Serengeti National Park has four main sectors to visit and choosing for the best will depend entirely on your needs for the migration safari. All the sectors are fantastic and worth breathtaking as seen below putting you to a task to choose your best and also depends on your time of travel in a year.

Western sector of Serengeti is a stretch of land following the course of the Grumeti River from Serengeti Central for about 100 kilometres out towards Lake Victoria. A pair of rivers, the Grumeti River and Mbalageti River, is the dominant geographic feature of the Western Corridor.

The sector is busy in the May-July period which coincides with the Great Migration passing through the Western Corridor on their trek to the north. While the crossing of the Grumeti River may be lesser known compared to its northern counterpart, the crossing of the Mara River, it real offers sightings just as exhilarating with the added benefit of fewer fellow visitors at the crossings. The Grumeti River is the first enormous obstacle for the herds to tackle.

The sector is consistent throughout the year with woodland, dotted with areas of open grassland and dense stands of the whistling thorn supporting resident populations of giraffe, wildebeest, elephant, zebra and other typical plains animals, and lion.

While here, the hot air balloon safaris are offered during the Great Migration season (from the beginning of June to the end of October).

A few lodges and camps, and mobile safaris hardly venture this far out from Seronera. During the Great Migration period, May-July, this changes and several mobile camps will set up in the area.

Northern sector of Serengeti offers a chance to escape the crowds: It is remote and relatively inaccessible, which means it sees fewer visitors. Travelers who make it to this corner of the Serengeti will be rewarded with gorgeous landscapes of green rolling hills, granite outcrops and acacia woodlands dotting open savanna, incredible wildlife, and most importantly, with massive herds of wildebeest and zebra making dangerous crossing of the croc – infested Mara River during the Great Migration in June and July and again in September, October and November.

This sector of the park is also home to the greatest concentration of elephant in the Serengeti, as well as good numbers of lion, leopard, cheetah and hyena and diverse resident animals such as giraffe, Topi, eland and hippo.

The sector encompasses open plains, rolling hills, dramatic Kopjes and woodlands. It’s known for large elephant herds and the second largest lion pride in the Serengeti, and it’s not unusual to spot lion, leopard and cheetah on one game drive.

You will visit the Lobo Valley home to year-round resident game such as giraffe, hartebeest, Topi and buffalo, while the herds of the Great Migration pass through the valley in July and August moving to the north. The Mara River makes the sector the busiest part during the months of July, august and September when there is a migration crossing.

Go for hot air balloon in the morning during your safari in the Northern Serengeti to be treated to sunrise views over the plains and 360-degree wildlife spotting from the air. This ends with a lavish champagne breakfast when you land on the plains.

The benefit of staying in lodges in the Loliondo is seeing all of the wildlife of the Serengeti. During the peak months of the Migration, from July to October, mobile camps move into the area to provide the perfectly located places to stay to catch the exciting Mara River crossings.

Eastern sector of Serengeti is so much interesting and offers the visitors clear scenes especially when the cheetahs are fighting with the wildebeest migrations as they start their movements. The sector s most interesting during the months of October and November when the migration is returning from Maasai Mara to Serengeti.

During this time, the sector is filled with a great number of wild animals since is covered with the best grass as well as the water supplies. The Serengeti’s eastern side provides spectacular views of natural life throughout the year, with a beautiful environment of magnificent meadows dotted with Kopjes that serve as excellent hiding sites for various animals, particularly hunters.

South and central region of Serengeti

Between November and March, massive herds of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle migrate into the southern Serengeti to graze on new grass and give birth. That means that predators particularly lions, leopards, and cheetahs will take advantage of any opportunity to hunt easy prey.

The area provides easy access to all of the migration’s hot spots and is densely forested with plains game, leopard, cheetah, and lion.

The Seronera River Valley serves as a natural boundary between the region’s grassy plains to the south and wooded hills to the north, making it one of the Serengeti’s most diverse ecosystems. Lion and cheetah sightings are frequent, as are leopard sightings.

The Migration here makes an appearance twice a year, between May and June, and when they return from Kenya between November and December. In June, young wildebeest, zebra and antelope are finding their ‘migration’ legs and the herds flood the famous Moru Kopjes a remarkable sight to say the least.

The central Serengeti is also rich in wildlife throughout the year, and the rushing Seronera River and other waterholes attract animals for miles, including the iconic Big Five and endangered black rhino.

Kati Kati Tented Camp, Namiri Plains Camp in the central and Olakira Migration Camp, Legendary Mwiba Lodge in the southern would be the best options while in these areas of Serengeti.