3-Day Fly-In Safari - Serengeti & Ngorongoro

You'll depart Arusha in the morning for the scenic flight to the Serengeti, with Tanzania's landscape unfolding beneath you. On arrival, your SafariBando driver-guide meets you for a day-long exploration of the park, tracking the vast herds of zebra and wildebeest, scanning acacia trees for leopard, and watching elephant and giraffe graze across the plains. A picnic lunch is enjoyed out on safari before returning to your lodge for the evening.

Distance: Flight from Arusha, then a full day of game driving in the Serengeti

Activity: Flight to the Serengeti, full-day game drive

Accommodation: Lodge inside the Serengeti

Meals: Lunch & Dinner

An early start for a sunrise game drive, the best window to catch predators in action and watch the Serengeti light up at dawn. After a late breakfast, you'll begin the drive toward Ngorongoro, itself a game drive in its own right, with a good chance of spotting the Big Five or wildebeest herds along the way. Two optional cultural add-ons are available at extra cost: a visit to the Oldupai Gorge Museum, known as the Cradle of Mankind for its significance in the study of human origins, or a Maasai boma visit, with the chance to witness traditional dance and explore an authentic village.

Distance: Sunrise game drive, then drive to Ngorongoro with en-route game viewing

Activity: Sunrise game drive, transfer to Ngorongoro, optional Oldupai Gorge or Maasai boma visit

Accommodation: Hotel or lodge near the Ngorongoro crater rim

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After breakfast, you'll depart for the Ngorongoro Crater, often called the Eighth Wonder of the World, with your first view from the panoramic rim viewpoint making clear why. Home to over 120 mammal species including the Big Five, the crater floor offers excellent chances of spotting the endangered black rhino and large pods of hippo, alongside lion, leopard, cheetah, jackal and hyena from the comfort of your open-top vehicle. A picnic lunch by the park's famous hippo pool rounds out the morning before the drive back to Arusha.

Distance: Crater floor game drive, then drive back to Arusha

Activity: Full Ngorongoro Crater floor game drive, then return to Arusha

Accommodation: N/A, end of safari

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

Good to know

• This package can start from Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam or Arusha, and can be extended with additional days in the Serengeti or other Northern Circuit parks, just let us know your preference.
• We can arrange your Day 3 departure flight to Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam, Arusha, or directly to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), let us know your preference for an accurate quote.

Extend your trip

• Prefer to skip the flight and have more overland days? Our 4-Day Tanzania Lodge Safari covers Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro by road.