6-Day December Luxury Serengeti Game Drive Safari — The South Filling With Life
Book the 6-Day December Luxury Serengeti Game Drive Safari in the Serengeti: general game, predators, and the full range of Serengeti habitats. The South Filling With Life
December is the month a classic vehicle safari watches a season being born: herds arriving daily on greening short grass, Ndutu lakes filling with flamingos, resident lions undisturbed on routine, all under storm-built holiday skies. This 6-day December game drive safari circuits plains, kopjes, lakes and riverine with a private 4x4, meeting arrivals in the mornings and residents every evening. Whether you are searching for a 6 day game drive safari, a game drive Serengeti safari, or a private departure for two, the operating rhythm is the same: an early start, a full day on the plains, and an honest account at the end of it about what you actually saw. Every departure is run out of Arusha with a licensed Tanzanian guide, a private 4x4, and an overnight confirmed against your dates.
Arrivals by Day, Residents Every Evening
A game drive safari is the format most people picture when they say Serengeti, and December delivers it at its greenest: arriving herds bedding down on new grass within sight of the vehicle, lake shorelines recording the night's newcomers, and resident prides hunting ground they have held all year. The herds come to the safari rather than the reverse.
The wildlife picture pairs new arrivals with settled residents. Naabi and Moru lions hold territory through the influx; leopards hunt wet drainage lines; open-floor cheetahs use the morning cool; and the Ndutu lakes concentrate everything that drinks. It is a complete safari whose quality depends on reading green and water daily.
- Private 4x4 with pop-up roof and your own guide throughout
- Arrival lines met each dawn where trails are freshest
- Naabi and Moru residents on undisturbed routine
- Filling Ndutu lakes with flamingos and fresh tracks
- December holiday atmosphere with light traffic outside peak weeks
Game Drive Safari Facts
The practical detail of a 6-day December game drive itinerary, including what is confirmed before you travel rather than assumed.
How the six days are used
This is a balanced itinerary: not as fixed as a photography trip and not as compressed as a short trip. It suits guests who want to understand the park rather than hunt one subject. A shorter trip has to choose, and choosing usually means dropping the middle-of-the-day sessions that produce most of the images. 6 days keeps a dawn and a late-afternoon session on every day of the safari and still leaves room to work the same ground twice rather than only passing it.
Why a private vehicle is standard
Positioning on fresh arrivals without negotiation is the method, and none of it is possible in a shared vehicle.
How pricing is structured
The cost is driven by the vehicle and the guide rather than by a per-person package, so the quotation is built around your dates and group.
Why the day is shaped this way
Fresh lines belong to the early hours; the middle of the day belongs to kopjes, lakes and riverine; evenings return to the arrival ground.
Where the days are spent
Ndutu plains and lakes for arrivals and flamingos, Naabi and Moru kopjes for residents, with southern trails checked on the far day.
What December traffic is like
Arrivals draw modest company at fresh trails while the rest of the south stays quiet, which is why dawn positioning still matters.
What to expect in the field
Warm days with dramatic showers between bright hours. Rainproofs out daily; the light after rain is the finest of the green season.
How pricing works
Send your dates and we will itemise the arrangement, including accommodation category and any single supplement. Christmas weeks reward earliest booking.
6-Day December Game Drive Safari Itinerary
A day-by-day account of the route, the sessions and what each day realistically holds. Drive times and sighting outcomes depend on road conditions, animal movement and weather, all of which change week to week in December.
Getting there: You are collected from Arusha after an early breakfast and the day runs south of the highlands straight onto the short grass: down past the crater viewpoint, through the Naabi gate, and out onto plains that are already greening. It is a half-day drive with the herds ahead of you rather than behind.
The safari activity: By mid-afternoon the vehicle is glassing the southern plains for the first arrival lines. The overnight sits on the short grass itself so the first proper session begins among arriving herds before first light. The vehicle moves between southern habitats while the herds arrive, and the guide is looking for the overlap: new arrivals on green grass plus residents on year-round routine.
What you might see: December short grass greens by the day after the short rains, and the herds filter in from the north-east in loose purposeful lines. No calving concentrations yet; this is the arrival, with the season's main event still weeks away. Road condition, park access and the highland weather can all change the arrival time, and the guide will re-order the day rather than compress it if the drive runs long.
Meals and timing: Lunch is taken on the road, dinner is served at camp, and lights-out is early because the group will be moving well before dawn. First overnight on the southern short grass, chosen for dawn access to the arrival lines.
