Destination guide · Northern circuit
Serengeti National Park
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Serengeti means "endless plains" in the Maa language, and standing in it, you understand why. This is the stage for the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth: more than a million wildebeest and zebra moving in a slow, ancient circle, followed always by the predators who depend on them.
What you will see: lion, leopard, cheetah, elephant, and the great herds. In the northern season, the drama of the Mara River crossings.
Best time: the dry months of June to October for classic game viewing and the crossings; January and February on the southern plains for the calving. How long: two full days at least, three or more to travel with the herds.
Where it fits
Journeys that visit Serengeti National Park
The Unhurried North
The classic northern circuit — Tarangire, Manyara, Ngorongoro and the Serengeti — walked slowly, felt fully.
Serengeti & Ngorongoro Classic
Seven days across the Serengeti plains and down into the Ngorongoro Crater, timed to the herds.
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