Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Parkis Tanzania’s largest and most famous National park with great wildlife and various hectares of savannah. It is located in Northern Tanzania and was established in 1951 and covers 14,763 sq km of large savanna grasslands, dotted with acacia trees. The park is home to the greatest wildlife and receives over 350,000 tourists per year.
The Serengeti National Park is famously known for the annual Great migration where by thousands of wildebeests together with other animals like the elands, zebras, gazelle and impalas move to around the park throughout the year in search for better and new grazing lands and water. Amazingly as these wildebeests migrate also predators including the wild cats are finding their way to prey.
There are various activities that can be done in Serengeti National Park such as balloon safaris over the park; 6 people these safaris can be done throughout the year- this is an amazing experience whereby you can view the park well and also do photography, balloons used here carry 16 people and there are added services like a drive through the park and champagne breakfast in the bush.
Other activities include; Luxury Safaris, Birding Safaris, Wedding Safaris, Wildlife Safaris, Camping Safaris. Over 500 bird species are found in the park and many of these are found in the swampy areas. Other animals found in the park except the wildebeests are the lions, bat eared foxes, leopards, jackals, cheetahs, hyenas.
Serengeti National Park Map
Serengeti Safari Travel Advice
We take pride in providing our travellers with unbiased advice based on extensive, first-hand experience in the destinations we recommend. We’ve been tailor-making Serengeti safari itineraries since 2013 – here are some of our top tips:
1. Book Early for the Migration
A year in advance is normal, as camps located near river-crossing hot spots get snapped up quickly. Talk to us about getting front-row seats during July to November.
2. Take to the Air
Hot-air balloon safaris are a Masai Mara specialty and deliver an unforgettable bird’s-eye view of the Wildebeest Migration. Not every lodge or camp offers them – get in touch with us to find out who does.
3. Meet the Locals, With Dignity
Make sure your Maasai cultural interaction genuinely benefits the local community and is an experience that is both meaningful and uncontrived. We’ll recommend accommodation and operators that do it the right way.
4. Go Private
The Masai Mara National Reserve can get very busy during the Migration’s high season (July to November). The Mara’s private conservancies offer low visitor numbers, excellent accommodation and game viewing as good as the main reserve. Off-road game viewing, night drives and guided nature walks – activities not permitted in the public section of the Masai Mara – are also on offer. Furthermore, by staying in the conservancies, you will contribute directly to local communities and conservation.
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Serengeti Trips Tanzania helped us plan an unforgettable week in Tanzania. They listened to what we were looking for and then created a custom itinerary that perfectly fit what we wanted.
We absolutely loved our accommodations, guides, and entire trip! All of our transfers and logistics were seamless and it was so helpful having contacts within country (via Whatsapp) to answer any questions.
Thank you again to Serengeti Trips Tanzania for designing and coordinating an amazing trip! - Nguyen, travelled July 2021
Flights and Getting Around
Kilimanjaro International Airport JRO between Arusha and Moshi is Tanzania’s major international airport for the Serengeti National Park. All safari trips depart from Arusha’s smaller Airport. and in rare cases from Kilimanjaro and fly straight into the reserve by a short charter flight. You’ll land at one of the local airstrips and get transferred to your safari camp or lodge by 4×4.
Safari Vehicles
Guided road transfers and game drives in Kenya are conducted in closed 4x4s with big windows and pop-up roofs. Most safari destinations in Kenya have extensive road networks and closed vehicles are therefore the norm when doing long-distance road transfers between airstrips, camps and lodges. A closed 4×4 game drive vehicle generally has three rows of seating and features a pop-up roof hatch that can be raised for game viewing and taking photographs. If you’re flying to one of the Masai Mara’s airstrips, your transfer vehicle could be open-sided.
