
Day 1 · Northern Serengeti (Kogatende & Mara River)
Zanzibar to Northern Serengeti National Park
You will embark on an unforgettable safari adventure starting with a hotel pickup in Zanzibar. You will enjoy a scenic drive to the airport, where you’ll board a small plane to soar to Northern Serengeti. Upon landing at Kogatende Airstrip at 11:00 am, your private safari vehicle awaits. You will begin your exploration of Northern Serengeti by going to the Mara River to witness the crossing of the migration. After a thrilling day, you will retire to your accommodation for a delightful dinner and a comfortable overnight stay. Overnight at Safari Haven Migration Camp • Mobile migration camp pitched in Northern Serengeti for the crossing season.
Between July and October the Mara River in the far north of the Serengeti becomes the stage for the most dramatic act of the Great Migration. Wildebeest pile up on the banks, hesitate, plunge: crocodiles wait below, lions and hyenas above.
We position you at Kogatende or Lamai for two or three full days, which is what it takes to be in the right place when a crossing happens. Between rivers there are lions on the koppies, elephants in the Mara woodland and very few other vehicles.
Today's plan
- Full days at the Mara River crossing points
- Game drives on the Lamai Wedge
- Picnic breakfasts in the bush
- Optional walking safari with a Maasai naturalist
Where you sleep tonight

Safari Haven Migration Camp
Mobile migration camp, Serengeti






