Serengeti & Ngorongoro: 3-Day Safari with Local Guides

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Free cancellation

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Duration3d

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN · DE +2

PickupAt your hotel

Three Days Tracking Lions and Leopards Across Tanzania's Endless Plains

You spend three days in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro with a local guide who knows the terrain and the wildlife patterns, staying at a lodge inside the park so you're not commuting each day. All park fees, meals, transfers, and vehicle costs are covered upfront, and the vehicle comes stocked with drinks and snacks so you're not hunting for supplies. The safari includes a briefing before you start and support available around the clock if you need it.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Drive and game drive Serengeti

Early breakfast
Pick up by driver guide and chef
Drive to Serengeti via Ngorongoro
Game viewing in Serengeti National Park
Drive to lodge inside park
Relaxation, dinner, and overnight

Day 2 — Full day game drive Serengeti

Wake up to African sounds
Breakfast at main area
Full day game drive in Serengeti
Spot lions, elephants, buffaloes, and birds
Drive to lodge in evening
Relaxation, dinner, and overnight

Day 3 — Game drive Ngorongoro Crater

Drive to Ngorongoro Crater
Full day game drive in crater
Spot leopard, lion, rhino, and more
Ascend from crater floor
Drive to Arusha

The Experience

The Serengeti covers nearly 15,000 square kilometers, and on this three-day safari you'll spend two full days driving through it with a guide who was born here. That matters. Your driver isn't reading from a script—he knows where the lions rest during the heat, which water holes draw the herds, and how to read the landscape for movement you'd miss from the road. Day one takes you through Ngorongoro Conservation Area on the way in, then into the park itself for your first evening game drive before settling into Serengeti Serena Lodge, which sits inside the park boundaries so you wake to the sounds of the place rather than arriving fresh each morning.

The second day is the full immersion. You're out at breakfast time and back in the vehicle while the light is still low and the animals are moving. The Serengeti holds around 3,000 lions—more than most reserves on the continent—and they're relatively easy to spot because they spend up to 20 hours a day resting under trees. You'll also see bush elephants, cape buffalo, zebra, and if you're patient, the black rhino that the crater is famous for protecting. Your guide carries binoculars and a radio that connects him to other drivers, so when something moves, word travels fast. Lunch happens back at the lodge; the afternoon drive takes you deeper into the park as the light shifts.

Day three shifts focus to Ngorongoro Crater, the 8th wonder that sits 190 kilometers from Arusha. It's a volcanic caldera that dropped into itself and created its own ecosystem—grassland, forest, swamp, and a crater floor with permanent water that supports over 25,000 large mammals in a contained space. You descend into it for a full day of game viewing, spotting leopard, lion, hyena, waterbuck, and baboons in a landscape that feels separate from the world above. The crater's nickname is "Africa's Garden of Eden," and once you're down there you understand why. After the drive back up, you head toward Arusha.

What's included takes the logistics off your shoulders: all park and conservancy fees, accommodation with full board (three meals a day), airport transfers, unlimited mileage, and a vehicle stocked with soft drinks, wine, snacks, fruit, beer, and bottled water. There's also complimentary Wi-Fi in the vehicle, tea and coffee unlimited during the safari, and a briefing at the start so you know what you're looking at. You get a bush hat and a Kojuu Safaris duffel as part of the package. The company offers 24/7 support from a travel advisor if something shifts, and Flying Doctor Insurance is included in case of emergency.

What’s included

All airport transfers.
entry fees for Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and all national park and conservancy fees.
accommodation at Serengeti Serena Lodge on full board basis (all meals).
unlimited mileage in a safari vehicle.
in-vehicle Wi-Fi.
soft drinks, wine, snacks, fruit, beer, and bottled water stocked in the vehicle.
unlimited tea and coffee during the safari.
a safari briefing at the start.
Flying Doctor Insurance cover.
bush hat and Kojuu Safaris duffel.
24/7 support from a travel advisor.

Good to know

Easy physical levelNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

Operated by Kojuu Safaris Africa

Is this one for you?Choose this safari if you want the main Serengeti and Ngorongoro experience without arranging transport, park permits, or meals separately—the three-day structure and included lodge mean you focus on wildlife and landscape rather than logistics.