Migration Focus
Strong Northern Serengeti and Mara River emphasis during the July–October migration season.
Join a 6-day Tanzania Serengeti Great Migration safari designed for the July–October 2027 migration season. A six-day small-group Tanzania safari with more time to follow the wildebeest migration from Central Serengeti toward the Northern Serengeti and Mara River ecosystem. The scheduled small-group format is operated exclusively by Nihapa Tours with a maximum of six guests per vehicle.
This six-day shared route moves from Tarangire into Central Serengeti, spends two nights in Northern Serengeti around the Mara River ecosystem, returns through Seronera and finishes with a full Ngorongoro Crater safari before the drive back to Arusha.
Strong Northern Serengeti and Mara River emphasis during the July–October migration season.
Maximum five or six travellers per scheduled Land Cruiser departure.
Resident predator viewing in Central Serengeti plus seasonal migration tracking in the north.
The final day is dedicated to Ngorongoro Crater before returning to Arusha.
A six-day small-group Tanzania safari with more time to follow the wildebeest migration from Central Serengeti toward the Northern Serengeti and Mara River ecosystem.
July to October is the main seasonal window for Northern Serengeti and Mara River migration safaris. August and September are especially popular, but the herds follow rainfall and grazing rather than a fixed crossing calendar.
Tarangire, Central Serengeti, Northern Serengeti / Mara River migration tracking, Central Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater.
Travellers wanting a balanced migration safari with extra Serengeti time without moving to the longest itinerary. Solo travellers are welcome and every scheduled vehicle is limited to five or six guests.
Check scheduled dates, maximum group size and the price attached to each departure. Select “Other Price Tiers” for the complete 1–6 traveller pricing.
12 Jul 2027 – 17 Jul 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Serengeti migration route · Northern Serengeti · Mara River region
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
18 Jul 2027 – 23 Jul 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Serengeti migration route · Northern Serengeti · Mara River region
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 5 travelers · 5 seats available
23 Jul 2027 – 28 Jul 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Serengeti migration route · Northern Serengeti · Mara River region
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
28 Jul 2027 – 02 Aug 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Serengeti migration route · Northern Serengeti · Mara River region
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 5 travelers · 5 seats available
02 Aug 2027 – 07 Aug 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Northern Serengeti · Mara River region · Extended migration tracking
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
06 Aug 2027 – 11 Aug 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Northern Serengeti · Mara River region · Extended migration tracking
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 5 travelers · 5 seats available
09 Aug 2027 – 14 Aug 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Northern Serengeti · Mara River region · Extended migration tracking
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
12 Aug 2027 – 17 Aug 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Northern Serengeti · Mara River region · Extended migration tracking
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 5 travelers · 5 seats available
16 Aug 2027 – 21 Aug 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Northern Serengeti · Mara River region · Extended migration tracking
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
20 Aug 2027 – 25 Aug 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Northern Serengeti · Mara River region · Extended migration tracking
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 5 travelers · 5 seats available
27 Aug 2027 – 01 Sep 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Northern Serengeti · Mara River region · Extended migration tracking
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
01 Sep 2027 – 06 Sep 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Northern Serengeti · Mara River region · Extended migration tracking
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 5 travelers · 5 seats available
04 Sep 2027 – 09 Sep 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Northern Serengeti · Mara River region · Extended migration tracking
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
11 Sep 2027 – 16 Sep 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Northern Serengeti · Mara River region · Extended migration tracking
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 5 travelers · 5 seats available
15 Sep 2027 – 20 Sep 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Northern Serengeti · Mara River region · Extended migration tracking
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
20 Sep 2027 – 25 Sep 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Northern Serengeti · Mara River region · Extended migration tracking
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 5 travelers · 5 seats available
24 Sep 2027 – 29 Sep 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Northern Serengeti · Mara River region · Extended migration tracking
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
28 Sep 2027 – 03 Oct 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Northern Serengeti · Mara River region · Extended migration tracking
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 5 travelers · 5 seats available
05 Oct 2027 – 10 Oct 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Northern Serengeti · Mara River region · Extended migration tracking
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
13 Oct 2027 – 18 Oct 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Northern Serengeti · Mara River region · Extended migration tracking
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 5 travelers · 5 seats available
20 Oct 2027 – 25 Oct 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Northern Serengeti · Mara River region · Extended migration tracking
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
25 Oct 2027 – 30 Oct 2027
GREAT MIGRATION SEASON🐃 Northern Serengeti · Mara River region · Extended migration tracking
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 5 travelers · 5 seats available
Complete the same core details used on our Group Join Form 7, choose your preferred departure and continue directly to the final joining form. Your details are carried forward automatically.
Choose an open departure and pay by card through WeTravel so the seat and payment are allocated to the correct safari.
Complete the 30% deposit by card through WeTravel. The USD 100 already paid is credited toward this amount.
Complete the remaining balance according to the final invoice and payment instructions.
Shared pricing should not mean an overcrowded safari. Nihapa keeps every scheduled group small, coordinated and under one operating team.
Every traveller has direct access to wildlife viewing from a purpose-built 4×4 safari vehicle.
The group stays together with the same guide, vehicle and operating team throughout the safari.
Accommodation is chosen for location, comfort, atmosphere and access to the safari route.
Your safari is managed by Nihapa rather than assembled from guests of several operators.
The joining format reduces private-safari costs while retaining structure, comfort and support.
Confirmed travellers can be connected before departure so expectations and trip logistics are clear.
A compact but migration-focused route through Tarangire, Central Serengeti, Northern Serengeti and the Mara River region, finishing with Ngorongoro Crater.