How this day is judged: The vehicle moves between southern habitats while the herds arrive, and the guide is looking for the overlap: new arrivals on green grass plus residents on year-round routine. The day is not measured by how many animals are ticked off but by whether the time spent in the country was used properly, which is why the afternoon session matters as much as the dawn one.
Road flow: The vehicle is moving before first light so that you are on open short grass as the sun comes up. The morning is spent working the arrival lines, which in December show as fresh trails and small groups bedding down on new grass.
The working part of the day: Late morning moves to the lake edges for waders and drinking game, and the afternoon is a slow session watching the plains fill as more groups arrive through the heat haze.
Wildlife context: Arrival mornings are the gentlest of the migration year: no pressure, no crowds, just direction slowly resolving into residence. The day's plan follows whatever the dawn reveals. The plains can look extraordinary or simply empty depending on the week's weather and where the herds have actually settled, and the plan moves with them.
Practical rhythm: Breakfast is served in the field on the tailgate, the vehicle carries a cool box and water between drives, and the group is back at camp with an hour of light to spare. Overnight on the southern short grass, in the position that proved best that evening.
How this day is judged: The vehicle moves between southern habitats while the herds arrive, and the guide is looking for the overlap: new arrivals on green grass plus residents on year-round routine. The day is not measured by how many animals are ticked off but by whether the time spent in the country was used properly, which is why the afternoon session matters as much as the dawn one.
How the day opens: The vehicle leaves camp early for the Naabi kopje country on the short-grass edge, where resident lions hold granite through the arrival and leopards work the drainage lines below. The circuit is slow and uncrowded.
On the ground: Midday is spent on the greening margins below the kopjes, where grazers concentrate on the newest grass and the birdlife thickens daily. The afternoon can be spent watching arrival lines file past from a kopje top.
Reading the country: Naabi in December is the calmest lion ground of the southern season: residents undisturbed, newcomers filing past, and almost no traffic while the world waits for calving. Resident cats are never predictable, and a quiet-looking block of rock can stay empty all morning. The tracking effort is what usually pays, not the waiting.
Comfort and breaks: Water and a snack are carried in the vehicle, and the group returns late enough to catch soft light on the rock faces. Overnight in the kopje or plains position that produced the best session of the day.
How this day is judged: The vehicle moves between southern habitats while the herds arrive, and the guide is looking for the overlap: new arrivals on green grass plus residents on year-round routine. The day is not measured by how many animals are ticked off but by whether the time spent in the country was used properly, which is why the afternoon session matters as much as the dawn one.
Morning movement: The morning starts on the plains and then turns into the southern drainage country, where seasonal water wakes everything: figs leafing, frogs calling, leopards moving in wet cover between showers.
The session: Midday is a waiting game at the pool edges forming with the rains. December riverine is green, loud and alive in a way no dry month matches.
The species question: Southern drainage leopard in the green season hunt more by day than at any other time, and the wet tracks record their nights perfectly. Fig-tree lines after rain hold the month's best birding. Leopard here are genuinely difficult to see in thick cover, and this habitat asks for patience rather than distance. Sightings are possible on any morning and cannot be promised.
Pacing the day: Rain covers stay out all day, and the afternoon opens up again on the plains edge washed clean. Overnight on the plains side of the drainage belt, keeping the leopard ground within reach.
How this day is judged: The vehicle moves between southern habitats while the herds arrive, and the guide is looking for the overlap: new arrivals on green grass plus residents on year-round routine. The day is not measured by how many animals are ticked off but by whether the time spent in the country was used properly, which is why the afternoon session matters as much as the dawn one.
Driving and repositioning: A longer repositioning day runs north to Seronera, and the contrast is the point: the arriving south behind, the settled centre ahead, with resident prides on routine among greening grass.
Watching and waiting: The afternoon is spent around Seronera on the central residents, gloriously calm in December. The last session is a slow one on the kopjes above the river.
Landscape and game: Seronera in December sits between the arrival and the calving crowds in the best way: green, quiet, and full of residents going about ordinary business. Central Serengeti roads carry more traffic than the south, and the resident populations here are reliable but never guaranteed on any single morning.
Logistics: The day includes a longer drive on roads that may be soft in patches, so the group arrives with time for a proper afternoon session rather than a rushed one. Overnight in the central Serengeti, in the Seronera area.
How this day is judged: The vehicle moves between southern habitats while the herds arrive, and the guide is looking for the overlap: new arrivals on green grass plus residents on year-round routine. The day is not measured by how many animals are ticked off but by whether the time spent in the country was used properly, which is why the afternoon session matters as much as the dawn one.
