10 Days Ngorongoro and Serengeti Safari

Arrive in northern Tanzania, where a Hartebeest Safaris representative welcomes you and provides a private transfer to your Arusha accommodation. Settle in, recover from the flight and meet your safari specialist for an unhurried briefing covering the route, park conditions and the days ahead.

Travel rhythm

Approximately 45–75 minutes from the airport, depending on traffic.

Meals

Dinner, depending on arrival time

Accommodation

Budget lodge or tented camp, confirmed in the final quotation.

Drive west through the Rift Valley, stopping at the market village of Mto wa Mbu before climbing to the cool farmlands of Karatu.

Travel rhythm

Usually 3 hours by road, with stops.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation

Budget lodge or tented camp, confirmed in the final quotation.

Leave the main safari road for the remote soda lake at the foot of the Rift Valley. Here you can meet Hadzabe hunter-gatherers and Datoga blacksmiths with a local guide, a respectful introduction to two very different ways of life.

Travel rhythm

Rough roads. Visits are guided locally and depend on the communities' own plans.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation

Budget lodge or tented camp, confirmed in the final quotation.

Climb over the crater highlands and stop at Olduvai Gorge, one of the world's most important sites for human origins, before the land opens out into the Serengeti plains. Game viewing begins on the way to camp.

Travel rhythm

A longer driving day with stops along the way.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation

Budget lodge or tented camp, confirmed in the final quotation.

Explore the Serengeti with the freedom of a private vehicle. Your guide follows fresh tracks, seasonal wildlife movement and local sightings rather than a rigid circuit. Pause for a picnic in the bush, spend time with big cats when conditions allow and watch the plains change color toward evening.

Travel rhythm

Game-drive duration remains flexible and is agreed with your guide.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation

Budget lodge or tented camp, confirmed in the final quotation.

Explore the Seronera valley, known for year-round big cats, then the granite kopjes where lions rest and leopards lie up in the trees along the river. Your guide reads the morning's tracks and radio reports rather than a fixed route.

Travel rhythm

Game-drive duration remains flexible and is agreed with your guide.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation

Budget lodge or tented camp, confirmed in the final quotation.

Explore the Serengeti with the freedom of a private vehicle. Your guide follows fresh tracks, seasonal wildlife movement and local sightings rather than a rigid circuit. Pause for a picnic in the bush, spend time with big cats when conditions allow and watch the plains change color toward evening.

Travel rhythm

Game-drive duration remains flexible and is agreed with your guide.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation

Budget lodge or tented camp, confirmed in the final quotation.

Explore the Serengeti with the freedom of a private vehicle. Your guide follows fresh tracks, seasonal wildlife movement and local sightings rather than a rigid circuit. Pause for a picnic in the bush, spend time with big cats when conditions allow and watch the plains change color toward evening.

Travel rhythm

Game-drive duration remains flexible and is agreed with your guide.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation

Budget lodge or tented camp, confirmed in the final quotation.

Travel through the Ngorongoro highlands and descend into the crater for a rewarding game drive across grassland, woodland and seasonal wetlands. The compact ecosystem supports an extraordinary concentration of wildlife, while the crater walls create one of Tanzania's most memorable natural settings.

Travel rhythm

Early descent is recommended; crater access and timing follow park rules.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation

Budget lodge or tented camp, confirmed in the final quotation.

Travel through the Ngorongoro highlands and descend into the crater for a rewarding game drive across grassland, woodland and seasonal wetlands. The compact ecosystem supports an extraordinary concentration of wildlife, while the crater walls create one of Tanzania's most memorable natural settings.

Travel rhythm

Early descent is recommended; crater access and timing follow park rules.

Meals

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Accommodation

No accommodation included unless an extension is requested.