8-Days Ndutu Migration Photography Safari – Capturing the Calving Season of Great Wildebeest Migration

8-days Wildebeest Migration Calving at Ndutu Photography Safari, capturing the dramatic birth season of thousands of wildebeest. Explore the predator-filled plains of Ndutu, enjoy off-road game drives, and photograph big cats in action. Experience the breathtaking landscapes of Serengeti and Ngorongoro, guided by expert photographers for the perfect wildlife shots.

Arrival at Kilimanjaro airport and drive to Arusha: Distance: 57Km | Travel Time: 1 hour.

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport, you may be fortunate to catch a breathtaking view of Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest peak in Africa. Our friendly transfer team will warmly welcome you and escort you to your accommodation located on the serene outskirts of Arusha Town. Here, you can unwind in the comfort of your spacious room or take a refreshing dip in the swimming pool, offering the perfect opportunity to relax and rejuvenate after your journey.

Overnight: Arusha

Day 1: Arusha to Tarangire National Park

Your adventure begins with an early morning departure from Arusha, heading towards Tarangire National Park, known for its iconic Baobab trees and large elephant herds. This park is home to a diverse range of wildlife, including lions, leopards, cheetahs, and over 500 bird species. Enjoy a full-day game drive, following the Tarangire River, where wildlife congregates. In the late afternoon, transfer to your lodge/tented camp for dinner and relaxation.

Overnight: Tarangire National Park

Day 2: Tarangire to Ndutu, Ngorongoro Conservation Area

After breakfast, embark on a scenic drive towards the Ndutu region, located within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. This area is the prime location for the Great Migration’s calving season, where over 8,000 wildebeest calves are born daily during peak season. En route, enjoy game viewing across diverse landscapes, passing through the Rift Valley and the woodlands of Lake Manyara. Arrive in Ndutu in the afternoon and enjoy a short game drive before heading to your camp.

Days 3 & 4: Full Days in Ndutu, Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Spend two full days exploring the Ndutu plains, a hotspot for wildlife activity during the calving season. Experience thrilling game drives, witnessing wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles giving birth while being closely watched by predators such as cheetahs, lions, and hyenas. The Ndutu area allows off-road game driving, giving you an exclusive close-up view of wildlife action. Enjoy breathtaking sunsets and a peaceful night in the heart of the wilderness.

Overnight: Ndutu, Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Day 5: Ndutu to Central Serengeti

After an early breakfast, depart for Seronera, the Central Serengeti, one of the richest wildlife habitats in Africa. Along the way, enjoy game viewing across the endless Serengeti plains, home to resident wildlife including elephants, giraffes, and buffaloes. The Central Serengeti is a prime area for spotting big cats—including leopards lounging on trees, cheetahs sprinting across the savannah, and powerful lion prides.

Overnight: Central Serengeti

Day 6: Full Day in Central Serengeti

Today, enjoy a full-day game drive exploring the best of Seronera Valley, known for its permanent water sources that attract wildlife year-round. Visit the famous Kopjes, where lions and cheetahs use the rocky outcrops as vantage points. Capture incredible moments of elephants, hippos, crocodiles, and countless bird species. If you wish, opt for an early morning hot air balloon safari (optional, at an extra cost) for a breathtaking aerial view of the Serengeti.

Overnight: Central Serengeti

Day 7: Serengeti to Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Enjoy a final morning game drive in the Serengeti, taking in the last sights of Africa’s most famous park. After breakfast, embark on a drive towards the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, with optional stops at the Olduvai Gorge, an important archaeological site known as the “Cradle of Mankind”. Arrive at your lodge on the crater rim and enjoy a relaxing evening overlooking the Ngorongoro Crater.

Overnight: Ngorongoro Crater Rim

Day 8: Ngorongoro Crater Tour and Return to Arusha

Rise early and descend 600 meters into the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera. The crater is home to an abundance of wildlife, including the Big Five (lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, and rhino). Explore the lush crater floor, where you might witness hippos, hyenas, and flamingos along the lake shores. After a picnic lunch, ascend the crater and begin your journey back to Arusha, where you will be dropped off at your hotel or transferred to the airport for your departure flight.

12-Day Culture, People, Landscapes & Wildlife Photography Tour – Capture the Heart of Tanzania

Embark on a 12-day immersive photography tour through Tanzania, where you’ll capture the stunning diversity of its people, culture, landscapes, and wildlife. This carefully curated journey is designed for photography enthusiasts eager to explore and document authentic African traditions, breathtaking scenery, and extraordinary wildlife encounters.

