Tanzania
Serengeti National Park
Renowned for its incredible wildlife density and, most famously, the annual Great Wildebeest Migration.
Introducing: Serengeti National Park
Stretching along a vast plateau between the eastern arm of the rugged Rift Valley and the huge expanse of Lake Victoria, the park covers an immense 14 800 km² (5 700 square miles) on Tanzania’s northern border with Kenya. The park is famous for its vast, open grasslands, which allow for excellent sightings of the abundant wildlife. Tanzania’s oldest game reserve, it is also one of the oldest ecosystems on earth and its climate and vegetation have remained largely untouched for millions of years.
While the Serengeti boasts incredible numbers of resident wildlife, it is perhaps best known as the site of the annual Great Migration, when an estimated three million antelope – mostly wildebeest — migrate to Kenya’s Masai Mara Game Reserve. One of the greatest spectacles in the natural world, the migration follows the seasonal rains, spending the wet season on the south eastern plains of Tanzania and the dry season in the woodlands of north western Kenya. Between January and March the wildebeest give birth on the short grass plains of the south eastern Serengeti. This time of year attracts a vast plethora of predators, from lion to hyena, leopard and cheetah. As the grazing runs low in this area the wildebeest move to the central Serengeti and then the Western Corridor before crossing the Grumeti and Mara Rivers on their journey south in Kenya. Braving the jaws of some of Africa’s largest crocodiles, the river crossings are always a dramatic and emotional sight.
Experience the Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park is a transition area, with distinct changeovers going from rich flat soils, to poor hilly soils in the north, attracting a wide variety of vegetation and animals. Whether you are looking for big cats, birds or even smaller creatures: Serengeti National Park delivers. Even to understand and experience just a small part of this ecosystem, will change your vision on our world and the environment.
For many, the Serengeti’s No. 1 attraction is the opportunity to witness the Great Migration. Many safari operators and mobile camps are dedicated to putting you at the heart of the action; whether that’s watching newborn calves take their first steps in the grasslands of the south, or experiencing the drama of a Mara River crossing. To view the migration, you’ll need to time your trip carefully, as the herds’ movements are dependent on the rains and can change from year to year. Regardless of when you travel, a standard game drive gives you a front-row seat to the Serengeti’s incredible biodiversity.
However, if you want to see the wildebeest migration, the herds gather in the south from December to May, then move into the Western Corridor from May to July. To see the herds crossing the Mara River, you’ll need to be there in July, August, or November.
Elephants at the Serengeti National Park 
Balloon ride at the Serengeti National Park Locate the Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park Wildlife
There is a plethora of wildlife in Serengeti, making it one of the top destinations for safaris, which include The Big 5 (elephant, “the world's largest land animal,” leopard, “the prince of darkness,” lion, “king of the savannah,” buffalo, “ not quite the lazy,” and rhino, “the pre-historic heavyweight). The Big Cats( lion “cheetah & leopard). Other animals include giraffes, zebra, wildebeests, crocodiles, hippos, impala, grant gazelle, spotted hyenas, black-backed jackals, African wild dogs, warthog, olive baboons, vervet monkeys, African python, black mamba, spitting cobra, puff adder, bat-eared fox, hyraxes, etc. Serengeti is home to the most significant concentration of predators globally, including over 1,000 African leopards, 3,000 lions, and approximately 8,000 spotted hyenas. At least 8,000 baby wildebeest are born every day in February Calving Season.
Serengeti National Park Birdlife
Serengeti hosts more than 500 species of birds, making it a perfect destination for avid birders. If you are a typical birder and have specific birds that you may wish to see, with its endless plains, the west corridor has diverse vegetation that favours a birdlife ecosystem with open savannah, whistling thorns, acacia trees, grassland, and a riverine forest along the Grumeti River. Serengeti is home to “Serengeti Specials,” which are endemic to the park and not found anywhere else. They include Schalow’s wheatear, Schalow’s turaco, rufous-tailed weaver, grey-crested helmet shrike and red-throated tit.
Kori bustard, black herons, martial eagle, Tanzania red-billed hornbill, Egyptian geese, Masai ostrich, crowned cranes, hamerkrops, secretary bird, black herons, marabou stork, lesser flamingo, etc. Unlike game viewing, which can be done at any time of the year, the best time for birding is during the rainy season. More prolonged rains are from March to May, and the shorter rains are from November. During this period, Serengeti received migratory birds from Europe and other parts of the world. The best place for birding safaris is the Seronera area, the central part of the park, which also hosts more nocturnal birds. Lake Ndutu is for vultures and secretary birds, and Lobo Hills is for birds of prey like eagles.
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