The Serengeti National

Location: The Serengeti National Park is located in the Serengeti ecosystem in the Mara and Simiyu regions. The park lies in northwestern Tanzania, bordered to the north by the Kenyan border, where it is continuous with the Masaai Mara National Reserve, about 325km/202mi from Arusha. The park is worldwide known for its abundance of wildlife and high biodiversity.
Wildlife: The migratory wildebeest, which number over 2 million individuals, constitute the largest population of big mammals that still roam the planet. They are joined in their journey through the Serengeti – Mara ecosystem by 250,000 zebra, half a million Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelle, and tens of thousands of topi and Coke’s hartebeest. Masai giraffe, waterbuck, impala, warthog and hippo are also abundant.
The Serengeti is believed to hold the largest population of the big five, with more than 3,000 lions, around 1,000 leopards, over 5,000 elephants, 31 Eastern black rhinoceros and around 53,000 buffalo.
Reptiles include crocodile, leopard tortoise, serrated hinged terrapin, rainbow agama, Nile monitor, chameleons, python, black mamba, black-necked spitting cobra, puff adder. The park also boasts of about 500 bird species
Climate: The weather is usually moderate and pleasant. The average temperatures are quite uniform throughout the year. It never gets very hot, but it is consistently cool to cold at night and in the early mornings Dry season is from June to October. There are two Wet seasons. The ‘short rains’ are from November to December, and the ‘long rains’ are from March to May.
Activities: Game drives, Balloon safaris, hiking, camping, picnicking, Cultural tourism
Unique features:
• The region hosts one of the world’s seven natural wonders -the largest mammal migration in the world and has the most amazing wildlife in the planet
• Home to the only active volcano in the area – the Ol Doinyo Lengai. It ejects mineral rich carbonate lava that is washed down to the plains of Serengeti.