Serengeti National Park - Tanzania
See the famous migration of the wildebeest in ultimate luxury
Located at the heart of the Serengeti National Park, the Four Seasons Safari Lodge is set to become one of the world's dream African hideaways. This luxury lodge offers spectacular views, wildlife roaming over miles of bush, an active waterhole and the magical sunsets of the African savannah. All of its 77 luxury rooms and private safari villas are decorated with handpicked African artwork and give an irresistible feeling of freedom and comfort.
The Four Seasons Safari Lodge also offers an infinity pool with sundeck, a safari cocktail lounge, safari spa, two restaurants, a wine cellar, two bars, a Tanzania safari library, cigar lounge, Art of Tanzania Gallery, safari gift shop and dedicated helipad.
Activities at the lodge include; lodge dining, bush dining, luxury safari game drives, the chance to view the magnificent spectacle of the migration of the wildebeest, bird-watching, nature trails, cultural visits and more.
About the Serengeti National Park
Venue of the world famous migration of the wildebeest
The Serengeti, whose Maasai name ‘Siringet' translates as ‘the endless plains', offers unparalleled ornithological opportunities and an unrivalled natural arena wherein the glory and harmony of nature can be appreciated as nowhere else on earth. The vast and rolling Serengeti is also the venue for ‘the greatest wildlife show on earth' the annual migration of over one million wildebeest and their attendant cast of herbivores and predators.
Tanzania luxury safari location:
The luxury Four Seasons Safari Lodge stands at the heart of the Serengeti, which is 200 km west of Arusha, Tanzania while the park's northern boundary abuts with the Kenya border. The western boundary of the Serengeti reaches Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
Your Tanzania luxury lodge safari
The vast and sensational Serengeti, covering 14,763 sq km of endlessly rolling savannah plains, is Tanzania's first-established, largest and most famous park wherein tens of thousands of wildebeest and other hoofed animals roam in a constant and unremitting search for the fresh grasslands upon which their survival depends.
The million-plus wildebeest are the predominant herbivore and also the main prey of a huge cast of large carnivores, principally lion and hyena. Whilst the annual wildebeest migration is the Serengeti's most famous attraction, the Park is also renowned for its lion, many of which have been fitted with radio-transmitter collars so that their movements may be tracked, and additionally for its wealth of cheetah, zebra, giraffe, Thomson's and Grant's gazelle, eland, impala, klipspringer, hippo and warthog.
Safari wildlife highlights: wildebeest, zebra, Thomson's gazelle, lion, spotted hyena, hunting dog, cheetah, black rhino, elephant, giraffe, buffalo, topi, eland, jackal and otter. Birds: over 350 recorded species including 34 raptors.
Accommodation: Tanzania luxury safari lodge
The Four Seasons Safari Lodge offers 77 luxury air-conditioned rooms and private villas (24-hour laundry and room service, private ranger and butler, safari spa, lodge health club, coffee-and-tea-making facilities, mini-bar, DVD, TV in-room internet, handicapped facilities, telescope, painting equipment).
Dining and bars: Tanzania luxury safari lodge
The Four Seasons Safari Lodge luxury safari lodge offers two dining areas, a wine cellar, two bars, a library and a cigar lounge. The lodge also offers private dining in-room and 24-hour room service.
Child-friendly safari lodge : Tanzania luxury
The Four Seasons Safari Lodge safari lodge welcomes children and babysitting services, children's meals, additional beds and family rooms are available.
What to see and do on your Tanzania luxury safari
The annual migration of the wildebeest in the Serengeti, Tanzania
The migration of the wildebeest is perhaps one of Tanzania's most famous natural events. Twice a year, propelled by the rains, 1.3 million wildebeest, 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson's gazelle gather to undertake an 800 km migration trek to new grazing lands. The precise timing of the wildebeest migration varies but generally the Serengeti herbivores congregate and move out at the end of May, sometimes over a period of weeks, sometimes over a period of as little as three or four days.
The wildebeest then head west on the first leg of a roughly triangular 800-km circuit that takes approximately 3-4 months and ends in the Masai Mara National Reserve of Kenya. When the grazing here is exhausted the tide of wildebeest turns and reverses its progress returning to the short grass plains of the Serengeti in Tanzania.
Where and when to see the migration
The migration runs according to its own rules, but in general a large column of wildebeest passes west to Lake Victoria while another moves north past Lobo. While on the hoof (May to June) the rut commences and the wildebeests mate. The migration herds usually reach the north, and eventually cross into Kenya's Masai Mara NR, during July to October. In November the herds begin to reform for the return journey and by December the migration is complete and they are usually to be found grazing the southern grasslands; wildebeest calving starts in February.
Serengeti luxury safari experiences
Typical Tanzania safari experiences at the Four Seasons Safari Lodge include: safari game drives in especially adapted 4WD safari vehicles (with professionally trained Tanzania safari guides), safari bush breakfasts, lunches and dinners; cocktails around the lodge safari campfire and guided safari walks through the bush. The lodge also offers ornithological tours, cultural performances and visits to the local Maasai people of Tanzania.
In the Serengeti, a particular highlight is a hot air balloon ride, which typically ascends from its launch site at dawn and travels for around an hour across the plains before descending in a controlled landing to a cooked safari breakfast in the bush.
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