The Serengeti is the safari against which all others are measured. Nearly 15,000 square kilometers of open grassland, kopjes and riverine forest hold Africa’s densest lion population and the full cast of the Great Migration, which never actually leaves the ecosystem — it just moves.
That movement is the key to planning. The herds calve in the south around Ndutu in late January and February, push through the Western Corridor in May and June, and mass on the Mara River in the north from July to October. We place your camp where the action is, not where the crowds are.
Highlights of Serengeti National Park
The Great Migration
Follow the herds — calving season in the south, river crossings in the north.
Explore The Great Migration →Big cats of Seronera
The central valley is famous for leopard along the river lines and prides of twenty-plus lion.
Kopjes & the northern woodlands
Granite outcrops sheltering lion and klipspringer, and the quiet, beautiful north beyond the crossings.
Balloon safaris
Dawn over the plains by hot-air balloon, ending with a champagne bush breakfast.
Best time to visit
Calving season around Ndutu — half a million wildebeest born in weeks, and predators everywhere.
The dry season. Crossings on the Grumeti, then the Mara River in the north from July.
Short rains green the plains as the herds return south. Quiet and beautiful.
Planning & cost
Private Serengeti safaris from $8,000 per person, all-inclusive.
Every journey is private, all-inclusive and tailor-made — your own guide and vehicle, the finest lodges, and a specialist on call throughout.
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Tanzania
The Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire and Zanzibar.
Explore →ExperienceThe Great Migration
Two million wildebeest on the move between the Serengeti and the Mara.
Explore →TanzaniaNgorongoro Crater
The Big Five inside a collapsed volcano — the densest game viewing on earth.
Explore →Serengeti National Park FAQs
Three to four nights is the sweet spot for one area; if you want to follow the migration across two regions — say Ndutu and the north — allow five to six nights split between two camps.
Base yourself in the Kogatende / Lamai area in the far north between July and October. Mobile camps there sit minutes from the main crossing points on the Mara River.
They are two halves of one ecosystem. The Serengeti is far larger with a longer migration season; the Mara is more compact with superb year-round game. Many of our journeys combine both.
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