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

This classic Serengeti safari gives the park the time it actually deserves. Most three-day trips reach the Serengeti in the afternoon and leave the following morning; this one puts three nights there, which is the difference between passing through and properly seeing it. Tarangire opens the trip and the Ngorongoro Crater closes it, so you get the elephant herds and the caldera without either feeling squeezed in. Private vehicle and guide throughout, and the days in the Serengeti are timed to wherever the herds happen to be in the month you travel.

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, about an hour and a quarter. Evening briefing with your guide, who will run through the route and check 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 Tarangire River is the only reliable water for a long way, and the elephant herds gather on it.

    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 rather than seasonal, which makes it the most dependable big-cat country in Tanzania.

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

    A second full day, and where we spend it depends on the month. February means the calving grounds around Ndutu; July to October means the Mara River in the far north. Your guide will have been watching the movement all week.

    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, while the light is good and before the vehicles build up. Several hours among the Big Five, then back to Arusha or Kilimanjaro for your flight.

    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch

What's included

  • Park fees
  • All activities (unless labeled as optional)
  • All accommodation as stated in the itinerary
  • A professional driver/guide
  • All transportation (unless labeled as optional)
  • All Taxes/VAT
  • Roundtrip airport transfer
  • All Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section)

What's not included

  • International flights (from/to home)
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
  • Tips (tipping guideline US$20.00 pp per day)
  • Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
  • Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
  • Alcoholic drinks

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