3-Day Serengeti and Ngorongoro Safari with Crater Game Drive

Pick up and depart early from Arusha with your picnic lunch, usually around 7:30 to 8:00 am, then drive to Serengeti via the rim of Ngorongoro Crater. The total distance to the main gate of Serengeti is about 270 km, and you will normally arrive there around late noon.

After enjoying lunch on the way to the main gate, continue onward to Serengeti. Along the route, you may also have the option to explore Maasai local culture, normally at an extra cost of $20 per person.

Once you arrive at Naabi Hill, the main gate of Serengeti, your guide will complete the paperwork for a couple of minutes before continuing to Central Serengeti for an evening game drive. Later, drive to your accommodation.

Accommodation: in the park F/B

Enjoy an early morning game drive to see nocturnal animals returning from hunting and lions awakening at dawn. During the drive, you may also spot many other animals on this Tanzania safari, including buffaloes, elephants, giraffes, topi, eland, zebras, hartebeest, lions, solitary leopards, impalas, hyenas, cheetahs, serval cats, wild dogs, lizards, the black rhinoceros, and many more.

There are also many birds to be seen on safari in Tanzania, including secretary birds, black eagles, ostriches, kori bustards, crowned cranes, martial eagles, lovebirds, and marabou storks.

You may choose to return to the accommodation in the afternoon for lunch and relaxation in the evening, or continue with lunch boxes for a full-day game drive.

Depart early from Serengeti for Ngorongoro Caldera, driving back along the same highway toward Serengeti main gate and then onward to the caldera entrance before descending into it. Enjoy spectacular views of the different wildlife on the crater floor.

This crater is called "Africa's Eden" as well as the 8th Natural Wonder of the World. This massive extinct volcano, with its steep walls dropping thousands of feet, shelters a Noah's Ark of animals on the verdant floor below, including buffaloes, herds of zebras, antelopes, wildebeest, and lions. At dawn, you may also see the endangered black rhino before it returns to the thick cover of the crater forests after grazing on the dew-laden grass in the morning mist.

The Ngorongoro Crater lies at the eastern edge of the Serengeti in Northern Tanzania. Many years ago, this ancient caldera became one of the most fantastic wildlife areas on earth, with towering walls, sheltering forests, fresh springs, grasslands, and a large soda lake. You will leave the crater in the afternoon and drive back to Arusha for dinner and overnight, or be dropped off at Lake Manyara or Arusha Airport to catch your flight to Zanzibar.

Note: Flights should be arranged in advance. If the drop-off is at Lake Manyara Airport, it should be around 13:00 to 14:30, and if it is at Arusha Airport, we recommend around 16:30 to 17:30. This will help the schedule fit well.