Why Travel to Serengeti National Park?
Serengeti National Park is famous for its spectacular annual migration of around 2 million herbivores across its vast plains. It is Tanzania’s premier safari destination.
Serengeti Park is also home to the largest concentration of wildlife in the world covering an impressive 14 763 sq km (5,700 sq miles) in the northwest of Tanzania, extending to south-western Kenya. There is more to the Serengeti National Park than game viewing as this vast wilderness area boasts some of Africa’s most breathtaking scenery.
The Great Migration in Serengeti Park
Known as the “Great Migration” the Serengeti migration is the largest and longest overland migration in the world, consisting of 1.5 million wildebeest, 200 000 zebras, and 350 000 gazelles stampeding across the African bush veld in search of water and fresh grazing. The high concentration of migrating large mammals, in turn, attracts predators including lions, leopards, cheetahs, and hyenas.
One of the most impressive natural events in the world, the stampeding herbivores cover over 450 km (some 500 miles) north and then south again annually, in what is sometimes called the Circular Migration. Although the timing of this breathtaking migration differs according to the rains, the movements generally start in about May when the large mammals migrate north. The massive herds migrate again in October or November moving back to the southern plains and again crossing the Mara River with its crocodiles.
A Closer Look at Serengeti National Park
The Serengeti National Park is one of several national parks in the Serengeti region, with Serengeti meaning “Endless Plains” in the local Maasai language. The Serengeti Park, declared a world heritage site, is Tanzania’s oldest and most popular national park. The Serengeti Park has also been proclaimed one of the 7 wonders of the world. The Serengeti consists of a variety of different habitats, including grassland plains, kopjes, riverine forests, swamps, and woodlands, supporting a high variety of wildlife species.
The Serengeti National Park can be divided into three distinct sections, the Western Corridor, the Northern Lobo area that extends northwards to the Maasai Mara, and the Seronera Valley and Seronera River area. The world’s largest unbroken volcanic caldera, the Ngorongoro Crater and Olduvai Gorge, home to some of the oldest fossils of early humans, are found in the Serengeti area.
Serengeti Wildlife
The Serengeti Park of Tanzania offers superb game-viewing even out of migration time, when vast herds of buffalo, eland, topi, waterbuck, impala, kongoni, and Grant’s gazelle can be seen grazing in the thousands. The Serengeti is famous not only for its migrating wildebeest and herbivores but also for its high concentration of big cats and other predators that these grazers attract. The Serengeti is also home to smaller cats, such as the caracal and serval, as well as jackal, fox, mongoose, and genet. Other species found in this wilderness area include crocodiles, hedgehogs, shrews, agama lizards, snakes, and dung beetles. Africa’s Big Five are also abundant in the Serengeti, with giraffe, warthog, baboons, and African Wild Dogs also inhabiting this flagship game park. The Serengeti hosts around 500 bird species, including the black eagle, secretary bird, Kori bustard, shrikes, ostrich, crowned crane, and marabou stork.
Serengeti Safaris
We offer a variety of Serengeti Safaris ranging from a 5-day Accommodated Overland Tour to a 56-day Camping Overland Tour. The various tour types cater for different travelers’ needs, including itineraries that combine different safari destinations suited to a wide range of budgets, interests, and time frame requirements. We offer the following types of Serengeti Safaris:
Accommodated Overland Tours
Camping Overland Tours
Exclusive Overland Tours
Budget Camping Safaris
Budget Lodge Safaris
Exclusive Budget Safaris
Our Tanzania Safaris to the Serengeti National Park focus on game-viewing in this stunning wilderness area teeming with wildlife. For more information about Serengeti Safaris contact us:
Serengeti National Park & Ngorongoro Crater Safari
If you want to see seven natural marvels of Africa and an official UNESCO World Heritage site, take a three-day African safari to Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park. In the words of the Maasai, Serengeti is a region where lands stretch forever, a description fits well with huge plains and other animal reserves. The Ngorongoro Crater, Africa’s Garden of Eden, is not far behind in this regard; it abides by many animals, including the extremely rare black rhinoceros, and is well-known for game viewing.
Africa Safari package includes
Park Fees and Camping
Transportation in the open roof 4X4 Land Cruiser
Mattress and Tent
Professional guide and cook
2 times breakfast, 3 lunch and 2 dinners
Water bottles, tea, coffee along with meals
Excludes
Travel insurance
Passport and Visa fees
Flights
Meals and accommodation in Moshi or Arusha
Sleeping bags
Personal items
Alcoholic and soda beverages
Tips for chef and safari guide
Additional activities(Hot Air Ballooning in Masai and Serengeti Village)
TOUR ITINERARY
Day One: Moshi/Arusha/airport to Serengeti National Park
We will embark from Moshi, Arusha, or the airport in the morning for the Serengeti National Park to explore the Serengeti safari tour. The picturesque road to the Serengeti will take us along the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater. The Serengeti is one of Africa’s Seven Natural Wonders; it has stunning river crossings and is home to all great predators. You may gaze out at the scenery while eating a delicious picnic on a kopje (a small hill in a generally flat area). We’ll continue our adventure and head deeper into the Serengeti for a wildlife drive. After the wildlife drive, you will go to the Serengeti Camp, which offers full-board camping.
Day Two: Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater
The day will begin with a game viewing chance in the centre of Serengeti. Before heading to the Ngorongoro crater safari, we will stop for lunch in the park. Elephants, Lions, leopards, crocodiles, cheetahs, buffaloes, zebras, wildebeest, elands, wild dogs, gazelles, antelopes, giraffes, zebras, monkeys, baboons, hippos, rhinos, live in the Ngorongoro Crater. Vultures, storks, and flamingos are migrating birds from Eurasia and Africa. Most of the plantation is lush and green; however, there are desert plant types. The likelihood of seeing which species is determined by the time of year and the migration of the herds. We’ll travel to the crater rim in the afternoon and spend the night at Simba Camp.
Day Three: Ngorongoro Crater to Moshi
We will leave camp early to ensure we reach the Ngorongoro Crater on time. As our game endeavour with a picnic lunch is inside the crater, we will descend into it. The Ngorongoro Crater is a massive, continuous crater produced millions of years ago when a volcano erupted. Because the raised structure encourages the animals to assemble within the crater, there is a fair opportunity of seeing all five members of ‘The Big 5.’ The formidable group includes buffalo, lions, rhinoceros, elephants, and leopards. Other animals to look out for are zebra, hippos, wildebeest, and hyenas. The flamingos will lay gently on the banks of Soda Lake, while the vultures will be scavenging for a predator’s discarded meat. Among the other bird species are geese and storks. Our guides are extremely knowledgeable, and their ability to locate wildlife is astounding. This degree of knowledge is not readily obtained. Your journey will conclude in the late afternoon, and we will go to Moshi. On request, transportation to the airport or Arusha may be arranged.