Quick Safari
3-Day Serengeti Express
A fast-paced Serengeti experience focused on predator action and endless plains.
- Duration
- 3 Days / 2 Nights
- Route
- Serengeti
- Best time
- Year-round in the central Serengeti
- Pace
- Moderate
Overview
About this safari
The shortest sensible way to see the Serengeti. Flying in and out saves two long days of driving, leaving three game drives and a full day in the field in the central Serengeti, the park’s year-round predator hub.
Trip highlights
- Fly straight into the central Serengeti
- A full day tracking lions, leopards and cheetahs
- Granite kopjes and the Seronera River
- Optional sunrise balloon flight
Your route
Trip at a glance
- Duration
- 3 Days / 2 Nights
- Start / end
- Arusha → Arusha (by light aircraft)
- Style
- Quick Safari
- Pace
- Moderate
- Stay
- Tented camp or lodge in central Serengeti
- Ideal for
- Travellers short on time, add-ons to Zanzibar, photographers
- Best time
- Year-round in the central Serengeti; June to October for dry, open plains.
- Price
- Quoted per trip; depends on season, group size and lodges
Day by day
Your itinerary
Timings and camps can shift with the season and wildlife; your guide adapts each day to give you the best sightings.
Day 1: Fly into the Serengeti
Morning flight from Arusha to the Seronera airstrip, where your guide meets you with the vehicle. Game drive to camp, then head out again in the afternoon to the kopjes, where lion prides often rest in the shade.
Day 2: Predator tracking in the Seronera Valley
A full day in the field with a packed lunch. Follow the Seronera River for leopards in the sausage trees, scan the plains for cheetahs and visit the hippo pool. If the migration is passing through the centre, we follow the herds.
Day 3: Sunrise drive and flight to Arusha
A final early game drive, when the light is golden and predators are active, then breakfast and a transfer to the airstrip for your flight back to Arusha or onward to Zanzibar.
What’s included
Included and not included
This is what a standard private safari with us includes. Your written proposal confirms the details for your trip.
Included
- Private 4x4 safari vehicle with pop-up roof
- Professional English-speaking driver-guide
- All park and conservation fees for the itinerary
- Accommodation as listed, with the meals shown for each day
- Drinking water in the vehicle throughout the safari
- Airport transfers in Tanzania
Not included
- International flights and Tanzanian visa
- Travel insurance (required)
- Optional activities such as balloon flights
- Tips for guides and camp staff
- Drinks and personal expenses unless stated
When to go
Best time for this trip
Year-round in the central Serengeti; June to October for dry, open plains.
- JanPeak
- FebPeak
- MarPeak
- AprQuieter / wet
- MayQuieter / wet
- JunGood
- JulPeak
- AugPeak
- SepPeak
- OctPeak
- NovGood
- DecGood
Destinations
Places on this safari
Read our in-depth guide to each park on the route.
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