--- title: 10 Day Great Migration Safari to Serengeti - Dry Season date: 2024-11-03T06:36:12Z modified: 2026-05-08T05:51:17Z permalink: "https://jafricasafari.com/safaris/10-day-great-migration-safari-to-serengeti-dry-season/" type: product status: publish excerpt: "The 10-day wildebeest migration safari to Serengeti National Park from our Safari Tours to Africa Collection will blow your mind! This action-packed journey into the heart of Lion country will bring you face-to-face with Africa's Big Five, Rhinoceros, Buffalo, Leopard. Elephant and the King of them all, Lions.\\n\\nSafari in Kiswahili means journey and this will be the journey of a lifetime, travelling in our exclusive, stretch (air-conditioned) safari vehicles, you will journey deep into the Serengeti Savanna to various vantage points along the Mara River where you will witness The Greatest Living Spectacle on Earth.\\n\\nWe are a Tanzanian Maasai owned and operated business." wpid: 514492 product_brand: - JAfrica product_type: - variable product_visibility: - featured product_cat: - Safari Tours to Africa - Dry Season Safari - Great Migration African Safari - Safari Tour to Serengeti - Safari Tours to Tanzania product_tag: - Safari Tours to Africa - Safari Tours to Tanzania featured_image: "https://jafricasafari.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Wildebeest-Migration-in-Serengeti-23.jpg" featured_image_alt: The 10-day wildebeest great migration safari to Serengeti author: Joshua Monah --- The dry season Serengeti is a different world. The grass has burned to gold, the waterholes have shrunk, and every creature within a hundred kilometres knows where the water is. So do the wildebeest — and so does Joshua. This ten-day safari is built around the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth, following the Great Migration through the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem at the peak of the dry season, when the massive river crossings at the Mara bring thousands of wildebeest and zebra to the water’s edge — and the crocodiles are waiting. It then moves south through the central Serengeti, into the Ngorongoro Crater, and finishes in Tarangire, giving you a complete picture of Tanzania’s northern circuit across ten days of genuine wilderness. This is the trip people spend years planning. It tends to exceed every expectation. ## Your Journey ### North Serengeti — Days 2 and 3 The safari begins with a short flight from Arusha to the North Serengeti airstrip, where your guide meets you and the wilderness begins immediately. The northern Serengeti between July and late October hosts the most dramatic phase of the migration — vast herds moving across open grassland, building in number at the Mara River before the crossings begin. When a crossing happens, nothing prepares you for the scale of it. The noise, the dust, the sheer mass of animals pressing forward into the water — it is overwhelming in the best possible way. Two full days here, based at Mara Kati Kati or Nyikani tented camp, give you the best possible chance of witnessing a crossing. Joshua reads the herd movements with an accuracy that borders on instinct. ### Central Serengeti — Days 4 and 5 The drive south to the central Serengeti passes through landscapes that shift constantly — open savannah giving way to kopje country, riverine forest, and the wide plains that make the Serengeti famous. The central Serengeti sits in a transitional zone that holds permanent water and resident wildlife year-round. This is big cat country — the highest concentration of lions, leopards, and cheetahs in any comparable area of Africa. Two days here rarely feel like enough. ### Olduvai Gorge and Ngorongoro — Days 6 and 7 The route from the Serengeti to Ngorongoro passes through Olduvai Gorge — where Louis and Mary Leakey unearthed the fossilised remains of Zinjanthropus Boisei, one of the most significant palaeontological discoveries ever made. Stopping here is optional but worth every minute. The museum is small, the story is enormous. The following morning descends into the Ngorongoro Crater — a collapsed volcanic caldera formed over 2.5 million years ago, now sheltering one of the densest wildlife ecosystems on earth. The crater floor holds lions, elephants, hippos, flamingos, and the critically endangered black rhinoceros. The dry season makes rhino sightings more challenging as they range widely, but Joshua knows the crater well and knows where to look. A full day inside the crater, lunch taken on the floor with the animals around you, is one of those days you will describe for the rest of your life. ### Tarangire — Days 8 and 9 The safari ends in Tarangire — deliberately so. After the drama of the Mara crossings and the spectacle of the crater, Tarangire offers something different: slow, quiet, intimate game drives through a landscape of ancient baobabs and dry riverbeds, with elephant herds that number in the hundreds moving unhurried through the bush. The park holds over 500 bird species. The birdlife alone would justify the visit. Two full days here, based at Tarangire Safari Lodge, give the safari a peaceful, unhurried close before the drive back to Arusha on Day 10. ## What Makes This Different The route itself is run by many operators. The experience depends entirely on who is guiding it. Joshua Monah has spent his life in this ecosystem. His understanding of migration patterns, predator behaviour, and the rhythms of the dry season Serengeti is not something that can be replicated in a training course. He knows when the crossings are likely to happen, where the big cats are denning, and when to stop the vehicle and wait. That knowledge is the difference between a good safari and an extraordinary one. The camps — Mara Kati Kati, Nyikani, Kati Kati, Ang’ata, Tarangire Safari Lodge — are chosen for their position in the landscape as much as their comfort. You are always close to the action. This package is quoted at mid-range level. Luxury and higher-end accommodation options are available — contact Joshua directly for a quote. ## What’s Included - Nine nights accommodation — Kahawa House Arusha (Day 1), Mara Kati Kati or Nyikani tented camp (Days 2–3, North Serengeti), Kati Kati or Nyikani tented camp (Days 4–5, Central Serengeti), Ang’ata tented camp or Tloma Lodge (Days 6–7, Ngorongoro), Tarangire Safari Lodge (Days 8–9) - Bed and breakfast on Day 1, all meals included from Day 2 through to lunch on Day 10 - Flight from Arusha to North Serengeti airstrip on Day 2 - Private 4×4 safari vehicle with roof hatch throughout - All park fees and conservation levies - Airport transfers - Expert Maasai guiding throughout ## Optional Extras A visit to Olduvai Gorge museum on Day 6 can be arranged at a small additional cost. A guided walk in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area on Day 7 afternoon is also available — worth considering if you want to experience the landscape on foot rather than from the vehicle. ## This Safari Is Right For You If You have been planning a Great Migration safari for years and want to do it properly. You want to be in the northern Serengeti during peak crossing season rather than chasing the migration from a distance. You value a guide who has spent a lifetime in this ecosystem over one who has learned it from a manual. You want ten days that cover the full northern circuit — migration, crater, and Tarangire — rather than rushing through in five. The dry season Serengeti between July and October is, for many people who have been on multiple African safaris, the finest wildlife experience on the continent. This itinerary gives you the best version of it. _Ready to start planning? [Contact Joshua directly ](https://jafricasafari.com/contact/ "Contact Us")— he will build your dates around the migration and your travel window._