Serengeti National Park Tanzania
Serengeti National Park is located in Tanzania within the Serengeti Ecosystem around the Mara and Simiyu Regions with various wildlife animals that are fond of roaming around their natural vegetation habitat. The Wildlife animals you watch while seated in your 4×4 vehicle include; zebras, wildebeest, kobs, predators like lions, leopards, cheetahs, jackals, crocodiles, Thompson’s and Grant’s gazelle, Topis, Coke’s hartebeest, Masai giraffe, waterbuck, impala, warthog, Hippos, antelope i.e eland, klipspringer, roan antelope, bushbuck, lesser kudu, fringe-eared oryx and dik dik, cheetahs, Spotted hyena, African golden wolf, honey badger, striped hyena, serval, Mongooses, Otters, East African wild dog etc.
The Park is prominently known for the famous wildebeest migration in which various four hoofed wildlife animals traverse through the Serengeti and Masai Mara Ecosystem annually as well as the Seronera region in which you watch numerous wildlife animals wander around their natural vegetation habitat.
When to Visit the Park
Serengeti National Park can be visited anytime of the year although the Best Time to visit the Park is during the dry and short rain season in the months of January to February or June through September when the grass is not out grown and photography is clear as you transfer on the Game Drive.
What to Do in the Park
Game Drives
Game Drives are the most prominent safari activity carried out in the park as you transfer in a 4×4 vehicle (Land Cruiser) from one place to another watching wildlife animals wander around their natural vegetation habitat. The wildlife animals you watch include; the Elephant, cheetah, leopard, hyena, jackals, lion etc.
Night Game Drives
While in Serengeti National Park, travelers can also take on Night Game Drives as they transfer from one place to another in the park watching wildlife wander around their natural habitat. You transfer with a park ranger guide who informs you about the nocturnal wildlife animals you watch like the civets, bush babies, nightjars, aardvarks and predators hunting for food.
Cultural Encounters
Cultural Encounters are exceptional in Serengeti National Park and these offer you an insight into the lives of the local Masai People as you explore their various interesting Traditions, Culture and Customs. You visit the local Manyattas as you learn about how they survive in the wild.
Visit the Moru Kopjes
While in Serengeti National Park, transfer to visit the Moru Kopjes which are weathered Rock Formations ascending at the center of the Serengeti Plains inclusive of small Mountains with trees, vines, grass, bushes that inhabit many wildlife animals like leopards, lions and cheetahs, hyrax as well as the Black Rhino.
Wildebeest Migration
Serengeti National Park is exceptional with the Great Wildebeest Migration Experience where travelers watch numerous herds of four hoofed wildlife animals like zebras, wildebeest etc traverse the Serengeti and Masia Mara Ecosystem annually in the months of January-March, April and May then September-December. The adventure is determined by the season, weather as well as rainfall amounts at the time.
Visit the Oldupai Gorge
While in Serengeti National Park you can go visit the famous Oldupai Gorge which is a sharp ravine about 30 miles long situated a some miles South of the Park and an essential destination to visit while transferring between the Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti. The Gorge is popularly known as the first place where human fossils and tools were found. The region includes more than 60 hominids which are evidence of human evolution.
Experience Balloon Safaris
Serengeti National Park is perfect for Balloon safaris as you get to watch wildlife from an Ariel view as you fly from one place to another. The Wildlife animals you watch include; leopards, lions and cheetahs, hyrax, Giraffes, Elands, as well as the Black Rhino etc.
Nature walks
Serengeti National Park is perfect for travelers on guided nature walk as they get an opportunity to watch many wildlife animals and nature including wildlife, plants, trees, smaller wildlife animals. wildlife, plants, trees, smaller wildlife animals etc.