What is Serengeti National Park Famous for?
What is Serengeti National Park Famous for?
What is Serengeti National Park Famous for? Serengeti National Park Tanzania is famous for the Great Wildebeest Migration a natural wonder that sees millions of wildebeests, Thompsons gazelles, zebras, and elands migrate further North to Masai Mara in Kenya each year from June to October. The Serengeti is also famous for the high concentration of a variety of wildlife populations. These include African elephants, lions, Cape buffalos, rhinos, and leopards. Serengeti is also home to populations of cheetahs, gazelles, giraffes, and zebras among others. Not forgetting the sunrises and sunsets that make the heart go wild.
A Safari in Serengeti National Park takes you to explore Africa’s best safari park. It’s famous for its world’s largest wildlife migration and a high concentration of big cats. These include lions, cheetahs, leopards, and hyenas. Undoubtedly, Serengeti National Park Tanzania is where safari goers come to truly experience an ultimate Serengeti National Park Safari on their safari holiday in Africa and the park is undoubtedly the best-kept and known wildlife sanctuary in the world. It’s also famous for having accommodated the early man himself at Olduvai Gorge about two million years ago. The nearby areas of Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire National Park, and Lake Manyara National Park are also worth a visit.
Location and Brief History
Serengeti National Park is the oldest and Tanzania’s most popular National park. It’s located in Northern Tanzania and bordering with Kenya’s Masai Mara. The park covers an area of 14,763 square kilometers (5,700 square miles) of grassland plains, savanna land as well as riverine forest and woodlands. Traditionally it’s inhabited by the Maasai people who call it Siringitu, “meaning the place where the land moves on forever”.
A Serengeti National Park safari is a spectacular experience no matter what time of the year you visit. Below, we have listed what we think are the best things to do in Serengeti. They’ll guide you in planning a Serengeti Safari holiday.
Famous Things to do in Serengeti National Park
Witnessing the Great Wildebeest Migration
Arguably one of the world’s top Natural wonders, this annual event sees over one and a half million wildebeest. They are accompanied by hundreds of thousands of zebra and numerous antelope species. these animals move in search of greener pastures. Their movement covers about 500 kilometers in a clockwise direction from the Serengeti to the Masai Mara. The highlights of the Great Wildebeest Migration are the Grumeti River crossing (May/June) and the Mara Rivers crossing (July-September). These take place as the wildebeests head back northwards the Masai Mara. Between February and March, you can witness wildebeest birthing their young ones in the Ndutu area. This phenomenon attracts predators and therefore a lot of dramatic predator action.
Game Viewing /Wildlife Game drives
The Serengeti National Park is a top destination for an ultimate Tanzania safari game drive on an African safari Vacation. The park is home to 2,500 lions and more than one million wildebeest that roam the Serengeti plains. Given the large size of the park, tourists cannot explore it in a single day. It may require them at least 4 days to explore each section of the park.
Serengeti is famous for predators like cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, jackals, and a ton of lions in addition to elephants, Buffalo, wildebeest, Zebra, Gazelles, and antelopes among others.
Lions in Serengeti National Park
Masai Village Cultural tour
Masai semi-nomadic people have been the inhabitants of the Serengeti ecosystem for centuries. They live in northern Tanzania and southern Kenya along the Great Rift Valley. Their traditional ways of life and the unique traditional clothing make a visit to their villages memorable. Here you will learn about their customs, traditions, and lifestyles with a brief dancing ceremony. Additionally. you’ll visit the traditional boma made of sticks, mud, and cow dung. You’ll also visit the village schools and craft village among other activities.
Maasai Tribe in Northern Serengeti
Hot Air Balloon Safari
Experience the Serengeti plains and its wildlife in a cozy way by embarking on a hot air balloon Tanzania safari. This is a memorable way of exploring the Serengeti and helps. It gives tourists a different perspective of the wildlife and the vast plains as they have a bird’s eye view of the park.
Serengeti Hot Air Balloon
Visit Olduvai Gorge & Kopjes
Arguably one of the most ancient and historical spots to visit during a Tanzania wildlife safari, the Oduvai Gorge is a famous spot where archaeologists Louis and Mary Leakey discovered human fossils and tools dating back to over 2 million years ago. Fossil remains of over 60 hominids have been found in this area. This makes it one of the most important pale anthropological sites in the world. It is a convenient stop for tourists traveling between the Ngorongoro crater and the Serengeti National Park. The Kopjes on the other hand are granite rocks that stand out in the Serengeti Plains and add to the already spectacular flat grassland. They offer perfect places to see wildlife like lions, cheetahs and reptiles.
On your visit to Tanzania’s oldest national park and a major lead for the northern safari circuit, you can also visit other northern Tanzania circuit Parks. These include Lake Manyara National Park, Tarangire National Park, Arusha National Park, and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You can also have extension trips to Uganda or Rwanda for gorilla trekking. Additionally, you can head to Zanzibar and Ssese Islands for a beach holiday.
Our Recommended Serengeti Safari Tours:
3 Days Serengeti National Park Safari
Duration: 3 Days | Locations: 1
This Serengeti National Park tour is for Business travelers or Tanzania visitors with time constraints but interested in visiting the Serengeti for wildlife viewing or the great migration (June-October). You may decide to fly into Serengeti or you may transfer by Road from Arusha. (We recommend you fly into the Serengeti so that day 1 of the trip can also be utilized since the journey is a long one (Approximately 8 hrs). The package can be tailor-made to fit your style of travel whether luxury or Budget
Highlights:
Exceptional game viewing
Day drives
4 Days Serengeti National Park tour
Duration: 4 Days | Locations: 1
This Serengeti safari tour is designed to give safari goers enough time to explore the Serengeti wildlife and the wildebeest migration (if visiting in July –October). You may decide to fly into the Serengeti or you may transfer by Road from Arusha (We recommend you fly into the Serengeti so that day 1 of the trip can also be utilized since the journey is a long one (Approximately 8 hrs). The package can be tailor-made to fit your style of travel whether luxury or Budget
Highlights:
Game drives
Bush walks
Diverse landscapes and experiences for photography
5 Days Serengeti, Lake Manyara and Ngorongoro crater Tanzania Safari
Duration: 5 Days | Locations: 3
This Tanzania safari tour takes you to Lake Manyara National Park home to tree-climbing lions and flamingos, Serengeti, and the iconic Ngorongoro Crater
Highlights:
Big 5 safari in Ngorongoro Crater
Tree climbing lions and Flamingos in Lake Manyara
Game drives in Serengeti
8 Days Best of Tanzania Northern Circuit Safari
Duration: 8 Days | Locations: 4
This Serengeti safari tour is perfect for travelers with more time on hand for a longer Tanzania safari. It takes you to all the Northern Circuit parks of Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire, and Lake Manyara.
Highlights:
Game drives
Big Five Safari in Ngorongoro Crater
Tree Climbing lions and Flamingos
8 days Gorillas and Serengeti Uganda Tanzania safari
Duration: 8 Days | Locations: 4
This gorilla trekking and Serengeti Safari tour will take you to trek the last remaining Mountain Gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in Uganda and to view wildlife and the Big Five animals in Serengeti, Ngorongoro crater and Tarangire Parks in Tanzania. It brings you the two top highlights of an African Safari -gorilla trekking and Serengeti safari
Highlights:
Gorilla trekking in Uganda
Big Five safari in Ngorongoro crater
Game drives in Serengeti and Tarangire National Parks
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