Calving & Crater Crown (Dec–Mar) — 7 Days / 6 Nights
Overview
Route: Zanzibar ✈️ Southern Serengeti (Ndutu) → drive Ngorongoro ✈️ Zanzibar
Accommodation Style: Luxury Ndutu tented camp + top-tier Ngorongoro rim lodge
Meal Plan: All-inclusive (most beverages)
Price Guidance: From $10,000–$14,000 pp sharing
Included/Exclude
- All domestic scheduled flights per route (soft luggage 15–20 kg incl. hand luggage)
- Airstrip and lodge transfers with VIP assistance where available
- Private or semi-private 4x4 game drives as noted
- Activities listed (boat/walking where permitted); curated sundowners & bush picnics
- Park & concession fees; government taxes
- All meals and most beverages (house wines/spirits; exact policy varies by camp)
- Laundry service (most high-end camps)
- Emergency medical evacuation (not full insurance)
- Added experiences where stated (e.g., balloon, private vehicle)
- International flights; visas
- Comprehensive travel & medical insurance
- Top-shelf/ultra-premium beverages beyond camp selection
- Spa treatments unless specified
- Private charters not listed in the route
- Personal items and gratuities
Tour Plan
Fly to Ndutu; luxury mobile or semi-permanent camp placed close to the herds. Afternoon game drive.
Private guide maximizes time with newborns and attendant predators. Gourmet bush picnic among acacia islands.
Track cheetah and hyena dynamics on the short-grass plains; optional specialist photography guidance.
Follow real-time herd movements shared between guides; golden-light sessions for photography.
Scenic drive to the highlands; check in to an iconic rim lodge with panoramic crater views.
Early access (where possible) to beat crowds; full-day with gourmet picnic; chance for black rhino sightings.
Transfer to Manyara/Arusha for flight to Zanzibar.
