7 Days Classic Serengeti Safari

Duration
7 days
Best season
June to October for the dry-season concentrations; late January to March for calving on the southern plains.
Difficulty
Easy

Tour overview

Three nights in the Serengeti rather than one, which is the difference between passing through and properly seeing it. Tarangire opens the trip and the Ngorongoro Crater closes it.

Trip highlights

  • Three nights in the Serengeti, not one
  • Tarangire's dry-season elephant herds and baobabs
  • A full day timed to wherever the herds actually are
  • An early descent onto the Ngorongoro crater floor
  • Private 4x4 and professional guide throughout

Day by day itinerary

  1. Day 1Arrive in Arusha

    Met at Kilimanjaro International and driven to Arusha. Evening briefing with your guide, who runs through the route and checks your kit.

    Meals
    Dinner
    Accommodation
    Arusha lodge
  2. Day 2Arusha to Tarangire

    Two hours south to Tarangire, then an afternoon along the river among the baobabs. In the dry months the elephant herds gather here.

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
    Accommodation
    Tarangire area
  3. Day 3Tarangire to the Serengeti

    West across the Ngorongoro highlands, past Olduvai Gorge, descending onto the plains in the afternoon for your first Serengeti game drive.

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
    Accommodation
    Central Serengeti
  4. Day 4Serengeti - the Seronera valley

    A full day in the Seronera valley, out at first light. Permanent water keeps lion, leopard and cheetah resident here year-round.

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
    Accommodation
    Central Serengeti
  5. Day 5Serengeti - following the herds

    A second full day, timed to the month: the Ndutu calving grounds in February, the Mara River in the far north from July.

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
    Accommodation
    Serengeti
  6. Day 6Serengeti to Ngorongoro

    A morning game drive on the way out of the park, then east to the crater rim for the night with the caldera below you.

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
    Accommodation
    Ngorongoro rim
  7. Day 7Ngorongoro Crater and departure

    Down onto the crater floor early, before the vehicles build up. Several hours among the Big Five, then back to Arusha.

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch

What's included

  • Park & crater fees
  • 4x4 with pop-up roof
  • English-speaking driver-guide
  • Accommodation per itinerary
  • Meals per itinerary
  • Drinking water
  • Airport transfers
  • Taxes & VAT

What's not included

  • International flights
  • Tanzania visa
  • Travel insurance
  • Tips
  • Drinks
  • Personal expenses

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