re: Four Seasons Serengeti

Sure, we had two people go for 5 days and 4 nights. Flights ended up being about $3500 total (US to Tanzania, plus the bush flights, we used Regional Airlines). All of the game drives, hot air balloon safari, walking safari, bush dinner was about $5000. Resort depends on the room, we used credit card points, so the room didn't cost us anything. We booked through Amex, so we got a room upgrade upon arrival and got $100 credit to use at the resort. There are way less expensive ways to do this trip, but this was celebrating a big birthday and I know the Four Seasons would be top notch across the board. Plus, you are able to book everything directly through them, so it takes the guesswork out of everything and they are very flexible. For instance, we wanted to go to the Crater on the first day and then do the Central Serengeti the next day. Our guide suggested we do the reverse order because we would not have seen a lot of animals at that point and we would have stopped so many times, that it would have taken forever to get to the crater. And he was right, but they were able to swap our tour days the day before. VERY easy to work with.

I used this site to gauge what the seasons would be like. Luckily for us, June and July are when we have the most flexibility to travel.

Best Time to Visit the Serengeti

I am sure someone who has been can add context based on their experience.

I had a friend that did this s0tiger. They did Zanzibar first and then Serengeti for the second half of the trip. Depending on what all you want to see, I think you can see just about everything you want to in the Serengeti in 3-4 days.