The transfer: The group is up before first light for one final session, and the drive back to Arusha begins after breakfast in the field. December returns run on roads that may be soft in patches, broken properly at the Ngorongoro viewpoint.
What the morning is for: The last session is short and unhurried, usually an hour to two. The return runs from greening southern plains to the cool showery highlands in half a day.
What is out there: Early light on the last morning is often the best light of the trip, especially after overnight rain. December highlands are green, cool and showery, and waterproofs stay out all the way home. Predators are never promised in any category of trip. This itinerary is built to show the whole range of what the park offers in a given week rather than to hang everything on one animal that may not appear. Departure day is exposed to the same rain and road conditions as arrival, so the return is timed with slack in it.
Breaks and overnight: Breakfast in the field, a long drive back through the highlands, and arrival in Arusha in the afternoon. Lunch is packed and taken on the road. No overnight on safari; the trip ends on arrival back in Arusha for onward travel or a night in town.
Closing the safari: This is a balanced December circuit: arrivals by day, residents morning and evening, with repositioning between the two as the herds dictate. Flexibility is the method. Anything not seen in 6 days can be added to a longer itinerary rather than forced into this one, and the guide writes down the ground and the timing that worked so a return trip can start from the same knowledge.
Why December for a Classic Safari
The case for the dry season on a standard vehicle itinerary, stated without pretending it beats the dry months for everything.
Fresh arrivals every dawn
Southern trails scored overnight on the short grass. A vehicle safari is the right format for it: positioned early, moved decisively, never greeting past good ground.
Residents plus newcomers
Naabi lions, drainage leopards and open-floor cheetahs hold routine through the arrival. Every non-arrival hour is still a full safari rather than waiting time.
Clear green light
Stable air between showers with soft low sun and light traffic. December light flatters positioning and patience in equal measure.
Filling lakes concentrating game
Ndutu water rising with the rains pulls everything drinkable into view. Midday hours belong to the new shorelines.
The trade you accept
You are giving up massed-herd spectacle. If columns bank to bank are your reason for coming, June through August own that story and we will tell you that in writing before you book.
Rain-aware roads, short hops
Tracks vary with showers but distances stay short. We build the itinerary to work with the season rather than pretend it is dry.
Your Route: Arusha → Southern Plains → Arrival Lines → Ndutu Lakes & Kopjes → Arusha
A homecoming loop that meets arrivals each dawn and works residents while they settle.
You are collected from Arusha after an early breakfast and the day runs south of the highlands straight onto the short grass: down past the crater viewpoint, through the Naabi gate, and out onto plains that are already greening.
The vehicle is moving before first light so that you are on open short grass as the sun comes up.
The vehicle leaves camp early for the Naabi kopje country on the short-grass edge, where resident lions hold granite through the arrival and leopards work the drainage lines below.
The morning starts on the plains and then turns into the southern drainage country, where seasonal water wakes everything: figs leafing, frogs calling, leopards moving in wet cover between showers.
A longer repositioning day runs north to Seronera, and the contrast is the point: the arriving south behind, the settled centre ahead, with resident prides on routine among greening grass.
Return road to Arusha, timed so you arrive with the afternoon still ahead.
Where the Game Drive Safari Goes
A central circuit loop with a southern extension, chosen because that is where the resident wildlife is in December.
- Arusha
Start and finish
Road transfers both ends - Ndutu & the Short Grass
Calving and plain game
The southern block - Seronera & the Kopjes
Resident lions, leopard and cheetah
Central Serengeti - Western Lakes & Drainage
Waterbirds and general game
Western corridor
Why Choose Kizza Adventures for a December Game Drive
The practical reasons our clients choose us for a central circuit itinerary, none of which depend on the month.
You are not negotiating for an arrival position with other vehicles. Moving a short distance, waiting longer on a subject and working quiet resident ground are only possible in your own vehicle.
A guide who has driven the Ndutu circuit for years knows the pride territories, the drainage lines and the cheetah ground, and works from that knowledge rather than from searching each morning.
Our guides lose a morning to a pride that settles rather than chase an arrival that has passed. That is the single biggest difference between a productive day and a busy one.
We put you on ground suited to what you want to see, not on whatever is closest to camp, and we say so when arrivals slow or rain limits an option.
December travel means soft tracks, afternoon showers and filling lakes. We plan around fresh sign and open water rather than fixed timetables.
