Ndutu Calving
Two nights positioned in the Southern Serengeti and Ndutu migration ecosystem.
A seven-day Ndutu Calving Migration shared safari combining two nights on the Southern Serengeti calving plains, two nights in Central Serengeti, a full Ngorongoro Crater safari, Lake Eyasi with the Hadzabe and local blacksmiths, and a final Tarangire game drive before returning to Arusha.
This seven-day shared route begins directly toward Ndutu for the seasonal calving migration, continues through Central Serengeti and Ngorongoro, adds an immersive Lake Eyasi cultural day with the Hadzabe and blacksmith communities, then finishes with Tarangire before returning to Arusha.
Two nights positioned in the Southern Serengeti and Ndutu migration ecosystem.
Extended Central Serengeti time for resident predators and classic plains wildlife.
Meet the Hadzabe, join traditional hunting and gathering activities, and visit local blacksmiths.
End the safari with elephant-rich Tarangire before returning to Arusha.
Check scheduled dates, maximum group size and the price attached to each departure. Select “Other Price Tiers” for the complete 1–6 traveller pricing.
01 Dec 2026 – 07 Dec 2026
EARLY CALVING SEASON🐄 Ndutu calving migration · Central Serengeti · Ngorongoro
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
08 Dec 2026 – 14 Dec 2026
EARLY CALVING SEASON🐄 Ndutu calving migration · Central Serengeti · Ngorongoro
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 5 travelers · 5 seats available
15 Dec 2026 – 21 Dec 2026
EARLY CALVING SEASON🐄 Ndutu calving migration · Central Serengeti · Ngorongoro
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
23 Dec 2026 – 29 Dec 2026
EARLY CALVING SEASON🐄 Ndutu calving migration · Central Serengeti · Ngorongoro
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 5 travelers · 5 seats available
29 Dec 2026 – 04 Jan 2027
EARLY CALVING SEASON🐄 Ndutu calving migration · Central Serengeti · Ngorongoro
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
01 Jan 2027 – 07 Jan 2027
PEAK CALVING SEASON🐄 Ndutu calving migration · Central Serengeti · Ngorongoro
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 5 travelers · 5 seats available
06 Jan 2027 – 12 Jan 2027
PEAK CALVING SEASON🐄 Ndutu calving migration · Central Serengeti · Ngorongoro
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
10 Jan 2027 – 16 Jan 2027
PEAK CALVING SEASON🐄 Ndutu calving migration · Central Serengeti · Ngorongoro
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
15 Jan 2027 – 21 Jan 2027
PEAK CALVING SEASON🐄 Ndutu calving migration · Central Serengeti · Ngorongoro
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 5 travelers · 5 seats available
21 Jan 2027 – 27 Jan 2027
PEAK CALVING SEASON🐄 Ndutu calving migration · Central Serengeti · Ngorongoro
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
28 Jan 2027 – 03 Feb 2027
PEAK CALVING SEASON🐄 Ndutu calving migration · Central Serengeti · Ngorongoro
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 5 travelers · 5 seats available
31 Jan 2027 – 06 Feb 2027
PEAK CALVING SEASON🐄 Ndutu calving migration · Central Serengeti · Ngorongoro
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
05 Feb 2027 – 11 Feb 2027
PEAK CALVING SEASON🐄 Ndutu calving migration · Central Serengeti · Ngorongoro
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 5 travelers · 5 seats available
12 Feb 2027 – 18 Feb 2027
PEAK CALVING SEASON🐄 Ndutu calving migration · Central Serengeti · Ngorongoro
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
18 Feb 2027 – 24 Feb 2027
PEAK CALVING SEASON🐄 Ndutu calving migration · Central Serengeti · Ngorongoro
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 5 travelers · 5 seats available
25 Feb 2027 – 03 Mar 2027
PEAK CALVING SEASON🐄 Ndutu calving migration · Central Serengeti · Ngorongoro
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
02 Mar 2027 – 08 Mar 2027
CALVING MIGRATION SEASON🐄 Ndutu calving migration · Central Serengeti · Ngorongoro
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 5 travelers · 5 seats available
09 Mar 2027 – 15 Mar 2027
CALVING MIGRATION SEASON🐄 Ndutu calving migration · Central Serengeti · Ngorongoro
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 seats available
16 Mar 2027 – 22 Mar 2027
CALVING MIGRATION SEASON🐄 Ndutu calving migration · Central Serengeti · Ngorongoro
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 5 travelers · 5 seats available
24 Mar 2027 – 30 Mar 2027
CALVING MIGRATION SEASON🐄 Ndutu calving migration · Central Serengeti · Ngorongoro
✓ Guaranteed from 4 confirmed travelers
👥 Maximum 6 travelers · 6 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 the seat confirmation amount.
