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3-Day Serengeti Safari Tours
The Serengeti National Park is one of those special safari destinations in Africa where the reality exceeds the hype, and it’s the perfect destination for a 3-day safari. This vast park is best known for the annual migration of around 2 million wildebeest, zebra and Thomson’s gazelle that make their way through the park. But this is a remarkable park at any time. The wildlife is as extraordinary as the landscapes that include seemingly endless savannah grasslands, bouldered kopjes (rock formations) rising from the plains, and so many perfectly formed acacia trees of the kind synonymous with an East African safari. But it’s the wildlife that most people come to see on their 3-day safari, and the Serengeti never disappoints.
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3-Day Honeymoners Fly in Luxury Safari
$2,332 to $2,435 pp (USD)
Tanzania: Private tourLuxuryLodge
You Visit: Zanzibar (Start), Central Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater, Zanzibar (End)
Go Serengeti African Tours
4.9/5 – 681 Reviews
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3-Day Mid Range Group Tour Adventures
$1,126 pp (USD)
Tanzania: Shared tour (max 7 people per vehicle)
Mid-range Lodge & Tented CampYou Visit: Arusha (Start), Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha (End)
Suricata Safaris
5.0/5 – 4,193 Reviews
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3-Day Serengeti National Park & Ngorongoro Best Safari
$1,331 pp (USD)
Tanzania: Private tour
Mid-range Lodge & Tented CampYou Visit: Arusha (Start), Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha (End)
Serengeti Silence
5.0/5 – 149 Reviews
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3-Day Calving Migration, Southern Serengeti & Ngorongoro
$1,328 pp (USD)
Tanzania: Private tour
Mid-range Lodge & Tented CampYou Visit: Arusha (Start), Southern Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha (End)
kiliclimb Africa Safaris
5.0/5 – 345 Reviews
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3-Day Ngorongoro, Serengeti and Wildlife Camping Safari
$1,294 pp (USD)
Tanzania: Private tour
Mid-range Tented Camp & HotelYou Visit: Arusha (Start), Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha (End)
Highneck Safaris
5.0/5 – 33 Reviews
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3-Day Luxury Private Safari Serengeti & Ngorongoro
$1,324 pp (USD)
Tanzania: Private tour
Mid-range Lodge & Tented CampYou Visit: Arusha (Start), Serengeti NP, Central Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha (End)
Mountain Warriors Tours and Safaris
4.9/5 – 639 Reviews
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3-Day Fly & Drive Safari to Ngorongoro & Serengeti
$1,856 pp (USD)
Tanzania: Private tour
Mid-range Tented CampYou Visit: Zanzibar (Start), Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater, Zanzibar (End)
Lekobe Adventures Safaris
5.0/5 – 137 Reviews
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3-Day Fly-in Outbreak in Serengeti and Ngorongoro
$1,841 to $1,892 pp (USD)
Tanzania: Private tour
Mid-range Lodge & Tented CampYou Visit: Zanzibar (Start), Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater, Zanzibar (End)
Go Makini Tanzania Expedition
4.9/5 – 171 Reviews
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3-Day Jewels of Tanzania - Mid-Range
$1,688 to $2,149 pp (USD)
Tanzania: Private tour
Mid-range Lodge & Tented CampYou Visit: Arusha (Start), Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha (End)
Soul of Tanzania
5.0/5 – 559 Reviews
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3-Day Fly-in Serengeti & Ngorongoro Camping Experience
$1,483 to $1,585 pp (USD)
Tanzania: Private tourBudgetCamping
You Visit: Zanzibar (Start), Central Serengeti NP, Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater, Zanzibar (End)
Josh Dreamland Safari
4.9/5 – 112 Reviews
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3-Day Southern Serengeti and Crater Calving Season Tour
$1,204 pp (USD)
Tanzania: Private tour
Mid-range Lodge & Tented CampYou Visit: Arusha (Start), Southern Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha (End)
Ozon Light Tours
5.0/5 – 496 Reviews
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![3-Day Fly in & out Serengeti & Ngorongoro from Zanzibar]()
3-Day Fly in & out Serengeti & Ngorongoro from Zanzibar
$1,792 to $1,925 pp (USD)
Tanzania: Private tourBudgetTented Camp & Hotel
You Visit: Zanzibar (Start), Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater, Zanzibar (End)
Somewhere In Africa
5.0/5 – 83 Reviews
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3-Day Flying from Zanzibar for Serengeti Adventures
$1,900 pp (USD)
Tanzania: Private tour
Mid-range Tented CampYou Visit: Zanzibar (Start), Serengeti NP, Tarangire NP, Zanzibar (End)
