Game viewing Safaris in the Serengeti will usually start from Arusha or Moshi since most visitors fly into Kilimanjaro International Airport 50 km east of Arusha.
You can hire a car, with or without chauffeur for your safari. If you do this you should make your reservations for lodges and hotels before setting off. It is far simpler (and cheaper!), however, to book an all-inclusive tour, which will include accomodation, meals, transport, and park fees.

If you have already had safari experience, then we do not need to tell you not to undertake too much on one visit. On a safari drive it is better to take your time observing, rather than using it to reach other destinations. You will get more out of your trip to the Dark Continent if you bring along a good field guide giving you background information on the wildlife you encounter.

Check out our list of recommended field guides and books:

 
Serengeti Library

Field Guides
Information on ecology and behavior of mammals in this website are from the excellent field guides of Professor Richard Estees.

	The Behavior Guide to African Mammals. Richard D. Estes, The University of California Press ISBN 0-520-08085-8 (paperback) - ISBN 0-520-05831-3 (hardback)
	The Safari Companion. Richard D. Estes, Chelsea Green Publisching Company ISBN 1-890132-44-6

The best Serengeti guide currently existing is

Serengeti. Land - People - History. David Martin. African Publishing Group, Zimbabwe. ISBN 1-77901-141-5

Other recommended field guides

	The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals. Jonathan Kingdon. Academic Press Limited, London. ISBN 0-12-408355-2
	Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Helm Identification Guides. Christopher Helm,A&C Black, London ISBN 0-7136-3968-7
	A Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa. Collins, London ISBN 0-00-219179-2
	A Field Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa. Collins, London ISBN 0-00-219327-2
	Trees of Kenya. Noad and Birnie, Kenya ISBN 9966-848-95-9
	The Wild Flowers of Kenya. Collins, London ISBN 0-00-219317-5

Scientific Reading
Sinclair's "Serengeti" Books provide a wealth of information to students and to visitors that would like to know more about how the Serengeti Ecosystem is functionning.

	Serengeti, Dynamics of an Ecosystem. Edited by A.R.E. Sinclair and M. Norton-Griffiths. The University of Chicago Press ISBN 0-226-76028-6
	Serengeti II, Dynamics, Management, and Conservation of an Ecosystem. Edited by A.R.E. Siclair and P. Arcese. The University of Chicago Press ISBN 0-226-76031-6 (hardback) - 0-226-76032-4 (paperback)