Serengeti National Park

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Serengeti National Park (1981) And A Biosphere Reserve. Home To The Great Migration, Over 1.5 Million Wildebeest And Hundreds Of Thousands Of Zebra And Gazelle Circling The Ecosystem Each Year, Plus Lions, Leopards, Cheetahs And Elephants. Safaris Run From Arusha By Road Or Small Plane To Airstrips Inside The Park. · Seronera, Mara

The Serengeti is a savanna of about 14,750 sq km in northern Tanzania, joined to Kenya's Maasai Mara, and it holds the largest land migration on Earth. Roughly 1.5 million wildebeest, 200,000 zebras and 350,000 gazelles move in a loop around the ecosystem all year, following the rain and the new grass. Lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, hippos and giraffes live here too, and over 500 bird species. It is a UNESCO site, and one of the best places in Africa to see big cats. The honest picture: it is EXPENSIVE, because fees, a guide and a vehicle all add up, and the roads are rough. Vehicles gather at lion kills and at river crossings in the peak months. Reaching it takes about 8 hours by road from Arusha or 1-1.5 hours by small plane. Plan months ahead. The park fee alone is roughly USD 70-80 per adult per day for non-residents, before a vehicle, a guide and a camp. June to October is busiest; the long rains bring mud, fewer people and cheaper beds. Sleep inside the park and ask your operator where the herds are now.

Vast savanna ecosystem of about 14,750 sq km in northern Tanzania adjoining Kenya's Maasai Mara, with Seronera at its centre, the western corridor along the Grumeti river and the Mara river in the north, Seronera, Mara, Tanzania

The park is open every day of the year and the gates take entries in daylight hours only. Driving inside is allowed only by day; night drives are NOT permitted in the park. Some tented camps CLOSE in the long rains, roughly April and May. Confirm the gate times and camp seasons when you book.

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