Kibo Mawenzi Safaris
4.9/5 – 100 Reviews
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3-Day Fly in Safari to Serengeti National Park
$2,121 pp (USD)
Tanzania: Private tour
Mid-range Tented CampYou Visit: Arusha (Start), Central Serengeti NP, Arusha (End)
Tanzania Songbirds Safaris
5.0/5 – 46 Reviews
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3-Day Fly-in Central Serengeti Glamping Safari
$2,009 to $2,146 pp (USD)
Tanzania: Private tour
Mid-range Tented CampYou Visit: Zanzibar (Start), Central Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater, Zanzibar (End)
Shemeji Safari
4.9/5 – 307 Reviews
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3-Day Group Camping Tour to Serengeti Ngorongoro
$675 to $731 pp (USD)
Tanzania: Shared tour (max 6 people per vehicle)BudgetCamping
You Visit: Arusha (Start), Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Highlands, Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha (End)
Toilo Tours and Safaris
5.0/5 – 54 Reviews
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3-Day Private Midrange Serengeti Ngorongoro Fly -in
$2,006 to $2,059 pp (USD)
Tanzania: Private tour
Mid-range Lodge & Tented CampYou Visit: Zanzibar (Start), Central Serengeti NP, Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater, Zanzibar (End)
Kilipath African Safari
4.9/5 – 415 Reviews
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3-Day Fly from Zanzibar to Ndutu & Ngorongoro Crater
$2,250 pp (USD)
Tanzania: Private tour
Mid-range Tented CampYou Visit: Zanzibar (Start), Ndutu (Southern Serengeti NP), Ngorongoro Crater, Zanzibar (End)
Uro Adventure & Safaris
5.0/5 – 42 Reviews
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3-Day Serengeti and Ngorongoro Trip
$1,536 pp (USD)
Tanzania: Private tour
Mid-range Tented CampYou Visit: Arusha (Start), Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater, Arusha (End)
Tanzania Wildheart Adventures
5.0/5 – 42 Reviews
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3-Day Trip Fly from Arusha-Serengeti, Crater to Zanzibar
$1,664 pp (USD)
Tanzania: Private tour
Mid-range Lodge & Tented CampYou Visit: Arusha (Start), Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Crater, Zanzibar (End)
Ndutu Green Explorers
5.0/5 – 254 Reviews
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6 Questions About 3-Day Serengeti Safaris
Answered by
Anthony Ham
Anthony fell in love with the Serengeti the very first time he visited, and each time he explores this incredible park, the love affair deepens. He is an expert on Tanzania’s Northern safari circuit and author of Lonely Planet’s ‘Tanzania’ and ‘East Africa’ guides. He wrote ‘The Last Lions of Africa’.› More about Anthony
6 Questions About 3-Day Serengeti Safaris
Anthony Ham
Is 3 days enough time for a trip in Serengeti National Park?
“The simple answer is that 3 days is a minimum for exploring the Serengeti. But plan to stay longer if you can. You won’t be able to see all of the Serengeti in 3 days. But if you concentrate on one area, you’ll see enough to understand why this is the favorite safari park in Africa for so many people. Which area you choose may depend on the time of year you visit. If you’re here during the migration, your focus is likely to be on the area where the animals are during those months. If you happen to be where the migration is, then 3 days is all you’ll need to catch a glimpse of one of the greatest wildlife shows on earth. If not, you’ll be surprised at how much of the Serengeti you can see in a relatively short space of time. After all, the Serengeti is one place where one thrilling sighting or wildlife encounter is all it takes to have a safari experience that makes the whole trip worthwhile.”
1What are the accommodation options?
“The Serengeti has an exceptional array of accommodation choices, but the mainstays are lodges and tented camps. Lodges are usually four-walled structures with rooms, often decked out in safari colors. The lodges offer accommodation that usually combines an excellent location (you often find them deep in the Serengeti’s best wildlife areas) with all-round luxury and good service. Tented camps consist of large canvas safari tents, where you can lie awake at night and listen for lions. These tents range from simple to downright luxurious. Some of these tented camps are mobile camps. That means that they follow the migration’s usual route through the park, staying until the animals have left the area. Then they’re dismantled and moved to where the animals are headed. These mobile camps are necessarily less luxurious but many are still extremely comfortable. These mobile camps move between two, or sometimes even three, Serengeti locations. There is also a handful of camping options, but only in the central Seronera area.”
2Which animals am I likely to see on a 3-day Serengeti safari?