The USD 100 already paid is credited toward the 30% deposit.
Complete the remaining balance according to the group-joining terms.
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.
Seven days combining the calving migration, Central Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Lake Eyasi culture and Tarangire in one continuous northern-circuit route.
Depart Arusha and travel directly toward the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Ndutu short-grass plains. Arrive in the Southern Serengeti ecosystem for an afternoon migration game drive among wildebeest, zebra and predators.
Spend the full day exploring Ndutu and the surrounding Southern Serengeti plains. Follow the seasonal wildebeest and zebra herds while searching for lions, cheetahs, hyenas and other predators drawn to the calving ecosystem.
Begin with a morning game drive in Ndutu, then transfer north toward Central Serengeti during the afternoon. Spend the rest of the day game driving through Seronera's kopjes, valleys and acacia-dotted plains.
Dedicate the full day to Central Serengeti with your driver-guide. Explore river valleys, kopjes and open plains known for resident lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, giraffes and abundant plains game.
Leave Central Serengeti early and travel to Ngorongoro Crater. Descend into the caldera for a full-day guided game drive through grasslands, wetlands and forest habitats. In the evening, ascend and transfer to Karatu.
Transfer early to Lake Eyasi and meet the Hadzabe community. Join them during their traditional hunting and gathering activities, then visit local blacksmiths to learn about their metalworking traditions. Continue to the lake area before returning to Karatu in the evening.
Transfer early to Tarangire National Park for morning and afternoon game drives among giant baobabs, elephant herds and the wildlife-rich Tarangire River ecosystem. Later, leave the park and continue to Arusha, where the safari ends.
Six safari nights follow the itinerary exactly: two nights in Ndutu, two nights in Central Serengeti and two nights at Karatu.
Ndutu / Southern Serengeti · Seasonal migration camp · Calving ecosystem
Central Serengeti · Seronera area · Tented safari camp
Karatu · Base for Ngorongoro, Lake Eyasi and Tarangire routing
Morning and afternoon safari · No overnight · Tour ends in 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 | $5,319 |
| 2 Pax | $3,526 |
| 3 Pax | $3,242 |
| 4 Pax | $2,865 |
| 5 Pax | $2,826 |
| 6 Pax | $2,644 |
Select an open date and review its maximum group size, remaining seats and applicable price.
The seat confirmation payment reserves your available place on that departure.
The 30% deposit is due 90 days before safari; the USD 100 already paid is credited toward it.
The remaining balance is due 45 days before departure, followed by final documents and included inbound-insurance coordination.
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No. The safari is timed and routed for the Ndutu calving season, but births, exact herd locations and predator interactions are natural wildlife events and cannot be guaranteed.
The group reaches Ndutu on Day 1, stays for two nights, dedicates all of Day 2 to the calving ecosystem and includes another migration-focused morning on Day 3 before continuing to Central Serengeti.
Yes. Guests who wish to save the long driving time to Ndutu may choose the direct flight for an additional USD 170 per person. Because this is a shared departure, every traveller in the group must agree to the flight option.
Day 6 includes an early transfer to Lake Eyasi, time with the Hadzabe community during traditional hunting and gathering activities, a visit to local blacksmiths and time around the lake before returning to Karatu.
Yes. Day 7 includes morning and afternoon game drives in Tarangire National Park before the final transfer to Arusha.
Yes. The shared-group format is suitable for solo travellers as well as couples and small groups. Rooming requirements are confirmed during booking.
Each scheduled departure is configured for a maximum of five or six travellers. The exact maximum is shown on each departure card and in the booking dropdown.
The scheduled departure is guaranteed from four confirmed travellers. If Nihapa agrees to operate an under-four departure, the applicable 1-, 2- or 3-person price tier applies unless your written quotation confirms another arrangement.
The final day finishes with Tarangire National Park and the transfer to Arusha. Additional accommodation or airport transfers can be arranged separately.
Pay USD 100 when booking to reserve an available seat. The 30% deposit is due 90 days before the safari and the initial USD 100 is credited toward it. The remaining 70% is due 45 days before departure.
Yes. The applicable mandatory inbound policy for eligible travellers is included in the safari quote. Current published rate basis is free for infants aged 0–2, USD 22 for children aged 3–17 and USD 44 for adults aged 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.
The departure is automatically marked Fully Booked when the confirmed participant count reaches its published maximum of five or six travellers. 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 the confirmed participant count reaches that departure’s maximum capacity.
A shorter shared calving route beginning directly toward Ndutu.
View Tour → 6 DaysCompare the six-day calving-season option with a different northern-circuit flow.
View Tour → 5 DaysAnother Ndutu-focused calving migration itinerary.
View Tour →Need help deciding between dates or group sizes? Speak directly with the Arusha team.
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