A full loop through the Serengeti ecosystem
Per person, 2 adults sharing, mid-range accommodation, peak-season park fees.
A complete loop: in through the crater and Ndutu, out through Loliondo and Lake Natron.
Tarangire, the crater and Ndutu, the Ikoma side of the Serengeti, Pololeti in Loliondo, Lake Natron and Lake Manyara, without retracing the same road.
Elephants · Baobab woodland · Lions · Giraffes · Wildebeest calves (Jan–Mar) · Cheetahs · Hyenas · Wildebeest (May–Jul) · Nile crocodiles · Colobus monkeys
Wild animals move freely; sightings are never guaranteed.
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Morning pick-up from your Arusha hotel (or Kilimanjaro Airport by arrangement). Spend the day in Tarangire's river valley and swamps, looking for elephants, lions and the park's many birds. Overnight at Africa Safari Karatu Lodge.
Africa Safari Karatu Lodge
Mid-range · Lodge · Karatu
Lunch, Dinner (Full board)
After breakfast, travel to the Ndutu plains of the southern Serengeti ecosystem. Game drive on the short-grass plains around Ndutu, where wildebeest usually calve between late January and March. Overnight at Africa Safari Ngorongoro Ndutu Camp.
Africa Safari Ngorongoro Ndutu Camp
Mid-range · Tented camp · Ndutu area (Ngorongoro Conservation Area)
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Full board)
A day in the Western Corridor, with riverine forest, open plains and, in season, the passing migration herds. Overnight at Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma Camp.
Africa Safari Serengeti Ikoma Camp
Mid-range · Tented camp · Western Serengeti NP (Ikoma area)
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Full board)
Continue through Loliondo to Pololeti Game Reserve, an area of Maasai rangeland on the eastern edge of the Serengeti ecosystem. Overnight at Africa Safari Maasai Boma.
Africa Safari Maasai Boma
Mid-range · Lodge · Just outside Pololeti Game Reserve (Loliondo)
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Full board)
A day at Lake Natron: an early walk to the flamingo shoreline, then the Ngare Sero waterfall trail with a local Maasai guide. Climbs of Ol Doinyo Lengai can be arranged for fit hikers. Overnight at Africa Safari Lake Natron Lodge.
Africa Safari Lake Natron Lodge
Mid-range · Lodge · Near Lake Natron
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Full board)
After breakfast, travel to Lake Manyara National Park. Drive through the groundwater forest of Lake Manyara National Park to the lake shore below the Rift Valley wall. Overnight at Africa Safari Manyara Escarpment Camp.
Africa Safari Manyara Escarpment Camp
Mid-range · Tented camp · Escarpment above Lake Manyara NP
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Full board)
Return to Arusha in the afternoon for your onward journey, or transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport. End of services.
Breakfast, Lunch · End of services
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Mid-range: properties for this route. Availability is confirmed at quotation; an equivalent property of the same level is offered if one is full. Where a lodge has not yet supplied photos for our use, we show a photo of its area — your consultant sends the lodge’s own photos with the quotation.
Karatu
Mid-range · Lodge · 1 night (day 1)
Ndutu area (Ngorongoro Conservation Area)
Mid-range · Tented camp · 1 night (day 2)
Western Serengeti NP (Ikoma area)
Mid-range · Tented camp · 1 night (day 3)
Just outside Pololeti Game Reserve (Loliondo)
Mid-range · Lodge · 1 night (day 4)
Near Lake Natron
Mid-range · Lodge · 1 night (day 5)
Escarpment above Lake Manyara NP
Mid-range · Tented camp · 1 night (day 6)
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3 daysPopular choiceA short, high-impact luxury safari with a night in the Serengeti
The shortest practical way to see both the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater, staying at a luxury tented camp.
3 daysThree parks in three days from one Karatu lodge
Three contrasting parks without changing rooms: Tarangire's elephants, the Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara.
3 daysFly straight to the calving plains
A light-aircraft flight puts you on the Ndutu plains in under two hours, in the middle of the calving season.
