Serengeti & Ngorongoro
The greatest wildlife show on earth, staged across endless short-grass plains.
Best time to visit
June–October (dry season, river crossings)
Currency
Tanzanian Shilling (TZS)
Language
Swahili, English
Time zone
Africa/Dar_es_Salaam (UTC+3)
The Serengeti ecosystem runs from northern Tanzania into Kenya's Masai Mara, and it hosts the largest land mammal migration on the planet — around 1.5 million wildebeest, plus zebra and gazelle, moving in a great annual loop.
Neighbouring Ngorongoro Crater is a collapsed volcano holding a dense, self-contained population of lion, elephant, rhino and flamingo. Because sightings are concentrated, the crater delivers reliably year-round, which makes it the ideal companion to a Serengeti safari.
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