Depart Arusha after breakfast and drive to Tarangire National Park. Spend the day exploring its baobab landscapes, seasonal river and wildlife-rich plains before continuing to the lodge in the late afternoon.
Leave the Tarangire area and travel through the Ngorongoro Highlands toward Serengeti National Park. Enter the Serengeti plains and continue with a game drive through the Seronera region, known for resident big cats and excellent year-round wildlife viewing.
Begin with a morning game drive in Central Serengeti before travelling north through changing habitats. Continue as a game drive en route toward the Mara River and spend the afternoon and evening exploring Northern Serengeti.
Dedicate the full day to Northern Serengeti and the Mara River ecosystem. Your driver-guide follows current herd movements and predator activity, allowing time to explore different areas of the northern plains.
Enjoy another morning in Northern Serengeti for a final opportunity to follow migration activity. Later, travel south toward Central Serengeti and continue with afternoon and evening game drives through the Seronera area.
Depart Central Serengeti early and travel toward Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Descend into the crater for a full game drive across grasslands, wetlands and forested areas in search of black rhino, lion, elephant, buffalo, hippo and plains wildlife. Ascend in the late afternoon and continue to Arusha, where the safari ends.
Five safari nights keep the group close to Tarangire, Seronera and the Northern Serengeti migration zone before the final Ngorongoro Crater day.
Tarangire area · Tented lodge · Nature views
Central Serengeti · Seronera area · Tented safari camp
Northern Serengeti · Mara River ecosystem · Migration camp
Full crater safari · No overnight · Return to Arusha
Accommodation names are indicative and may be substituted with a similar standard depending on confirmed availability.
The scheduled departure card shows the price at its maximum planned group size. The table below shows the complete per-person tier structure.
| Confirmed Travellers | USD per Person |
|---|---|
| 1 Pax | $4,745 |
| 2 Pax | $3,229 |
| 3 Pax | $2,974 |
| 4 Pax | $2,659 |
| 5 Pax | $2,620 |
| 6 Pax | $2,469 |
The first two group payments are kept inside WeTravel so every seat, traveller and departure can be reconciled and allocated accurately.
Select an open 2027 date and review the maximum group size, live seats remaining and applicable price.
Reserve your available seat by card through WeTravel. The payment is allocated to your selected departure and credited toward the 30% deposit.
Complete the 30% deposit by card through WeTravel 90 days before safari; the USD 100 already paid is deducted from the amount due.
Pay the remaining balance 45 days before departure according to the final invoice/payment instructions, followed by final documents and insurance coordination.
You may move your booking to a suitable confirmed Great Migration departure on nearby dates so your overall travel plan changes as little as possible.
You may request a full refund of all payments made toward the unformed departure. Card payments made through WeTravel are refunded through WeTravel to the original payment method, with no cancellation penalty because the minimum group did not form.
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These scheduled departures are designed for the July to October 2027 migration season, when wildebeest herds are commonly associated with Northern Serengeti and the Mara River ecosystem. August and September are especially popular, but migration timing changes with rainfall, grazing and herd movement.
No. River crossings, exact herd locations and individual wildlife sightings are natural events and cannot be scheduled or guaranteed. Your guide adjusts the daily game-drive plan according to current conditions.
Tarangire, Central Serengeti, Northern Serengeti / Mara River migration tracking, Central Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater.
Yes. Solo travellers are welcome, as are couples and small parties. Each scheduled Land Cruiser has a published maximum of five or six guests, and the exact live capacity is shown against each departure.
Choose an available departure and pay the USD 100 seat confirmation by card through Nihapa Tours' WeTravel booking system. The 30% deposit is due 90 days before safari and must also be paid by card through WeTravel. The initial USD 100 is credited toward that 30%. WeTravel helps us reconcile each payment to the correct traveller and departure.
The remaining 70% is due 45 days before departure. Your invoice and booking record will show the amount due and the applicable final-payment instructions.
You may transfer to a suitable confirmed departure on nearby dates. If those dates do not work for you, you may request a full refund of all payments made toward the unformed departure. WeTravel card payments are refunded through WeTravel to the original payment method, with no cancellation penalty because the minimum group did not form.
Sometimes. If Nihapa Tours agrees that the safari can operate and you prefer to keep your original dates, the applicable 1-, 2- or 3-person price tier normally applies unless another arrangement is confirmed in writing.
The departure is automatically marked Fully Booked when confirmed participants reach its published maximum. The Join Group action is disabled and the date is removed from the booking dropdown.
A departure closes automatically when its start date begins in Tanzania time or when confirmed participants reach that departure's maximum capacity.
Where applicable to eligible travellers, the mandatory inbound policy is included in the quoted 2027 safari price. The current planning basis is no premium for ages 0–2, USD 22 for ages 3–17 and USD 44 for adults 18+. Final eligibility, first-point-of-entry rules and rates follow the official NIC/ZIC policy in force when issued. Comprehensive personal travel insurance remains separate.
Yes. Serengeti balloon flights are subject to availability and operating location, and Nihapa Tours can arrange domestic flights, airport transfers and a Zanzibar beach extension separately from the scheduled group safari.
A shorter shared migration option with a tighter overall schedule.
View Tour → 7 DaysAdd a relaxed Karatu and Mto wa Mbu finish after the crater.
View Tour → 8 DaysA longer route adding Empakaai walking and a full extra Ngorongoro section.
View Tour →Need help deciding between dates or group sizes? Speak directly with the Arusha team.
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