Serengeti Private Safari 7 Days: Lions, Cheetahs & Ngorongoro

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Free cancellation

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Duration7d

GroupUp to 4

LanguagesEN · DE +2

PickupAt your hotel

Seven days hunting lions across four parks, your own vehicle the whole way

You travel in a private vehicle with a guide across Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti, and Ngorongoro over seven days, spotting lions, cheetahs, elephants, and buffalo. Accommodation moves between a hotel in Arusha and tented camps in the parks, all with private bathrooms. Airport transfer, all meals, and park fees are included, so you arrive and the logistics are already handled.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Arrival and safari introduction

Airport transfer to accommodation
Meet safari guide
Begin wildlife safari

Day 2 — Explore Tarangire National Park

Game drive in Tarangire
Spot elephants and buffalo
Overnight at tented lodge

Day 3 — Visit Lake Manyara National Park

Drive to Lake Manyara
Game drive and birdwatching
Stay at tented camp

Day 4 — Serengeti wildlife adventure

Travel to Serengeti National Park
Game drive spotting lions and cheetahs
Overnight in tented camp

Day 5 — Serengeti full day safari

Full day game drive in Serengeti
Enjoy wildlife and landscapes
Stay at tented camp

Day 6 — Ngorongoro Crater exploration

Drive to Ngorongoro Crater
Game drive inside crater
Overnight at hotel

Day 7 — Departure and transfer

Final morning game drive
Return to Arusha
Airport transfer

The Experience

The engine starts before dawn in Arusha, and you're already moving toward Tarangire as the sky turns grey. Your private vehicle — just you, your guide, and the road ahead — means you stop when something moves in the grass, not when a tour bus schedule says so. Tarangire fills with elephants this time of year, hundreds of them, and the guide knows which water holes they use. You'll spend the first full day there, then move on to Lake Manyara, where the landscape shifts from scrub to acacia forest and the animals change with it. The whole Serengeti private safari unfolds over six nights in a mix of hotel, tented lodge, and tented camp — each one has its own bathroom, which matters more than you'd think when you're this far out.

The Serengeti itself takes two nights. You're there during the season when lions hunt in the open and cheetahs work the plains in daylight, so your guide positions the vehicle where the action is likely to happen. It's not guaranteed — nothing is — but the odds are better than they'd be on a shared tour where the driver has to keep moving. Ngorongoro comes last, a crater so dense with animals that you can sit in one spot and watch buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, and the predators that follow them all in the same frame. Six breakfasts, six lunches, six dinners are built into the price, which means you're not hunting for restaurants or calculating tips at the end of each day. Airport transfer from Arusha is included, and the whole thing runs seven days from start to finish.

The accommodation shifts as you move — a hotel in Arusha on night one, then tented camps and lodges deeper in the parks where you fall asleep to the sound of the bush. It's not luxury in the sense of thread count; it's comfort in the sense of a real bed, a hot shower, and the ability to sit outside your tent at dusk without worrying about what's moving in the dark. Your guide handles the driving and the spotting, so you're free to watch, photograph, or just sit with what you're seeing. The vehicle is yours alone, which means no negotiating stops with strangers or waiting while someone else's photo shoot runs long.

What’s included

Airport transfer from Arusha.
private vehicle and guide for all seven days.
one night accommodation in Arusha hotel.
five nights in tented lodge and tented camp accommodation with private bathrooms.
seven breakfasts, six lunches, and six dinners.
all national park entry fees and taxes.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearbyNot for back problems

Operated by Kili View And Safaris

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see the Serengeti's main parks without arranging transport, guides, or meals separately — the private vehicle means you move at your own pace, and the fixed itinerary takes the planning off your hands.