Arrival · Main gate from the south, border with the Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Naabi Hill
The gate between the conservation area and the national park is at Naabi Hill. If you come from Arusha or Ngorongoro, you pay the park entrance fee here; the drive through the conservation area costs its daily fee on top. A short path leads up the hill with a view over the plains.
The southern gate, and beyond it the plains where calves are born from December to March.
Gate
border with the Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Transit
the conservation area's daily fee, gates 6:00 to 18:00
Water · Granite outcrops in the short-grass plains
Gol Kopjes
The kopjes east of Naabi rise from the short-grass plains of the southeast, the calving grounds of the migration from January to March according to the park authority. Cheetahs use the rocks as lookouts.
A group of granite outcrops just over nine kilometres (5.6 mi) southeast of Seronera, listed individually in OpenStreetMap as Maasai Kopje 1 to 14; the point marks the northernmost.
Nature · Kopjes in the southwest, rhino viewing area
Moru Kopjes
Rock groups around 20 km (12 mi) southwest of Seronera. OpenStreetMap does not list the kopjes as a separate object; the point marks the Ole Serai camp at the Moru Kopjes. For the Moru area, the authority's tariff list includes a separate rhino viewing activity.
Arrival · Centre of the park, headquarters, airstrip, camps
Seronera
The heart of the park in the Seronera Valley: headquarters, visitor centre, fuel station, airstrip, lodges and the public campsites. The valley with its riverine forest is rich in wildlife all year and is known as leopard territory.
Park headquarters, airstrip, fuel station, campsites and a valley where leopards rest in the trees.
Location
centre of the park, around 50 km (31 mi) north of Naabi
Facilities
visitor centre, fuel station, airstrip according to OpenStreetMap
The airstrip in the centre of the park, listed in OpenStreetMap with the codes SEU and HTSN. Landing fees per aircraft are set out in the authority's tariff list.
One of the public campsites on the edge of Seronera, US$30 per person per night according to the tariff; Nyani, Tumbili and Dik Dik are next to it. Toilet block, no fence.
One of the permanent tented lodges on concession land north of Seronera; overnight stays in lodges and permanent camps are subject to the concession fee in the tariff list.
The Western Corridor stretches along the Grumeti almost to Lake Victoria. According to the park authority's calendar, the herds cross the Grumeti here in June and July. Kirawira airstrip.
The gate at the western end of the Western Corridor, with a national park registration office next to it according to OpenStreetMap. The shore of Lake Victoria is a few kilometres away.
The Grumeti flows from east to west into Lake Victoria. According to the park authority's calendar, the herds cross it in June and July. The map point is on the river in the Western Corridor near Kirawira.
The lodge on a kopje in the Lobo area, with its own airstrip. The north is hillier and more wooded than the plains; according to the park authority's calendar, the herds move back through the north in October and November.
The airstrip on the Mara, the only river in the park that flows all year. The park authority's calendar places the Mara crossing in August and September.
Surroundings · Calving area outside the park, in the conservation area
Lake Ndutu
The lake lies just outside the park in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The Ngorongoro authority names late December to April as the best time for the migration at Ndutu; the boundary between the two areas runs right across the plain.
Lake on the edge of the Ndutu plains in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. According to the NCAA, the best time for the migration there is late December to April.
