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7 Days Serengeti & Ngorongoro Safari
7 Days Tarangire · Serengeti · Ngorongoro Crater Private safari
From $3,250 per person
From $3,250 per person
This seven-day journey threads together three of northern Tanzania's most celebrated landscapes. You'll begin among the elephant herds and ancient baobabs of Tarangire, spend three nights on the boundless Serengeti plains tracking big cats and great herds, and finish with a full game drive inside the Ngorongoro Crater — a natural amphitheatre holding one of the densest concentrations of wildlife in Africa.
Every Natureloop safari is private: your own vehicle, your own guide, and a pace set entirely around you. We hand-pick small, well-situated camps and lodges that put you close to the action without sacrificing comfort.
Day by Day
Your Natureloop guide meets you at Kilimanjaro International Airport and transfers you to your lodge in Arusha. Settle in, meet your safari specialist for a full briefing and enjoy a relaxed evening before the journey begins.
Drive southwest to Tarangire, a park famous for its enormous elephant herds and ancient baobab trees. An afternoon game drive follows the Tarangire River, where wildlife gathers in remarkable numbers during the dry season.
Travel up through the Ngorongoro highlands and descend onto the Serengeti plains, game-driving as you go. The scale of the landscape announces itself long before you reach your camp in the central Serengeti.
A full day on the plains with morning and afternoon game drives. Your guide reads the land for lion prides on the kopjes, cheetah on the short-grass plains and leopards along the riverine lines.
A final Serengeti morning before driving toward the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Optional stop at a Maasai boma before continuing to your lodge perched on the crater rim or in the green highlands of Karatu.
Descend 600 metres to the crater floor for a full game drive among roughly 25,000 resident animals — including black rhino, lion, hyena and huge tusker elephants. Picnic lunch beside the hippo pool, then ascend to Karatu.
A leisurely breakfast before the drive back to Arusha for lunch and a day room if needed, then onward transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport — or continue to Zanzibar for a beach extension.
Excellent year-round. June to October brings peak dry-season concentrations, while January to March adds the southern Serengeti calving season and lush green scenery.
Questions
Yes — seven days gives you three full Serengeti nights plus a complete crater game drive without rushing. It's our most balanced first-time itinerary.
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Tarangire · Serengeti · Ngorongoro Crater
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