Serengeti Nationa Park

Serengeti is the oldest and most popular national park, also a world heritage site and recently proclaimed a 7th world wide wonder, the Serengeti is famed for its annual migration, when some six million hooves pound the open plains, as more than 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson’s gazelle join the wildebeest’s trek for fresh grazing. Even in the absence of the migration, Serengeti is capable of facilitating an admirable game viewing experience in Africa. Herds of buffalo, small and large groups of elephant, giraffe, eland, topi, kongoni, impala, and gazelles help the park in doing so. The Serengeti National Park has four separate sections, each with its own unique features and landscapes: the Southern Plains, Seronera (Central), Western Corridor, and Northern Serengeti.

The southern plain of Serengeti is best described as the “classic Serengeti” and is characterized by short grass plains and flat, open expanses. Seronera which is the famous central territory of Serengeti is located just north of the shrot grass plains. It is famous for open plains, kopjes, and resident and migrating gamees including large number of leopard, cheetah, and lion. To the west of Lake Victoria stretches Western Corridor whihc is home to the Grumeti and Mbalageti rivers which support dense vegetation and evergreen riparian forest. The area falling in between Seronera and border with Kenya is called Northern Serengeti, an area of gently rolling country dotted with occasional hills and kopjes, broken by small rivers. This is where visitors might be at the right place at the right time to view the migration river crossings of the Mara River, made famous by National Geographic documentaries.