3 Days Classic Serengeti Safari
A 3-day Serengeti safari with Ngorongoro Crater and Arusha
Overview
3-day Serengeti safari
A 3-day Serengeti safari takes in the plains of the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater, and the wider picture is worth setting out first.
Tanzania is a safari paradise with stunning scenery, abundant wildlife and diverse cultures. This tour will take you to Ngorongoro Crater where you can enjoy its blue-green vistas and unparalleled concentration of wildlife; Serengeti, a UNESCO world heritage site and home to various wildlife, including lions, cheetahs and at certain times of the year, the wildebeest migration.
Travel logistics
Start / Finish
Start
- Arusha
- JROKilimanjaro International Airport
Finish
- Arusha
- JROKilimanjaro International Airport
Highlights
What Makes This Safari Special
Descend into the Ngorongoro Crater
Game drives with a professional guide
Explore Serengeti National Park
Explore Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Day by Day
3-day Serengeti safari itinerary
You will be picked up from your hotel in Arusha, and from there we drive to Serengeti National Park. The drive takes you across the plains and into the park itself, where your first game drive follows in the afternoon. Keep your eyes on the grasslands as you go: lions, cheetahs, elephants, buffalo, zebra and wildebeest all live here, along with gazelles, eland and wild dog, and at certain times of the year the wildebeest migration moves through the Serengeti. Later in the day you continue to Enkirari Wilderness Camp, where dinner is served and you spend the night.
Tomorrow you remain in the Serengeti for a full day of game driving along the plains, before the tour continues to the Ngorongoro Crater on your final day.
You spend the whole of today in Serengeti National Park, with a full day of game driving across the plains. After breakfast at Enkirari Wilderness Camp, you set out with your driver-guide and stay out for the day, following the tracks and the movement of the herds rather than rushing back to camp.
The plains are home to lion, leopard, elephant, cheetah, buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, eland, wild dog and gazelle, and crocodiles can be found in the rivers. Which of these you come across is never certain, but your guide will read the signs and use the hours to put you in the best possible places to watch them. Lunch is taken out in the park, and you return to camp in the late afternoon with time to rest before dinner.
Tomorrow you leave the Serengeti behind and drive to Ngorongoro for the crater tour, so an early night is worth considering.
You leave the Serengeti early this morning and drive towards the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, where you descend into the crater for your tour. The crater floor is a world of its own, with grasslands, a soda lake and acacia woodland supporting a dense concentration of wildlife. Lions, elephants, buffalo, zebras and gazelles are all possible here, along with the chance of spotting a black rhino. You will also take in the blue-green views from the crater rim before making your way back up.
After the crater tour you begin the return to Arusha, travelling through the highlands and passing villages and farmland along the way. You arrive in the evening, when you are dropped off at your hotel. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included today.
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Retreats
Every lodge and camp is chosen for its location, character and comfort, so the place you rest is as memorable as the adventure itself.
What's Included
Inclusions & Exclusions
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)
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
Questions
Frequently Asked
The price covers 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). Budget separately for international flights (from/to home); additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour; tips (tipping guideline US$20.00 pp per day). Your personalized quote confirms the full breakdown line by line.
This safari runs year-round. Tanzania shifts between dry and green seasons, each with its own advantages for wildlife viewing. Share your travel window and our experts will advise on conditions.
This is a private, tailor-made safari for your own party of 2 to 12 guests. You won't be grouped with strangers. The itinerary, vehicle and guide are yours alone.
You'll stay at Enkirari Wilderness Camp, as laid out in the day-by-day itinerary. If availability requires it, we substitute properties of a similar or better standard and always confirm before you travel.
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Absolutely. Treat the 3-day program as a starting point. We can adjust the pace, upgrade or change lodges, add days, or combine it with other destinations. Tell us what your ideal trip looks like and we'll shape it around you.
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