Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

serengeti national park

The Serengeti National Park is arguably the best known wildlife sanctuary in the world.

The name comes from the Maasai 'siringet' which means 'endless plains', and the Serengeti is just that.

This is one of the world's last great wildlife sanctuaries.

Within Serengeti's boundaries of "endless plains" are more than three million mammals.

About 35 species of animals can be seen here, including the so called "big five:" elephants, rhinos, lions

(more than 2,000 of them), leopards, and buffalo. Huge herds of wildebeest, gazelle & zebra are popular

for their spectacular migrations.

It is from here that the famous army of grazing wildebeest begins its legendary trek in search of new

grazing lands. Other common species found here include hippo, giraffe, eland, impala and other antelope

types, baboons, monkeys and a profusion of almost 500 bird species.

Within Serengeti's 14,763 square kilometers (5,000 square mile) dwell an estimated 3 million large animals.

The best time to see heavy concentration of game is between January and February. Life on the Serengeti is

a complex cycle, the defining factor of which is the rain. Though the precise timing varies each year, it

usually occurs around May.

The columns of herbivores stretch up to forty kilometers long (25 miles ) as they make their way up north

toward Kenya's Maasai Mara from where they eventually return some eight and a half months later.

Packs of wild dog usually follow, preying on the sick and weak.

Cheetah, lion, leopard and hyenas can be frequently spotted at a kill but more so in the Seronera Valley

which is characterised by an amazing abundance of mainly lion and leopard.

Often rock hyrax can be spotted on granite mounds on the plains they burrow close to these small

outcroppings keeping a watchful eye out for serval cat and jackal.

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