miles of migration, to dig for water in the sand rivers. Meals and overnight at Swala Camp.

Day 9: Tarangire – Arusha – Depart

Come back to Arusha having finished your breakfast. then have your lunch at a fashionable local restaurant, and take some time for shopping prior to coming back to Rivertrees where private rooms are accessible until the time you get on to your home bound flight in the evening.