4 Days – Calving Season Safari (Mid-Range Accommodation)
Overview
This special safari focuses on the magical calving season—when over 8,000 baby wildebeest are born daily across the Ndutu plains. The area becomes a wildlife paradise filled with newborns, protective mothers, opportunistic predators, and spectacular landscapes. Safari Insight offers a quiet, immersive safari with dramatic predator-prey interactions and excellent photography opportunities.
This is also the best time of year for cheetah sightings as they take advantage of the abundance of prey.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Arusha – Drive to Ndutu Plains
Depart Arusha with your Safari Insight guide.
Scenic drive via the Ngorongoro Highlands.
Afternoon game drive in Ndutu, where the herds gather in massive numbers.
Watch mothers giving birth and baby wildebeest taking first steps.
Overnight at a mid-range tented camp.
Day 2: Full Day in Ndutu – Calving Experience
Spend the entire day searching for fresh calving areas.
Witness predators such as cheetahs, lions, and hyenas hunting.
Picnic lunch under the shade of acacia trees.
Evening drive to look for nocturnal wildlife.
Overnight at your lodge.
Day 3: Second Full Day – Photography & Predator Action
Explore new regions where herds may have moved overnight.
Excellent time for photography—golden light, dramatic skies, newborn animals.
Optional visit to Lake Ndutu & Lake Masek.
Overnight at your mid-range camp.
Day 4: Ndutu – Return to Arusha
Final morning drive.
After breakfast, drive back to Arusha.
End of safari.
