Serengeti National Park

You need to spend several days in this park. We followed the migration of the wildebeest. We literally saw over a million wildebeest finding their way to the Masai Mara. We the wildebeest and zebra cross the Mara. Those that ventured away from the group we quickly found by the lurking crocs. There are more animals than you can imagine. Seeing rhinos is extremely rare and will likely be from 1/4 mile away. You may or may not see leopards and cheetahs. We saw many of both. As you are traveling around you won't see too many other tourists, but there are specific locations (i.e. Mara river crossing) where there will be numerous jeeps with other anxious and excited tourists. The first time we stayed in a Sopa lodge which was great. This last trip with stayed in tents. These tents were walled tents with a toilet and shower. Meals and socializing take place in a large dining tent and camp fire. The tents are very popular and must be reserved about a year in advance. It's a wonderful option for feeling close to the animals. All through the night you hear the bleating of the wildebeests and grunts of others. The smells, sights, and sounds really pull the experience together.

Every moment was to be cherished

I've always loved animals but I may never be able to return to a zoo again.... With Restoration Safaris as our guide --- Bariki and Alphayo -- and the animals as our entertainment, not a moment was wasted. When animals were not around, we learned about the animals and about Africa and its people. When animals were around, Bariki and Alphayo would point out how the movement of the tail or the ears was signalling upcoming action. Point the camera... wait... now!! And we saw action!! It's a joke to call our accommodations tents since we had running water, hot showers (by request) and gourmet dining. This was my dream trip before I left and, still, it was never disappointing. The only problem.... I've got to return!!

Same criticism as with the crater in that at times it was crowded and you had to stay on the roads making animal viewing a crap shoot. Lots of animals sometimes close and sometimes far away. Lots of elephants and wildebeasts.

A piece of heaven on Earth! Great any time of the year. Suggest you visit during the rains as the clouds rolling into the crater is a photographers dream. Ensure that a good wide angle lens is in your camera kit along with all your zooms :) Also do not miss to see Oldupai Gorge in the Serengeti NP . This is where humanity started & there is a resident Red & yellow barbet which will allow you to get reaaaal close!

Once in a lifetime experience

We went during the winter season in Tanzania, so the weather was fantastic coupled with good game viewing along with an excellent and knowledgeable guide. Will definitely do it again. This was about my fifth safari and can't wait to do another one. Well done Mega Adventures!!!

just incredible!

Serengeti NP was amazing! We had so much wildlife and birdlife as well. We just got from one special sighting to the next one. I did around 30 game drives in diffrent NP´s before, but these 4 days in the Serengeti and the Crater were absolutly stunning.

landless national park in the world, real i can rate eight or ten if their is possibility of doing that, thank you i had life time memory.Big five a lots of animals

Great wildlife, beautiful, vast scenery on offer and some amazing camping memories.

I travelled to Serengeti NP in June of this year with my girlfriend as part of a tour of Tanzania organised with "I Dream of Africa" safaris. We stayed for two nights in the public camp grounds in Serengeti as part of this tour.

The journey to Serengeti was quite comfortable with paved roads all the way from Arusha to Ngorongoro and only the last part of the journey is on gravel roads. The scenery on this final leg of the tour does make up for this though and it is interesting to watch the local Maasai tend to their cattle or catch an early glimpse of migrating zebra.

On arrival, there are some small shops at the main gate to pick up some last minute snacks or drinks, but beware that the prices here will be higher than in Arusha or other smaller towns on route. At the main gate, there is also a small hill which is worth the climb just to get an idea of the vastness of the park.

Our first taste of the park was on our way to our camp ground. We took the long route there to take in some of the wildlife and scenery on offer. There are plenty of animals to see and even on this first step inside the park our guide spotted a pride of lions resting on some of the rocks that dot the landscape.

The public campsite is well maintained and cleaned daily. The toilets and bathroom facilities are clean but do not have warm water. However, given the weather and climate there it is nice to cool off from the 30 degree heat in a cold shower. The campsite is obviously not as comfortable as lodges nearby, but do offer the opportunity to stay inside the park. There are a number of advantages of this, first is waking up early in the morning and having giraffes and zebras outside your tent, it also allows you to be in the centre of the park for game drives early in the morning without travelling too far and finally it is was great to be able to sit in our campsite and watch the sunset over the vast plains.

During the game drives that day we were lucky to spot all of the big cats and get great views of lions and elephants. This was mostly down to our guide, Christopher, who had the ability to spot leopards and cheetahs from about 300 meters away with his naked eye at ease. The park does have an abundance of wildlife and you do not have to travel too far to see something interesting or beautiful that will make you call at the driver to stop for a moment. We were lucky that our guide was very friendly and patient with us and also had the knowledge to answer any of our questions.

Overall during our game drives there the wildlife viewing was excellent. June is a quieter time of the year for tourists and wildlife viewing, as it is just the very start of the dry season. However, we were fortunate to see a wide variety of animals and birds. Just to note though that although the park is very big, if there is something interesting to see, expect there to be a few trucks around it and be patient if you want to get up close.

I would recommend anyone that plans to visit the Serengeti to plan at least two nights in the park. The vast size of the park means that it cannot be explored even in that time and the variety it provides means that no game drive will be same there.

Great wildlife experience

A fantastic place with vast amounts of animals even though it was still the dry season. We saw many lions including cubs, leopard, black rhino, cheetah elephant, giraffe, hippo, impala, warthog, ostrich, hirack. eagles, vultures, hyena, jackal, gazelles etc. Great accommodation and beautiful scenery with no big crowds. It doesn't get much better.

Beautiful and diverse in its scenery