Serengeti Safaris

Serengeti National Park

Serengeti is Tanzania’s 3rd largest but most famous national park. On its vast open plains live over 6 million hoofed and clawed animals, constantly on the move in search of fresh grasslands and fresh meat. The Wildebeest, of which there are over 100,000, are the chief herbivore and also the main prey of the 3000 lions and 7000 hyenas who hunt in the Serengeti. Other herbivore herds with large populations include Zebras (200,000), Thompson Gazelles (300,000), Buffalo (100,000) and Elephants (2100 and growing). At any one time you can find over 500 species of Birds and hundreds of interesting insect species to marvel at. The Serengeti is truly an enormous sanctuary for all creatures great and small.

One of the Serengeti’s biggest attractions is the annual migration of wildebeest herds. This is not a quick event that you either get to see or miss, but a flow of massive herds of animals that takes place from June to November in the Serengeti. During the migratory year the Herds have to cross rivers because – the grass in this case is greener on the other side, but to do this they must enter crocodile infested waters and not only risk being eaten but also hazard drowning. These death defying mass river crossings take place between July and September.

 

Serengeti Lodges & Camps