Overland region

The Serengeti by 4x4: local guides and trips

Grass plains and acacia trees in the Serengeti
Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0

The Serengeti is a region of northern Tanzania, centred on the Serengeti National Park (14,763 km², a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and the game reserves around it. It is known for the annual migration of wildebeest and zebra, which continues north into Kenya's Masai Mara. For anyone travelling with their own vehicle it means open grass plains with granite kopjes in the south, the rivers and riverine forest of the Western Corridor, and the woodland and hills of the north, up to the Mara River on the Kenyan border. Here are the local guides who work in the area and the trips that cross it.

16 local guides and 33 trips in the Serengeti on GuideMeet.

On the map

  1. Naabi Hill Gate Naabi Hill Gate — Park. Gate on a hill at the south-eastern edge of the park, where the southern plains open out. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area lies just beyond. -2.8331, 34.9979 · Google Maps
  2. Serengeti National Park Serengeti National Park — Park. Created in 1940 and covering 14,763 km², it is known for the wildebeest and zebra migration and for its lions. Pictured: a lioness on a kopje, a granite lookout for predators. -2.4000, 34.6000 · Google Maps
  3. Seronera Seronera — Village. Main settlement in the park, with its main airstrip and the oldest lodge. The Serengeti Research Institute was set up here in 1966 to study the Great Migration. -2.4361, 34.8211 · Google Maps
  4. Klein's Gate — Park. Entrance on the park's north-eastern edge, on the side that borders the Loliondo Game Control Area. -1.8563, 35.2453 · Google Maps
  5. Kogatende Kogatende — Camp. Ranger post and airstrip in the north of the park, in open woodland and hills that run up to the Mara River and the Kenyan border. -1.5644, 34.8860 · Google Maps
  6. Mara River Mara River — River. The only permanently flowing river in the ecosystem, crossed by the herds on their way to the Masai Mara, with Nile crocodiles waiting. Pictured: a crossing. -1.5658, 34.9024 · Google Maps
  7. Mugumu — Town. Town on the western side of the park and seat of Serengeti District; it had 16,851 inhabitants at the 2012 census. -1.8398, 34.6741 · Google Maps
  8. Fort Ikoma — Village. Village on the western side of the park, next to the Ikorongo reserve. -2.0874, 34.6337 · Google Maps
  9. Ikorongo Game Reserve — Reserve. Reserve of about 600 km² on the western side of the northern park, established in 1993 and crossed by several rivers. -2.0260, 34.7609 · Google Maps
  10. Grumeti Game Reserve Grumeti Game Reserve — Reserve. Reserve of about 412 km² on the north-western border of the park, created in 1993, a corridor for the migrating herds. Pictured: hippos in the Grumeti River. -2.0206, 34.2110 · Google Maps

Local guides in the Serengeti

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Overland trips in the Serengeti

Trips already run here

When to go

The herds move with the seasons: in the Western Corridor from about May to July, in the north and across the Mara River towards Kenya from July to October, and back south from late October. Your route depends on where they are.

Before you go

Photo credits

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, under the licences shown.

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