Bean bags and window mounts are fitted as standard, because a private vehicle that cannot carry a long lens properly is not much use on an arrival dawn.
Property, room type, meal plan and vehicle are all confirmed in writing before you travel, so nothing about the trip is left to guesswork on arrival, especially over the holidays.
No operator can schedule an arrival wave, a leopard or a cheetah hunt. We tell you what is likely, what is possible and what cannot be promised, before you pay anything.
What You Can Expect to See in December
Arriving herds, filling lakes and green-season residents. Honestly assessed, with no calving-season claims.
Loose purposeful lines filtering in from the north-east. Met where trails are freshest each dawn, never chased past good ground.
Early arrivals already bedding on the greenest patches. December watching rewards patience as lines resolve into residence.
Naabi and Moru residents the headliners, on calm undisturbed routine. Known individuals by day three.
Southern drainage lines waking wet and active. Mud tracks show nightly movements.
Open short grass in morning cool. Fully visible country, fully honest odds.
Southern woodland herds on new grass and fresh pools. Approached with full respect at all times.
Redistributing to the filling Ndutu lakes. Midday hours belong to the new water.
Arriving companions in volume plus southern residents that never leave the short grass.
Arriving by the thousand on filling lakes. December lake birding changes weekly.
Den mornings plus night economy heard from camp. The constant predator of the whole trip.
Storm thermals plus new-grass hunting. Late-year raptors riding the rains' edge.
Notes From the Field
The working knowledge a guide applies each morning, which is what actually separates a productive day from a long one in the vehicle.
Arrivals have a timetable
Best spot: Fresh lines by dawn, settling by ten, lake drift by noon. The arrival day runs like clockwork when read correctly.
The arrival timetable
Residents fill every gap
Best spot: A quiet arrival morning is a Naabi morning. The guide's resident round is a full safari hiding inside the homecoming trip.
The backup round
Lakes record the night
Best spot: Shorelines scored overnight show exactly what arrived. The lake edges are read before the plains every dawn.
Shoreline minutes
Evenings belong to the kopjes
Best spot: As arrival traffic settles, residents hunt. The last two hours on granite routinely out-produce the middle of the day.
The evening shift
December Game Drive Sightings Checklist
Realistic potential across a 6-day December window on the southern short grass.
| Animal | Potential Encounter | Best Viewing Context | Best Area |
|---|---|---|---|
Arriving Herds | Strong | Fresh lines each dawn | Short-grass trails |
Grazing Settlers | Strong | Resolving into residence | Greenest patches |
Lion | Strong | Calm undisturbed residents | Naabi and Moru |
Elephant & Buffalo | Strong | New grass and pools | Woodland and water |
Hippopotamus & Crocodile | Strong | Filling lakes | Ndutu lakes |
Flamingos & Waterbirds | Strong | Arriving by the thousand | Filling shorelines |
Hyena | Strong | Dens and night economy | Margins and edges |
Giraffe & Zebra | Strong | Arriving companions | Plains and margins |
Raptors | Strong | Storm thermals | Plains sky |
Leopard | Possible | Wet tracks, patient work | Drainage lines |
Cheetah | Possible | Morning cool, open grass | Short grass |
No sighting is guaranteed. Arrival lines shift as herds filter in; residents perform daily regardless.
Meet Your Guide
Your guide is with you from the first session to the last, and on a game drive itinerary their knowledge is the trip.
Your Kizza Adventures Guide
Your guide is with you all 6 days, reading the south's two stories at once: the arrival lines, where fresh trails set the dawn plan, and the Naabi and Moru residents, where routine delivers substance. Knowing when to greet newcomers and when to sit with residents is the whole skill.
Expect early arrival-line positions held without apology and midday moves made decisively. The most valuable thing you take from five December days is homecoming literacy for the green season.
Game Drive Safari Accommodation
Position matters more than category on any safari, and in December it matters more still, because you want to be on the right ground within minutes of leaving camp.
Arrival Position (Nights 1 & 2)
Placed for a quick reach to the arrival lines and the Naabi kopjes at first light, with lake shores within easy repositioning.
Lake or Kopje Position (Nights 3 & 4)
The second half sits where the action balances: filling lakes for middays, resident kopjes for dawns. Quoted from live availability.
Extra Nights & Zanzibar Extension
One more arrival dawn is the highest-value night in December, or stretch to Christmas on the coast. Add it early; holiday inventory goes first.
Lodges subject to availability. Equivalent or superior alternatives december be used. Contact us for the current lodge selections for your dates.
