3 Days Serengeti Classic Safari
A 3-day Serengeti safari from Arusha with game drives and Big Five viewing
Overview
3-day Serengeti safari
A 3-day Serengeti safari takes you into Tanzania's oldest park, where the plains and their wildlife set the scene for the journey that follows.
Tanzania is a safari paradise with stunning scenery, abundant wildlife, and diverse cultures. This tour will take you to Serengeti, a UNESCO world heritage site and home to various wildlife, including lions, cheetahs and at certain times of the year, the wildebeest migration and Ngorongoro Crater where you can enjoy its blue-green vistas and unparalleled concentration of wildlife.
Travel logistics
Start / Finish
Start
- Arusha
- JROKilimanjaro International Airport
Finish
- Arusha
- JROKilimanjaro International Airport
Highlights
What Makes This Safari Special
Big Five game viewing
Explore Serengeti National Park
Handpicked lodges & camps
3 days fully guided
Day by Day
3-day Serengeti safari itinerary
After breakfast at your accommodation, you will be driven to Central Serengeti. With your packed lunch boxed maximize the changes of viewing more wildlife by having en route game viewing while heading to the park.
Serengeti National Park is Tanzania’s oldest and most popular national park. A UNESCO world heritage site and recently proclaimed the 7th wonder of the world, Serengeti is famed for its annual migration where some six million hooves pound the open plains. Serengeti offers an exotic game-viewing experience in the whole of Africa giving you an up-close look of the animals you've only seen in National Geographic: great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant’s gazelle.
Today you will have full day game viewing in central Serengeti. Serengeti National Park is known for its healthy population of resident wildlife, particularly the "big five", named for the five most prized trophies taken by hunters. Evening drive back to the camp for evening leisure and overnight.
THE BIG FIVE “5”
Lion: the Serengeti is believed to hold the largest population of lions in Africa due in part to the abundance of prey species. More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem. African
Leopard: these reclusive predators are commonly seen in the Seronera region but are present throughout the national park with a population of around 1,000.
African Elephant: the herds are recovering from population lows in the 1980s caused by poaching and are largely located in the northern regions of the park.
African Buffalo: considered by many to be the most dangerous of the big five, reportedly causing the most hunter deaths, with wounded animals reported to ambush and attack pursuers.
Rhinoceros: this may refer to either black or white rhinoceros. Among big five game hunters, the black rhinoceros is preferred, although it is now critically endangered.
After an early breakfast, you set out for a morning of game viewing in the Serengeti. The early hours are often the most active, so keep your binoculars ready for whatever the plains may offer before the day warms up.
Later, you leave the park behind and drive to Arusha city, where this safari comes to an end. You will have breakfast, lunch and dinner today, with the evening meal taken in Arusha. If you are flying home, the drive continues on to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your departure.
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Where You Stay
Handpicked
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)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Not Included
- International flights (from/to home)
- Tips (tipping guideline US$20.00 pp per day)
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Services not mentioned in the program
- Items of a personal nature
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); tips (tipping guideline US$20.00 pp per day); personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.). 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 and 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.
Send an inquiry through the form on this page and our safari experts will come back with a personalized quote within 24 hours, free and with no obligation. Once the plan feels right, we lock in your dates and lodges.
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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