West Kilimanjaro | Monduli Juu Village | Engaruka Village | Lake Natron Village | Mto wa Mbu Village | Lake Eyasi Village | Ngorongoro Crater | Lake Manyara

Arrival at Kilimanjaro airport and drive to Arusha: Distance: 57Km | Travel Time: 1 hour.

Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro Airport, you may be fortunate to catch a breathtaking view of Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest peak in Africa. Our friendly transfer team will warmly welcome you and escort you to your accommodation located on the serene outskirts of Arusha Town. Here, you can unwind in the comfort of your spacious room or take a refreshing dip in the swimming pool, offering the perfect opportunity to relax and rejuvenate after your journey.

Day 1: Capture Materuni Waterfall and Chagga tribe cultural Photography:

Our culture and people photography tour starts at Materuni Village, upon arrival you will register at the village office any your trip can begin. First you will visit the waterfalls, which are around a 40 minutes’ walk away. On the way your guide will inform you about the culture of the Chagga, village life and explain the surrounding fauna and Flora. The views are truly breathtaking, and with some luck you will see the summit of Kilimanjaro if the weather will be good.

When you reach the waterfall you will see they are more than 80 meters high. After having enjoyed the scenery you slowly return with your guide to Materuni village, where you will experience a traditional Chagga local lunch, you will also have opportunity to taste our local banana beer definitely not to be missed. Next will be the coffee experience are waiting for you. Here you will learn how coffee cultivated, dried, roasted and further processed. You will also be invited to help with grinding of the coffee, which is traditional accompanied by Chagga songs and dances.

After all before you say goodbye you can buy a package of coffee to your home as the memory. Drive to West Kilimanjaro for overnight stay.

Day 2: Driving To West Kilimanjaro:

After breakfast, taking 3 hours drives to Western Kilimanjaro via Sanya Juu, arriving at the village around noon. Meet Maasai people on the deck of Kilimanjaro. After lunch, Visit the Village with the local market in there. Having shot of Maasai Family and warriors. After the tour you will drive to your lodge at west Kilimanjaro for dinner and overnight.

Day 3; West Kilimanjaro – Arusha

Early morning photography on the base of Kilimanjaro Mountain with Maasai, After breakfast, carry up our accessories and trek up on a small hill with our Maasai Crew. After lunch, we take a drive to Arusha for rest, dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Drive To Munduli Juu Villages:

Munduli is the district next to Arusha town, it will take us 1hr drive to reach there. We will make stops along the beautifully landscapes on the way, our main stop at interior Maasai village right from their Breakfast time, visiting the family in the village, meet the Maasai Warriors, dancing and their best time on when are slaughtering Goat and making Nyama Choma round the Fire. It’s completely natural to be with this community. In the Afternoon we will escort Masai Women with Donkeys on fetching water, and capture a lot of nature and landscapes.

Day 5: Drive to Lake Natron Village

After possible sunrise photography in the village, depart for Lake Natron with a stop at Engaruka Maasai Village for more portraits, more photography at Shimo La Mungu (small volcanic crater) then heading to the Lake Natron Village.

An adventurous route to a very special area: magic Lake Natron. Off the beaten track and away from the masses. The route takes you through the cultural home of the Maasai. On the way, you pass Engaruka, an archaeological site of a Stone-age settlement, as well as majestic Oldonyo Lengai, the only active volcano in the Great Rift Valley. After lunch, a Maasai guide will lead you along the ridges of the lake to the source of the Engaresero River. If rain has fallen up in the Rift Valley, water streams over the escarpment, forming waterfalls and streams of sparkling clear water which one can swim in. After this refreshing swim, we walk back to the Accommodation from which you can see the Ol Doinyo Lengai.

Day 6: Maasai Village full day:

Today’s Highlights:  The main focus today is to follow the activities of the Maasai people. Arrive when the Maasai are getting their cattle out for gazing, your personal Maasai guide is explaining the life, past and today’s life of the Tanzania Maasai, Men will join other warriors for grazing and will guide you along their paths and explain your typical medicinal plants, extraordinary trees, tracks and the local wildlife. In addition to that, the usage of local tools, hunting techniques and fire preparation is a part your unforgettable bush excursion.

Women will join other Maasai women for their daily activities including fetching water, building small house and later you will learn how the do milking from the cows.

During the sunset a group of Maasai men and woman gathering around for the traditional singing & dancing performances. This evening experience a traditional Maasai goat ceremony and join them dancing.

