7 Nights · Two Seasons · Highlands + East-Central Serengeti + the Migration
Refined lodges throughout · two seasons, two ways to travel · fully inclusive
This is a high-end loop that Lemala itself promotes, and we’ve built it as two seasons, two ways to travel: both open with Osonjoi in the Ngorongoro highlands and Nanyukie in the east-central Serengeti (each with a private plunge pool), then the final leg follows the migration — January–March south to Ndutu for calving season, July–October north to Kuria Hills for the Mara River crossing. One loop; choose new life or the crossing by season.
Is it right for you?
Guests who want to cover “highlands + east-central Serengeti + the migration” in one trip, with refined lodges and a private plunge pool throughout; honeymooners, anniversaries and families choosing between calving season and crossing season.
Guests who want to settle in one place and unwind (this is a three-location itinerary); budget-sensitive guests.
For both, we have better alternatives — just ask your consultant.
What a stay looks like
Lemala Osonjoi
A contemporary lodge in the misty Ngorongoro highland forest — cool and quiet, the opening of the whole loop.
Lemala Nanyukie
An upgraded tented lodge in the east-central Serengeti — few vehicles, quiet, a private plunge pool in every room. That robes-and-sunset plunge-pool deck in the hero image? This is it.
Lemala Ndutu
An explorer-style mobile tented camp that follows the migration, pitched in the southern calving grounds from January to March. It’s the most pared-back link in this loop — a mobile camp, relatively simple; but that’s exactly what brings you closest to nature, and adds a “from refined lodge to wild camp” layer to the whole trip.
Lemala Kuria Hills
A glass-walled design lodge near the northern Mara River, right on crossing season from July to October.
When to come: two seasons, two great spectacles
This loop has two golden windows — the first two legs are the same, the final camp changes with the migration:
Hundreds of thousands of calves are born in the south.
Life drops en masse on the short-grass plains, drawing in lion, leopard and cheetah — life and death in one frame, the year’s most dramatic season.
This leg stays at the Ndutu mobile camp, closest to the calving.
The mobile camp is relatively simple — in exchange for the position closest to the herds.
The wildebeest armies reach the north and plunge into the Mara.
Safari’s most breathtaking spectacle, and this window only.
This leg stays at the glass-walled Kuria Hills lodge.
Soak in the infinity pool, behind a full wall of glass, waiting for word of a crossing.
The two legs common to both seasons: Osonjoi in the Ngorongoro highlands (the crater is good year-round) + Nanyukie in the east-central Serengeti (few vehicles, strong resident wildlife, a private plunge pool in every room) — whichever season you pick, you stay at both.
One Lemala loop — new life or the crossing, choose by season — and from refined lodge to wild camp, the stay itself becomes part of the experience.
- Lemala Osonjoi2 nights
- Lemala Ndutu3 nights
- Lemala Nanyukie2 nights
Flow: open in the highlands → 3 immersive nights in the southern calving grounds → wind down at east-central Nanyukie.
All meals and some drinks included, daily game drives, and 4 light-aircraft legs (Arusha → Manyara → southern Serengeti → central Serengeti → Arusha), and more (per quote).
- Lemala Osonjoi2 nights
- Lemala Nanyukie2 nights
- Lemala Kuria Hills3 nights
Flow: open in the highlands → east-central Nanyukie → 3 nights focused on the crossing at northern Kuria Hills.
All meals and some drinks included, daily game drives, and 4 light-aircraft legs (Arusha → Manyara → central Serengeti → northern Serengeti → Arusha), and more (per quote).
The price already includes the 7-night special offer and the fully-inclusive package. Note: the 7-night special offer does not apply in the Jul–Aug high season; pricing for that period on request.
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From US$7,920 per person
February pricing · based on 2 travelling · includes the 7-night special offer · fully-inclusive package · 4 light-aircraft legs · final price per quote
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