Serengeti National Park
Discover the iconic Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

- Serengeti National Park
Renowned as one of Africa’s premier safari destinations, the Serengeti offers an unmatched wildlife viewing experience. This vast park is home to the famous Big Five: elephants, lions, buffaloes, rhinoceroses, and leopards, as well as many other animals including giraffes, hippos, and crocodiles. It’s also where the Great Migration of wildebeests and zebras takes place. With over 70 species of large mammals and 500 birds, the Serengeti is a must-visit wildlife area.
Together with the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Mount Kilimanjaro, the Serengeti National Park is recognized as part of the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Is Serengeti in Kenya or Tanzania? – This question is often raised by travelers who plan to visit East Africa. The answer is simple: the Serengeti National Park is located in northern Tanzania, stretching over 1,500,000 hectares (3,700,000 acres) of wild savanna. It can be easily found on the map – to the east of Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa, near the border with Kenya.
To the north, the Serengeti borders the Kenyan Maasai Mara National Reserve, and to the east, the renowned Ngorongoro Crater and Conservation Area. The larger Serengeti ecosystem stretches even beyond the national park, being defined by the area covered by the Great Migration.
By mid-January, the short rainy season ends, and the weather is clear and hot. Giraffes, elephants, buffaloes, and other herbivores enjoy the thick juicy grass, while predators rest in the shade of acacias. In the south-eastern Serengeti, a new cycle of the Great Migration begins: large herds of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles start moving south across the Serengeti plains in search of fresh pastures.
This is one of the most popular months for safaris, and the park will have many other visitors.
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Why visit Serengeti National Park
The Great Wildebeest Migration
The Great Migration is a yearly event where 1.5 million wildebeest, zebras, gazelles, and other ungulates gather into one enormous herd and traverse the national park in pursuit of greener pastures. This is the largest gathering of large mammals on the planet. Starting from the south and moving clockwise to the north, it peaks with the dramatic crossings of the Grumeti and Mara rivers.
