7-Day Luxury Great Migration Safari with Balloon

Our fullest luxury migration week with four nights in the Serengeti and a balloon flight.

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7 days6 nights

$4,620per person, 6 travellers

$5,430per person, 2 travellers

Jun to Octbest months

Trip overview

What this safari is like

Our fullest luxury migration week with four nights in the Serengeti and a balloon flight.

Balloon included
Four Serengeti nights
Add Moyo Mara in Aug to Oct on request

Wildlife is wild. We never guarantee a river crossing or a particular sighting, but we plan your route, camps and days to give you the best chance, and we keep the schedule flexible so we can follow the action.

At a glance

Length: 7 days / 6 nights
Best months: Jun to Oct
Start / end: Arusha or Moshi
Where you stay: Eileen's Trees Inn, KaratuMoyo Camp Hembe, Central Serengeti
Style: Private 4x4 with pop-up roof, your own guide, your own pace

Day by day

Your 7-day itinerary

Every day can be adjusted to your pace and to where the herds are. Your written quote confirms the final plan.

Day 1
Arusha or Moshi to Karatu
Your driver-guide collects you from your hotel in Arusha or Moshi after breakfast and talks you through the plan. Drive to Karatu (about 3 to 4 hours) along the edge of the Great Rift Valley, through Maasai country and past Lake Manyara. Arrive with time to settle in, rest and get ready for the Serengeti.
Overnight A luxury lodge in Karatu · Meals Lunch and dinner
Day 2
Karatu to the Serengeti
An early start for the highlight of the trip. Climb through the Ngorongoro Highlands and pass Oldupai Gorge, famous for early human fossils, then drop onto the open Serengeti plains with game viewing all the way to Moyo Camp Hembe, Central Serengeti. Picnic lunch on the road. You may well spot your first lions, zebra and wildebeest before you arrive.
Overnight Moyo Camp Hembe, Central Serengeti · Meals Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 3
Balloon flight and game drive: Seronera Valley and the big cats
Rise before dawn for your included hot air balloon flight over the plains, about an hour in the air as the sun comes up, followed by a bush breakfast. Then a game drive. A full day in the Seronera Valley, the big cat heartland of the Serengeti. Follow the Seronera River for lions, leopards resting in the acacias and cheetahs on the open plains, with hippos at Retina Hippo Pool. Early start, picnic lunch in the bush and a slow return as the light turns golden.
Overnight Moyo Camp Hembe, Central Serengeti · Meals Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 4
Serengeti game drive: Granite kopjes and cheetah plains
Explore the granite kopjes, where lions like to rest on the warm rocks and the plains around them are good for cheetah, serval and the smaller predators. Your guide reads the tracks and the radio chatter to decide where to spend the best hours.
Overnight Moyo Camp Hembe, Central Serengeti · Meals Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 5
Serengeti game drive: Naabi Hill and the Moru Kopjes
Head south-east towards Naabi Hill and the Moru Kopjes, a quieter corner known for lions, ancient rock paintings and, with luck, black rhino. A good day for open grassland and big skies.
Overnight Moyo Camp Hembe, Central Serengeti · Meals Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 6
Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater
A last morning game drive in the Serengeti, then climb out through the Ngorongoro Highlands. Descend about 600 metres onto the crater floor for a half-day game drive: lions, elephants, hippos, buffalo and one of the best chances in Tanzania to see black rhino. Picnic lunch by the hippo pool, then up to a luxury lodge in Karatu for the night.
Overnight A luxury lodge in Karatu · Meals Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 7
Karatu to Arusha or Moshi
Slow breakfast, then an optional Maasai or coffee-farm visit in Karatu, arranged on request. Drive back to Arusha or Moshi (about 3 to 4 hours), arriving in the afternoon for drop-off at your hotel or Kilimanjaro Airport.
Meals Breakfast and lunch

Prices

Price per person by group size

The bigger the group, the lower the price per person. Choose your group size to see your price.

Travellers

$5,430 per person
Group total about $10,860

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Travellers	2	4	6	8	10	12
Per person	$5,430	$4,810	$4,620	$4,810	$4,700	$4,610

Single room supplement: about $2,230. Prices are indicative per person for a private trip. Park fees change each season, so your written quote is final.

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