Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Bus
Although not ideal, shoestring travellers can do their wildlife watching through the window
of the Arusha-Musoma buses that cross the park, but you'll need to pay US$100 in en-
trance fees for Serengeti and Ngorongoro. The buses stop at the staff village at Seronera,
but you're not allowed to walk or hitchhike to the campsites or resthouses and the park has
no vehicles for hire, so unless you've made prior arrangement for transportation it's nearly
pointless to get off here.
Car
Access from Arusha is via the heavily used
Naabi Hill gate
( 6am-6pm) , 45km from
Seronera. The Western Corridor's
Ndabaka gate
( 6am-6pm) , a 1½-hour drive from
Mwanza, is 145km from Seronera.
Klein's gate
( 6.30am-6pm) in the far northeast al-
lows a loop trip combining Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Lake Natron, the latter just two to
three hours from the park. The last entry at these gates is 4pm. Bologonya gate would be
on the route to/from Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve, but the border is closed and
unlikely to open any time soon. Driving is not permitted in the park after 7pm, except in
the visitor centre area where the cut-off is 9pm. Petrol is sold at Seronera.
Almost everyone explores the park in 4WDs, but except during the heaviest rains 2WDs
will have no problems on the main roads and can even manage some of the secondary ones.
