Getting to Serengeti national park from Arusha Tanzania

Arriving from Arusha Tanzania to Serengeti national park

Depending on the client’s preferred method of transportation, road or plane will allow one to reach Serengeti national park from Arusha. From Arusha, we have driven and flown safaris to Serengeti national park; out guests have all loved their East Africa safaris. Whichever method one uses to reach the park, the trip is spectacular and enlightening. Although the travel time from Arusha to Serengeti national par k is always different, this is mainly influenced by the section of Serengeti national park one is visiting as Serengeti national park is a somewhat large area. One of Tanzania’s best cities, Arusha is also the tourism hub used by most travelers visiting different parks in the Northern Circuit, including Serengeti national park, Lake Manyara national park, Tarangire national park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Arusha from Arusha one is beautiful in that it allows one to fly to any point on the northern circuit and also hosts Arusha international Airport where visitors may enter and leave Tanzania.

Travelers pass via other parks, including Lake Manyara national park, a well-known habitat for the threatened tree climbing lions, in order to reach Serengeti national park, a part of the Northern Circuit. The other group of these tree climbing lions is situated in the Ishasha area of western Uganda’s renowned Queen Elizabeth national park, the gem of Africa. From Lake Manyara national park, visitors proceed via the Ngorongoro conservation area, a well-known location for the world’s largest crater included under the UNESCO World Heritage Site, and then Serengeti national park. From Arusha to Serengeti national park, the whole route runs roughly 420 kilometers.

Various routes from Arusha lead to Serengeti national park below;

In case you choose to spend an overnight in Arusha town, your trip to Serengeti national park from Arusha starts with early morning breakfast then embark on a 6-7 hour drive depending on the part of the park you booked your accommodation. First, you will drive along a smooth tarmacked road viewing various attractions along the road including coffee plantations with in Karatu then your journey leads you to the Rift valley region probably with a stopover on Lake Manyara national park depending on your travel itinerary and so connect Serengeti national park via Ngorongoro Conservational Area. Choosing to spend an overnight in Lake Manyara national park offers a fantastic chance to see breathtakingly beautiful animals here before starting your trip to Serengeti national park. One could equally choose to spend an overnight break at Tarangire national park. This enables visitors to cut their road driving time from Arusha direct to Serengeti national park. For a direct drive from Arusha to Serengeti national park, visitors should make sure they begin their trip early in the morning to control the traffic along the road from Arusha. Nabbi gate is the major gate welcoming visitors arriving from Arusha to Serengeti national park. This gate is placed deliberately so that visitors may really enjoy breathtaking vistas of the unending grasslands of Serengeti national park at this point.

Approaching Serengeti National Park from Arusha Tanzania

Below is a quick guide of distance to reach Serengeti national park from Arusha, depending on which section of the park you are driving to;

It takes roughly five hours’ trip from Arusha by Road Transport to the Seronera area or Central part of Serengeti national park. 350 Kilometers Renowned for River Seronera, where many species are observed soothing their thirst, Seronera area is ideal for wildlife viewing.

About 460 kilometers from Arusha, Grumeti River is located in western corridor; so, visitors heading from Arusha to this section of Serengeti national park must spend roughly 6–7 hours’ journey. Though depending on the rainfall pattern, this area is well-known in the annual wildebeest migration pattern when the wildebeests are spotted crossing the Crocodile infested Grumeti River particularly during the month of June.

From Arusha by Road Transport, the Northern section of Serengeti national park takes roughly eight hours or possibly nine hours. Getting to Serengeti national park from Arusha Tanzania, this area of the park is also well-known for being the ideal location during the annual wildebeest migration since the wildebeests are observed crossing from the northern part of Serengeti national park in Tanzania to Maasai Mara national reserve in Kenya.

Arriving from Arusha by Air in Serengeti National Park

Relax; there are several airlines with domestic flights to several airstrips across Serengeti national park, so even if you would prefer not to sit in a car for a long journey. International visitors will land at Arusha (Arusha international airport and Kilimanjaro international airport), which also have domestic flights to Serengeti national park. Among the airlines that fly these domestic flights to Serengeti national park are Safari Link, Air Tanzania, Coastal Aviation, Regional Air to mention just a few.

Depending on whatever section of Serengeti national park you wish to fly to, some of the airstriks in Serengeti Kusini Airstrip, Kogatende Airstrip, Lobo Airstrip, Seronera airstrip, many more exist. Arriving in Serengeti national park by plane is an amazing experience whereby visitors may savor an overhead perspective of the plains and all the excitement within the park.

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From wildlife viewing safaris, Hot air balloon safaris, birding, nature walks and many more that will provide you a remarkable experience during your Tanzania safari, Serengeti national park has a lot to offer you whether you get to it by road or by air.