“Where you are in the Serengeti will, to some extent, determine what you see. If you’re following the migration, you’ll see more zebra and wildebeest than you ever imagined possible. The noise of the passing migration is constant and, when seen from afar, the animals look like a moving river. Where there is this much prey, the predators are surely never far away, especially lions, leopards, cheetahs and spotted hyenas. You don’t have to be tracking with the migration to see most of these species. My most rewarding big-cat encounters have taken place far from the migration. The Serengeti has an endless array of antelope species. Also commonly seen are elephants, giraffes, black-backed jackals and buffalo, as well as an impressive portfolio of birds. Black rhinos also lurk in the Serengeti shadows, although it’s really hitting the jackpot if you see one.”
3How much will this safari cost?
“How much you pay for a 3-day Serengeti safari depends on a number of factors. At the top of this list is the level of luxury you’re looking for. If you plan on staying in high-end tented camps or lodges, you can expect to pay more than US$2,000 per person, more if you include local flights to, from or within the Serengeti. If on a budget and/or a camping safari, the costs will be considerably lower, starting at around US$850 per person and rising to around US$1,250. There are, of course, a number of other variables. These include which season you plan on traveling in, whether you’re staying for 2 or 3 nights, and transport options such as flights and the number of people per vehicle. At the lower end of the price range, if you’re on a camping safari, you may be expected to participate in setting up camp, cooking and other responsibilities while out on safari.”
4What can I expect from a 3-day Serengeti safari?
“You can expect to see lots of animals. In many ways, this is a classic East African safari experience with lots of animals to see against a backdrop of vast savannah grasslands stretching to a very far horizon. Expect to be out early as the activities of night predators spill over into the early daylight hours, and again in the hours before sunset as they get ready for the night ahead. Game drives usually last for anywhere between two to four or even five hours. In the hot hours in the middle of the day, you’ll often be back at camp or at your lodge for lunch and relaxation time, before heading out again in the mid- to late afternoon. A particular highlight of the late-afternoon drive is the sundowner, a most agreeable safari tradition whereby you’ll stop for drinks at a scenic spot close to sunset. A hot-air balloon safari is an incredible experience, but it’s usually an add-on to a standard 3-day safari.”
5What kind of vehicle can I expect?
“You will almost certainly be traveling in a 4WD vehicle while you’re in the Serengeti. Although you’re not allowed to stray from established trails while you’re in the park, many of these can be bumpy and often muddy, depending on the time of year, hence the need for a high-clearance 4WD. There are no paved roads within the park. Most often, your transport will be an open-sided vehicle with a canopy roof covering and tiered seating in anywhere between three and five rows. It’s a wonderful way to explore the wilds of the Serengeti. With no walls to separate you from what you’ll be seeing, you’ll catch a breeze, and you’ll feel really close to the animals, so close that you’ll feel like you can almost reach out and touch that lion as it passes (don’t!). There are other 4WDs that are enclosed, and these are used more often for smaller groups.”
6Serengeti Reviews
Stuart is a travel writer and author of numerous Lonely Planet guidebooks, including 'Kenya', 'Rwanda' and 'Tanzania'.
Classic Africa
What can be said about the Serengeti that hasn’t already been said? This is simply Africa as you always imagined it. Endless rolling bleached grasslands with scattered flat-topped acacia trees and animals everywhere. This is the...
Mary is an acclaimed travel writer and author of many Lonely Planet guidebooks, including South Africa, Tanzania, East Africa and Africa.
One of Africa's Greatest Parks & the Annual Wildebeest Migration
Serengeti is Tanzania's most visited park, and with good reason. Almost from the moment you enter the gates, wildlife surrounds you in astounding numbers and variety, together with an incomparable sense of space. The headline event is the...
It lives up to it's name, wide open plain, yet somehow the guides know where to find the animals. Our guide even knew to stick around and watch a lion, who ended up hunting and killing a zebra right in front of us. It's a memory that I will...
The Serengeti park is absolutely amazing and everywhere you look you find something extraordinary. The opportunity to see Lions in their natural environment, The Cheetahs, elephants, Giraffes, Hippopotamus and the other available animals...
NO
The Serengeti was absolutely breathtaking and one of the highlights of our Tanzania journey. The sheer scale of the landscape, the incredible wildlife and the beautiful changing light made every drive feel special. We had some amazing...
HK
Serengeti has an incredible variety of wildlife, and what makes it even more special is that the area still feels wild and untouched, without being overly developed. You can really feel that the local people have a genuine love and respect...