The Great Migration crossing the plains of Tanzania
DestinationTanzania — the endless plains
The Country

Where the migration never stops moving

The Serengeti gave the migration its name, and the herd is somewhere on these plains every month of the year — calving in the southern short-grass in February, moving north through the western corridor by June. Knowing where to be, and when, is the entire craft of a Tanzania itinerary.Then there is the Ngorongoro Crater, a collapsed caldera holding the densest concentration of wildlife in Africa within its walls. Tarangire draws enormous elephant herds to the river in the dry season. And the remote southern circuit — Ruaha, Nyerere — offers wilderness on a scale few travellers ever see.
Elephant herd in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
Highlights

What draws travellers here

01

The Serengeti migration

Positioned by month — calving season, the western corridor, or the northern crossings.
02

Ngorongoro Crater

A self-contained world on the crater floor, with the highest wildlife density on the continent.
03

Tarangire & the south

Baobab country and vast elephant herds, then true wilderness in Ruaha and Nyerere.
Itineraries

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Golden light over the Ngorongoro Conservation Area

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