Serengeti National Park Attractions ........

ENDLESS PLAINS OF NATURES WONDERS
The Serengeti National Park, covering 14763 sq. km. is one of the world’s largest wildlife sanctuaries. One of the most breathtaking events in the animal kingdom, the migration of thousands of wild beasts takes place here every year. The Serengeti, 320km from Arusha was gazetted in 1951. The World Heritage Convention accepted it as a world heritage and biosphere reserve in 1981. The park name Serengeti means endless plains and is derived from the maasai word siringet.
The Maasai are a pastoral tribe living in the area. The parks terrain varies form vast treeless central Serengeti plains and Savannah type stretches dotted with acacia trees, magnificent rocks of kopjes, riverine bush, thick shrubs to streams, rivers, small swamps and lakes. These features give the park a fascinating variety of scenarios. The park contains an estimated 3 million large animals, most of which take part in a seasonal migration that is one of nature’s wonders.
The annual migration involves more than 1.5 million wild beasts as well as hundreds of thousands of zebras and gazelle in search of greener pastures and water. Serengeti National Park has about 35 species of plain animals. From a hare to elephant and a wonderful selection of bird life. Survey estimates indicate an animal population of about 4 million including over 300 lions, 1.6 million wild beasts, 500,00 zebras and over 400 bird species.

ACCEBILITY AND VISITOR’S FACILITIES:
Visitors can drive or fly to the nearby Seronera airstrip. There are several lodges, tented camps and several public campsites.

BEST TIME:
The best time to visit is all year round. For migration December to May in the south of the park and from June to October to the west (western corridor).

DO NOT MISS:
The big cats of kopjes (huge granite rocks), which dominate the plains. Hundreds of crocodiles in the Grumeti River. The Maasai paintings at Moru Kopjes