Southern Serengeti Safari
7 nights, 2 distinct landscapes — southern serengeti safari.
From the first transfer to the final morning, every stop earns its place — the calving season and big cats; the calving plains.
Add a night in Arusha before or after — a relaxed arrival or a buffer before your flight home. Just ask.
Round trip · returns to Arusha
What you'll see
The journey, one day at a time
Into the Ndutu plains
Drive from Arusha to the Ndutu area on the Serengeti–Ngorongoro border, the heart of the calving season. Full days among the calving herds with off-road access to the predator action — exceptional in green season.
Calving on the short grass
Full days among the calving herds with off-road access to the predator action — exceptional in green season. Continue by road to the Ndutu area on the Serengeti–Ngorongoro border, the heart of the calving season.
Calving on the short grass
Full days among the calving herds with off-road access to the predator action — exceptional in green season. On most of the Serengeti you must stay on the track, which means a cheetah hunt 400 metres away stays 400 metres away. In the NCAA portion of Ndutu, your guide can leave the track and position with the action — the difference between a distant smudge and a cheetah and cubs at close range. In calving season, when hunts happen constantly, that access is what makes Ndutu the photographer's choice.
Onto the southern plains
Continue by road to the southern Serengeti's short-grass plains, where the herds gather to calve from December to March. Full days on the calving plains — vast herds, daily births and the cheetah and lion that follow them.
Among the calving herds
Full days on the calving plains — vast herds, daily births and the cheetah and lion that follow them. The calving is not a gentle spectacle. Half a million newborns on open ground is an irresistible draw for every predator on the plain, and the same week brings the year's most intense hunting. It is birth and death in the same frame, the migration's engine running at full power — and it is, for many, the most moving thing they see in Africa.
Among the calving herds
Full days on the calving plains — vast herds, daily births and the cheetah and lion that follow them.
Among the calving herds
Full days on the calving plains — vast herds, daily births and the cheetah and lion that follow them.
Journey's end
Drive back to Arusha for your onward journey — or add Zanzibar if you're not ready to leave.
The season changes what you see.
Calving in the south
The herds gather on the short-grass plains of Ndutu and the southern Serengeti to calve — daily births and intense predator action.
Northern river crossings
The migration pushes north and the Mara River crossings begin — the headline months, and the busiest. Book well ahead.
Hand-picked camps & lodges
Legendary Lodge
A gracious coffee-estate lodge with private cottages and gardens — the refined way to start or end a safari.
Nomad Serengeti Safari Camp
A classic mobile camp that moves with the herds — intimate and superbly guided in the Ndutu plains.
Mwiba Lodge
An ultra-luxurious lodge among granite kopjes and springs, in a private reserve bordering the southern plains.
Legendary Serengeti Camp
A mobile luxury camp that follows the herds, well placed for the calving season.
Arusha Coffee Lodge
Plantation-house chalets among the coffee, polished and convenient for the airport.
Gran Melia Arusha
A large contemporary five-star with Meru views, full amenities and easy airport access.
Make it yours.
Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.