5-Day Fly-in for Mid-Range Safari in Serengeti & Crater

After your arrival at the airport, one of our guides will welcome you at the Kilimanjaro International Airport and drive you about one hour to your accommodation in Arusha. There, you will be able to refresh and prepare for your safari experience in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro.

One of our drivers will pick you up from your accommodation and transfer you to Arusha Airport for your departure to the Serengeti. After you arrive at the Seronera airstrip, our guide will take you on a game drive.

The Serengeti covers a massive area and hosts a rich and complex ecosystem with a noticeable biodiversity. The biggest population of big mammals that still roam the planet – 1.5 million wildebeests – migrate through the park every year, joined by hundreds of thousands of zebras and gazelles. Giraffes, impalas, warthogs, and hippos live permanently in its lands, as do carnivores such as jackals, hyenas, servals, and mongooses. However, the most popular animals among visitors, commonly known as the Big Five, are lions, African leopards, African bush elephants, Eastern black rhinoceros and Cape buffaloes. This is just the beginning! After a picnic lunch and more game viewing, return to your accommodation for dinner and overnight.

Today, you will continue with game-driving activities, specifically to search for the Big Five. We recommend an early start to witness one of the most beautiful sunrises you can experience.

The best-known feature of the Serengeti is the almost treeless grassland in the south. It has kopjes (granite formations that serve as observation posts for predators). The volcanic grassland is an edaphic plant community that grows on soils derived from volcanic ash from nearby volcanos on the Grumeti and Mbalageti Rivers.

You will have an early morning game drive and then return to your accommodation for a late breakfast. Then, you will depart Serengeti for the Ngorongoro Crater with your picnic lunch and game viewing on the way. Arrive at your accommodation in the Ngorongoro area for dinner and overnight.

Start early in the day to visit the Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. It was formed when a huge volcano exploded and collapsed. In the present day, however, far from being a destructive source of hot lava, it’s actually a natural paradise and considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa. It is home to nearly 25,000 large animals, including black rhinoceros, buffaloes, hippos and big cats.

The park is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The tour will stop for lunch at a picnic spot near a lake. After lunch, you will continue with the game drive until late afternoon, when you will be driven to Arusha for your departure.