Getting to the Homecoming Ground
A half-day drive south to greening grass, with rain-aware routing all trip.
The Arusha Run
Roughly four to five hours each way to Ndutu via the Ngorongoro rim and Naabi descent. Day one ends with an evening arrival scout rather than a full drive.
Arrival Lines Before Breakfast
The vehicle is on fresh trails before first light on arrival days. Transfers stack into shower hours so dawns are never spent in transit.
Rain-Aware Routing
December tracks vary with showers. Routes are planned each evening to what is open, and the vehicle carries waterproofs, not assumptions.
Why the Circuit Loops
Plains, kopjes, lakes, riverine: the loop covers the arrival south without backtracking, checking new water between resident sessions.
Roads and Surfaces
Graded dirt varying daily with rain. Slow speeds and flexible routing; the driving feels like the season it is.
Flights and Arrival Times
Most guests land into Kilimanjaro the day before. Holiday weeks demand earlier arrival planning; the evening scout is worth protecting.
The Safari Vehicle
A game drive vehicle is a working tool. This is what it is specified as, and why each part of it matters.
The pop-up roof and the drop-down window are what give you the photographic and viewing positions a normal saloon cannot offer, and they are fitted as standard.
Being able to move a short distance and wait without negotiating with a full load is the entire reason a private vehicle is standard here.
A bean bag lets a long lens be worked for six hours without wrecking your arms or losing the subject.
Camera batteries and phones are used hard in the field and cold dawn air drains them faster than you expect.
December brings dry season dust and rain in the same week, and a lens cloth cleaned on the move is worth having in the vehicle.
Several pairs are carried for scanning and for birding stops, which in December are more productive than most visitors expect.
Best Time to Join a December Game Drive Safari
December is homecoming with green-season atmosphere. Here is the honest comparison.
December pairs arriving herds with green flush, filling lakes and holiday atmosphere, before the January calving crowds. The cost is shower interruptions and advance-booking pressure over Christmas. November offered green angles with fewer arrivals; January brings newborns with far more vehicles.
Great Migration Position in December
The annual loop, and where a December arrival circuit sits on it.
December Game Drive Photography Notes
Arrival lines, green residents and storm-built skies: what a driving photographer works with in December.
Loose lines and fresh trails compose better than masses. The 200-400mm lives on the body for the first hours.
Post-shower windows are brief and extraordinary. Be out, positioned and ready; December light does not wait.
Naabi lions, drainage leopards, lake hippos: the middle-day portfolio when arrivals rest. Shoot them with full intent.
December rain arrives fast. Covers on the kit all day, dry bags in the vehicle, full clean nightly.
Packing List for a December Game Drive Safari
What to bring for a green-season vehicle safari, and what you can safely leave behind.
Clothing for December Driving Days
- Warm layer plus rain shell: staked December dawns bite before the sun
- Quick-dry neutrals; cotton stays wet all day
- Waterproof ankle-supporting boots plus gaiters for slick mud
- Dry bags for everything electronic, rain cover for the daypack
- Warm hat for wet dawns and sun hat for bright hours between, plus festive layers for holiday evenings
Camera and Field Kit
- 200-400mm as the working lens for arrival distances
- A wide or short tele for green landscapes and storm skies
- Two bodies if possible; arrival changes cost frames
- Batteries, cards, blower and sensor kit; long easy days with no resupply
- Bean bag essential for staked arrival mornings
December Travel Tips
Weather, roads, altitude and daily rhythm for a central circuit safari in December.
Your passport needs a valid margin beyond your travel dates, and the Tanzania visa is arranged before you arrive rather than at the border. Holiday travel needs earlier visa margins.
Warm showery days, cooler wet dawns, brilliant bright hours between storms. Pack for all three daily.
Christmas and New Year weeks fill early with light traffic outside them. Book positions ahead; the itinerary flexes around peak dates.
Land the day before to protect the evening arrival scout, which in December often decides the first two dawns.
Tanzanian shillings for small expenses; the tip custom for guides and camp staff is explained properly on booking, with festive-season guidance included.
Honeymoon & Family Options
How a classic game drive itinerary works for a honeymoon or a family group, and where it does not suit.
A Classic Safari Honeymoon, Quietly Done
A game drive safari is a genuinely good honeymoon format because it is unhurried in the way that matters. You are outside every day, in beautiful country, with a guide who handles all of the decisions, and the evenings are free for sundowners and long dinners. December is better than most months for it, because the traffic is low enough that you will regularly have a pride or a waterhole to yourselves on what would otherwise be a crowded viewpoint.
