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Serengeti National Park
(Tanzania)
Simply teeming with game, the Serengeti is one of the largest and best game reserves in Africa, unequalled for its natural beauty.
The Serengeti ecosystem is one of the oldest on earth. The essential features of climate, vegetation and fauna have barely changed in the past million years. Early man himself made an appearance in Olduvai Gorge about two million years ago. Some patterns of life, death, adaptation and migration are as old as the hills themselves. It is the migration for which Serengeti is perhaps most famous, however. Over a million wildebeest and about 200,000 zebras flow south from the northern hills to the southern plains for the short rains every October and November, and then swirl west and north after the long rains in April, May and June. The Serengeti is also famous for the 'Big 5' but other common species found in the park include eland, impala, waterbuck, baboon, monkey, warthog, topi and a rich selection of birdlife with over 400 species recorded.
But it’s not just the wildebeest that use the Serengeti as a migratory pathway. The adjacent reserves of Maswa and Ikorongo, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and the Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya all allow the animals and birds of the area a free range of movement to follow their seasonal migrations. Indeed, in the wake of the wildebeest migration, many of the less attention-grabbing features of the Serengeti are often overlooked. The park has varied zones in which each ecosystem is subtly different. Seronera in the centre of the park is the most popular and most easily visited area. The Grumeti River in the Western Corridor is the location for the dramatic river crossing during the wildebeest migration. Maswa Game Reserve to the south offers a remote part of the park rewarding in its game-viewing and privacy, and Lobo near the Kenyan border offers a chance to see plentiful game during the dry season.
Aside from traditional vehicle bound safaris, hot-air ballooning over the Serengeti plains has become a safari rite-of-passage for travel enthusiasts. The flights depart at dawn over the plains and take passengers close over the awakening herds of wildebeest and zebra, gazelle and giraffe. The extra altitude allows guests to witness the striking stretches of plains punctuated only by kopjes. Up in the sky, you have Africa all to yourself.
Accommodation in Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
Grumeti River Camp is located in a secluded valley in the western corridor of the Serengeti, overlooking a tributary of the Grumeti River.
Ikoma Safari Camp is a comfortable, modestly priced permanent tented camp in the Serengeti Ikoma region. The Camp is located on the main wildebeest migration route between the Serengeti and the Masai Mara.
Perched on a hill with uninterrupted views of the Serengeti plains, Kirawira Camp offers its guests a luxurious tented African safari.
Klein's Camp is deep in the heart of Maasai territory in the buffalo-rich north-eastern Serengeti in Tanzania.
Lemala Luxury Camp offers luxurious accommodation in a wonderful location near the wildebeest migration.
Mbuzi Mawe Tented Camp lies at the epicentre of the Serengeti, within easy reach of the prime wildlife areas of Lobo, the southern grass plains and the Seronera Valley.
Nduara Loliondo is a wonderful and dramatic camp, located just outside the Serengeti National Park.
Ndutu Safari Lodge is situated in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in the southern Serengeti eco-system. The Lodge nestles unobtrusively under a canopy of giant acacias overlooking Lake Ndutu.
Lamai Serengeti Camp sits tucked amongst the rocks of Kogakuria Kopje with panoramic views of the surrounding landscape, just a few miles from where the wildebeest cross the Mara River.
The Serengeti Safari Camp was the first of its kind and it was designed with a purpose in mind; to shadow the wildebeest migration as it covers hundreds of miles of the Serengeti National Park each year. It hasn't changed much since its early pioneering days!
Olakira Camp is an intimate mobile tented camp comprising 6 guest tents and 2 common area tents in the Serengeti National Park.
Sayari Camp has been designed to strike the perfect balance between luxury and immersion in the extensive Serengeti.
Maswa Camp is set in the southern Maswa Game Reserve and sits on the border of the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, on the edge of the short grass plains.
Migration Camp is ideally situated to give you a perfect seat from which to view the annual migration.
The Serengeti Serena Lodge occupies a stunning location, high on a tree-clad ridge commanding wonderful views over the Serengeti plains.
Serengeti Sopa Lodge is set in the Nyarboro Hills, nestled among acacia woodland, on an escarpment overlooking the south-west Serengeti Plains – host to largest and most spectacular annual migration of wildebeest.
North of the Mara River lies the Lamai Wedge with rolling savannah, rock-strewn hillsides and giant fig-tree groves, here lies Serian's Serengeti North Camp which is a stylish traditional tented bush camp.
Singita Faru Faru Lodge is built on a gently sloping hill, overlooking a waterhole and the Grumeti River.
Situated on the flat Serengeti plains, Sabora Tented Camp offers elegant simplicity and laid-back romance. Sabora is one of the exclusive Singita Grumeti Reserve Camps.
Resembling a turn-of-the-century, east African ranch house, Sasakwa Lodge is a grand affair boasting a wonderful hill-top location.
Suyan Camp is located in a private concession area in the Loliondo region, part of the Serengeti National Park.
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The Serengeti National Park is one of the largest and best game reserves in Africa.
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Example itineraries in Serengeti National Park
Light Mobile Safaris Information
North Tanzania Light Mobile Safari general information. What is included and example costs.
This seven day small group safari is a great option for those who wish to experience the main highlights of northern Tanzania. You will visit the world famous wildlife plains of the Serengeti, the unique Ngorongoro Crater as well as Lake Manyara and Tarangire National Parks.
This six day small group safari is a great option for those who wish to experience the main highlights of northern Tanzania. You will visit the world famous wildlife plains of the Serengeti, the unique Ngorongoro Crater as well as Lake Manyara National Park.