Day 7: Drive to Sonjo Village

The Sonjo people are a Bantu people and their primary way of life is based solely on herding and agriculture. They are known to use traditional irrigation systems when farming. The Sonjo people are said to have lived in northern Tanzania for centuries secluded within the Maasai territory. They are believed to have migrated to East Africa 400 years ago from Central Africa. The Sonjo tribe is known for their agricultural way of life which was believed to be the major reason their migration took place little by little over thousands of years in search of fertile and well-watered land to cultivate their crops.

Music plays a forestanding role in the Sonjo culture. Music shapes their entire way of life and is a widely practiced art in the entire community. It is used for several ritual purposes, rainmaking ceremonies, healing ceremonies, marriages, and other festive or civil events. After the tour we will drive back to our accommodation at Lake Natron for dinner and overnight.

Day 8: Drive To Karatu Via Mto Wa Mbu Village:

Depart from the village after breakfast for a transfer to Karatu small town, you will arrive in Karatu in the afternoon with a chance to take a walk in town for any possible lifestyle and street photography.

Day 9: Wildlife Safari in Ngorongoro Crater:

After breakfast, we will drive to Ngorongoro for the crater tour with picnic descent to the crater floor for the day tour. Some 20,000 mammals live in the area including about 20 black rhinoceros, making the crater the best place in Tanzania to see these amazing creatures. The crater floor also has one of the highest carnivore densities in the world. Lions, cheetahs, hyenas and jackals are commonly seen, while leopards, Serval and bat-eared foxes may be seen with some luck. We will leave the crater around 4pm after game viewing of African Big-five in one park and drive to the accommodation in Mto Wa Mbu for Dinner and overnight.

Wildlife Highlights: wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, black rhinoceros, lion, hartebeest, spotted hyena, hippopotamus, buffalo, elephant, mountain reedbuck, leopard, serval, ostrich, kori- bustard, papilio sjoestedti & many archeological and paleontological sites: Olduvai Gorge, Laetoli, Lake Ndutu.

Day 10: Visit Hadzabe People and  Datoga:

Early morning drives to Hadzabe Village. Hunting with Hadzabe people, visiting Datoga people and learning their lifestyle. Sunrise shoots with Hadza, Shoots in Hadza Village, families and when hunting, Sunset shoots with Hadza. Visiting them is like a movie, Hazabe is hunting and gathering, growing their families to be active in the jangle, Datogas are good farmers, they are growing onions, maize, and other crops.

Overnight in the Village (FB)

Day 11:  Photography with Hadzabe – Drive to Mto Wa Mbu Village:

In the morning depart from the lodge, pass at Hadza village and leave with 3-4 Hadza warriors to a special location, in the area will leave the vehicle on the road way and take a walk for about 15 minutes in the bush. In the afternoon, will go for lunch and then depart for Mto wa Mbu Village for an evening walk in the Village, a chance at the local market and street photography.

Overnight in the Mto wa Mbu.

Day 12: Departure: Say goodbye to Africa, based on your flight details, we will have a goodbye lunch at our office and sit with our managers for your photography safari debriefing, then after we will drive you to Kilimanjaro International airport for your fight back home.

Inclusion:

• Safari according to the itinerary and Accommodation
• Transportation in a Luxury 4×4 safari (Safari Jeep)
• Professional English speaking guide (Other Language on request and Availabilities).
• All- accommodation
• Meals according to the itinerary in Full Board
• Mineral water & Soft Drinks
• All mentioned
• All national park fees and Entry
• Flying Doctors insurance (AMREF) during the
• Accommodation before Safari
• All Airport Transfers

Exclusion:

• International Flights
• Optional activities
• Alcoholic and soft drinks
• Tips to Driver/Guide ($15 – 20/group/Day)
• Personal spending money for souvenirs etc.
• Travel Health insurance
• Serengeti Balloon safari. ($.599/person).
• Canoeing at Lake Momella ($. 150/person)
• Night Game drive at Lake Manyara ($100/person).

• A deposit of 20% is required to confirm the booking; this amount is for booking accommodations and domestic flights if applicable. (Refundable up to 30-days before Departure date).
• Pillion riders (both on motorcycles or support vehicle) pay 25% less than the riders’ cost.
• Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking.
• A small amount of walking May involved, carry with you hiking shoes.
• The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions.
• A Yellow fever vaccination is mandatory when enters Tanzania.
• Visas are available on arrival. All visa requirements are the sole responsibility of the traveler.