The honest trade is that 6 days of dawn starts are not restful in the way a beach holiday is. A couple who wants stimulation every hour will find the middle of the day slow, and a couple who is willing to sit still on a pride for two hours will have the best honeymoon we have ever arranged. We will tell you honestly which of those you are, rather than sell the wrong week.
Family Safari With a December Game Drive
The vehicle-as-classroom works beautifully in December: arrival lines to read, lake bird arrivals, guides teaching green-season ecology. Children of most ages stay engaged, especially over the holidays.
Days bend to young attention spans: big arrival mornings, lake middays with activities, evening sessions ending before tiredness. The private vehicle serves the children, never the reverse.
Verified Guests on This 6-Day December Game Drive Safari
What past travellers say about running a Serengeti game drive with us.
Every review for this safari is published on our own TripAdvisor profile rather than reprinted here, so what you read is what other travellers actually posted.
Running an December trip? Send us your question and we will answer it from the same trip, with the same guide, on WhatsApp.
Frequently Booked Together
Add-ons and extensions most often combined with an December central circuit itinerary.
Image Gallery
Images are representative of the ground and seasons this itinerary uses, not of a specific traveller's trip. View complete gallery →
December Game Drive Compared
Where a quiet green-season central circuit sits against the busiest months of the year, so you can decide which trade suits you.
| Feature | 6-Day December Game Drive | Peak Dry Season Safari |
|---|---|---|
| Primary subject | six days on the ground that suits this category | The same Big Five alongside the migrating herds |
| Method | Repetition on fixed ground, repositioning by light | Long drives between fixed positions |
| Traffic | Very low, often alone on good ground | Heavy, especially at crossings and in the southern season |
| Scenery | Green grass, clean skies after rain, mist in the drainage lines | Dust, clear air and long flat horizons |
| Birding | Migrants and short-rain pools add a genuine birding layer | Good dry-season birding without the migrant movement |
| Best for | Travellers with 6 days wanting game drive | Travellers whose priority is the migration and the crossings |
Video Section
What a 6-day December central circuit looks like in motion, at the hours it actually works.
Video highlights are shared with confirmed bookings. Ask for the current footage when you enquire, so you are seeing this season rather than an old clip.
Inclusions and Exclusions
What the quotation covers, what it does not, and the items we price separately.
Included
- Safari vehicle with pop-up roof and your own driver-guide throughout
- Bean bags and window mounts fitted for long-lens work
- All accommodation as listed for the itinerary nights
- All meals per the confirmed meal plan
- Park entry fees and all road and activity levies
- Round-trip road transfer from Arusha or the airport
Not Included
- International flights to and from Tanzania
- Tanzania visa, which is arranged before you arrive
- Travel insurance, including medical and evacuation cover
- Gratuities for guides and camp staff
- Personal expenses, premium drinks and laundry
- Pre- or post-safari nights in Arusha
Your Quote, Built Around Your Dates
| Quote Field | Your Arrangement |
|---|---|
| Per Person | Current price — confirmed in your quote |
| Vehicle | Private, with pop-up roof and fittings |
| Accommodation | Position chosen for reach and first light |
| Guide | Central circuit specialist throughout |
We quote rather than publish prices, because the cost depends on your dates, group size, accommodation category and vehicle configuration. Add-ons such as a night drive, a photographic vehicle upgrade or extra nights are quoted separately, and we will tell you which of them actually changes your trip.
How to Book
Six steps from first message to departure. Nothing is charged until you have seen a written itinerary and confirmed the property.
Tell us your dates, group size and arrival-vs-resident priorities. December holiday weeks need the earliest enquiry.
A full breakdown with the arrival circuit day by day, accommodation set out, and homecoming honesty in plain terms.
Once the quote is right we hold while you confirm. December holiday holds run shortest of the green season.
A deposit secures everything with the balance due before arrival, stated plainly in confirmation.
Final vouchers, guide details, arrival plan and transfer arrangements in writing before you travel.
Collected from Arusha or the airport, briefed on arrivals and residents that evening, on fresh trails before first light.
Frequently Asked Questions
The questions we are asked most often about an December game drive safari, answered as honestly as we can.
Ready for the South Filling With Life?
Arriving herds at dawn, green residents through the middle hours, and a private 4x4 throughout, in the homecoming month.
Enquire now for current availability — no deposit requested at this stage