14-Day Serengeti Olduvai Gorge Safari: Deep Time, Crater, Valley, Ndutu & Island Grand Loop

A full site day: the museum’s displays and casts in the cool morning, then the travelling black volcanic dune on the eastern plain.

Picnic lunch in the field; afternoon plain loops among zebra, giraffe and rim-thermal raptors.

Overnight back in the highland stay. Site hours and dune access confirmed on the day.

Dawn descent for a full floor morning — rhino, lion, elephant and the flamingo-fringed lake — with picnic lunch on the floor.

Slow ascent and an unhurried highland afternoon, deliberately placed as the loop’s easiest hours.

Overnight on the rim or in Karatu. Floor routing follows ranger guidance.

Northward transit through Naabi Hill into the Serengeti with game-viewing throughout; afternoon arrival in the valley with a first plains-and-kopjes loop.

The country changes — open grass, granite islands, cat densities rising.

Overnight in a full-board Seronera valley camp. Transit routing follows conditions and reports.

Dawn on the granite kopjes, scanning ledges and shadow lines, then the rock art shelters with your guide’s reading.

Picnic lunch in camp shade; afternoon return to the rocks from the far side as shadows lengthen.

Overnight back in the valley camp. Rock hours bend to light and cat lines.

A river day: both river lines with fig shade, grazing bends and leopard territory worked bend by bend.

Picnic lunch by the water; afternoon plains between the loops with drinking points and a dusk pool look.

Overnight back in the valley camp. River routing repositions against fresh information.

Southward transit with game-viewing throughout to the short-grass plains; afternoon among resident herds with Moru on the horizon.

Calving season fills the ground with newborns and followers; outside it, cats, art and big skies carry the day.

Overnight in a full-board southern camp. Southern routing follows rain and herds.

Dawn with the herds where they stand, lake-edge birdlife mid-morning and the Moru kopjes in the afternoon.

Picnic lunch in the field; the day bends to herd position against fresh morning reports.

Overnight back in the southern camp. Calving peaks roughly January–March.

North-west transit with the Olduvai Gorge museum stop — ravine trail and displays — then ascent to the rim.

Afternoon rim with forest edge and the caldera view where cloud allows; early night before the descent.

Overnight on the rim or in Karatu. Museum hours and descent windows confirmed with documents.

Dawn descent for a full floor morning — rhino, lion, elephant and the flamingo-fringed lake — with picnic lunch on the floor.

Slow ascent and an unhurried highland afternoon to close the wildlife leg.

Overnight on the rim or in Karatu. Floor routing follows ranger guidance.

East to Tarangire for elephant herds, baobabs and the river-grained park the dry-season herds favour.

Full day on river loops and swamps with picnic lunch; concentrations the draw, light the bonus.

Overnight in a full-board Tarangire-area stay. Routing follows water and herd reports.

Morning road to the airport and the hop to Zanzibar; met on arrival and transferred to the island hotel.

Afternoon free: beach, pool or Stone Town wandering by arrangement.

Overnight on Zanzibar. Flight times, limits and transfers confirmed with documents.

Two full island days inside the closing leg: beach rest plus Stone Town and spice-tour options, paced to your energy.

No schedules beyond pleasure; the team remains on call.

Overnights on Zanzibar. Island extras confirmed with your booking documents.

Final morning at leisure with checkout bending to your flight.

Late checkout or day-use where arranged, then the airport transfer with margin.

Drop-off at Zanzibar airport for your onward flight.