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5-Day Serengeti Migration Balloon Safari: A Unique Wildlife Experience

The 5 Days Serengeti Migration & ballooning Safari is one of the amazing tours in Tanzania where you spot wild animals and witness the annual wildebeest migration. This means that the tour should be conducted in the months of May to October since it the appropriate time for migration. Enjoy game drives, and hot air ballooning adventure while in Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater area.

Visit Olduvai gorge museum and discover the first human skull, take a city tour in Arusha and this is optional where you visit the local markets, museum, art and gallery centers and more.

Serengeti Migration & Balloon Safari Highlights

  • Day 1: Arrive and transfer to a hotel
  • Day 2: Transfer to Serengeti and game drive
  • Day 3: Hot air ballooning and game drive
  • Day 4: Head to Ngorongoro Craters with enroute visit to Olduvai Gorge
  • Day 5: Game drive and head back to Arusha

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive and transfer to a hotel

Be picked by the driver guide from the Airport and head to the hotel as you prepare for your next day Safari to Serengeti National Park. Optional tour of Arusha town where places like the local museum, markets and art center.

Day 2: Transfer to Serengeti and game drive

There is a lot you will see while in the park as you take an evening game drive such as hippopotamus, crocodiles, giraffes, elands, zebras, topis, kongoni, Thompson’s and Grant’s gazelles, lions, leopards and many more. Head to the lodge for your evening dinner and overnight stay.

Day 3: Hot air ballooning and game drive

Begin the day with breakfast and then a short game drive to the starting point of hot air ballooning adventure. The pilot and the crew will brief you about this amazing tour and then board a hot Air balloon that will take you into the air to have a panoramic view of the surrounding. In the evening, head for a game drive which will offer you a great chance to see wild animals such as the lions, cheetahs, leopards, wildebeest, zebras, giraffes, gazelles and many more others. Witness the annual wildebeest migration with zebras traversing Mara River and this is the largest animal movement that has ever happened in the whole day.

Day 4: Head to Ngorongoro Craters with enroute visit to Olduvai Gorge

Leave Serengeti plains in the morning and head to Ngorongoro Craters a famous place for black and white rhinos. While on the way, enjoy the beautiful lifestyle of the Masai people grazing their livestock.
Later on, proceed to Ngorongoro conservation area to spend your last night.

Day 5: Game drive and head back to Arusha

Have a morning game drive at the crater rim where you get a chance to see animals like lions, elephants, buffalo, rhinos, and leopards and many more. Thereafter, head back to Arusha to catch up with your flight and this marks the end of the 5 Days Serengeti Migration & Balloon Safari.

Plan for the great wildebeest migration by contacting our migration safari companies or inquire with us below to plan for your safari tour with us.



Explore the Annual Wildebeest Migration over the Mara River

The migration route spans southern and central Serengeti, Grumeti Game Reserve, and Masai Mara. Key highlights include the calving season in southern Serengeti and dramatic river crossings, particularly at the Mara River. Learn more about the wildebeest migration below.

Witness the Epic Wildebeest Migration at Mara River Crossings

Join us for an unforgettable safari experience and watch thousands of wildebeests cross the Mara River. Book now!

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