Serengeti National park
By: Zepisa African Safaris
Tags: Tanzania, Travel, Safaris, Nature, Africa

Serengeti National park overview

The park is located some 320 km toward the northwest of Arusha lying in a high plateau between the Serengeti National Park is without a doubt the most popular wildlife sanctuary on the planet. Unrivaled for its normal magnificence and logical worth, it has the best convergence of plains game in Africa. The Serengeti National Park in Tanzania was established in 1952. It is home to the best wildlife spectacle Ngorongoro highlands and the Kenya/ Tanzania border, and extending almost to Lake Victoria to the west. Aptly named “endless plains” by the Maasai people, you immediately experience this vastness as you enter the southeastern plains of the park from Ngorongoro. on the planet — the incredible movement of wildebeest and zebra.

Wildlife in Serengeti National park

Home to one of the world’s most prominent concentrations of wildlife and most of the Great Wildebeest Migration. Serengeti National Park is Tanzania’s flagship conservation area and a must-do for first-time and returning safari-goers alike.

The Serengeti’s vast rolling grasslands and brilliant savannah give travelers a soul-stirring sense of space. Although it is most famous for supporting millions of wildebeest, there are also sizable populations of zebra, buffalo, elephant and giraffe, and myriad gazelle and antelope species. And where there is plains game aplenty, predators like lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena, and wild dog are sure to follow.

When to go to the Serengeti National park

The Serengeti National park offers extraordinary all year game-view but is particularly popular during the Great Wildebeest Migration when some 1.7 million wildebeest and another 500,000 zebras cross the Serengeti on their way to the Masai Mara.

The Wildebeest Migration sees almost around 1.7 million wildebeest move over the Serengeti in one of nature’s most memorable displays. Between January and March, the southern Serengeti district of Ndutu plays host to the calving season in which a huge number of youthful wildebeest make their first staggering strides while hungry predators watch on.

April and May see the vast herd making its way across the Serengeti, and offers phenomenal chances to see this genuinely monster crowd moving. June and July are the most popular time to see the Wildebeest Migration, as the herd must cross the Grumeti and Mara rivers to reach their goal. The river crossings are not only hindered by the fast-moving rivers but also the crocodiles lurking in the shallows and the predators who constantly harry the rear of the herd.

In December, it is conceivable to see the group as it advances south again to re-visitation of the Ndutu district for another calving season.

What to do in Serengeti National park

Explore Serengeti National park in-game drive, it would be a shame if you did not spend the time to go on a game drive. The Serengeti is a massive national park, so it can be difficult to cover the entire park in a few days. You should decide what you want to see before going on a game drive. An alternative option to enjoy the splendor of the Serengeti is via Balloon Safaris.

Climate in Serengeti

The climate of the Serengeti National Park is subtropical, with rain season from November to April and the dry season from May to October. The park is located at an altitude between 1,100 and 2,000 meters with annual average rainfall ranging from 900 to 1,000 mm.

Getting there

The park can be accessed by road and air.

Road. Accessed from all towns and cities to the present entry or exit points/gates namely Naabi Hill, Seronera, Ndutu, Kusini, Kirawira, Handajega, Ikoma, Tabora ‘B’, Lamai, Lobo, Ndabaka, Machochwe, and Kleins.Air. There are all-weather airstrips in the center of the park (Seronera), in the South (Kusini), in the East (Lobo), in the West (Kirawira), and in the North (Kogatende & Lamai). There are scheduled and private charters from Arusha, Mwanza, Kilimanjaro, Musoma, Dar es Salaam, and Zanzibar.