The Serengeti National Park is one of the world's last great wildlife refuge. This vast area of land covering 14,763 sq. kms. Supports the greatest remaining concentration of plain game in Africa, on a scale unparalleled anywhere else in the world. The name Serengeti comes from the Maasai 'Siringet', meaning endless plains, the park contains an estimated three million large animals, most of which take part in a seasonal migration that is one of nature's wonders.

The Park is the center of the Serengeti ecosystem, roughly defined as the annual 'wildebeest migration' that serves as pasture for wild animals. The migration of more than 1.5 million Wildebeests accompanied by hundreds of thousands of Zebras and Gazelles help to preserve the species.

Predators such as Lions, Leopards, Cheetahs, Hyenas and Crocodiles are too glutted to take advantage of all the opportunities. Vultures, marabou stocks and other eagles clear the skies to accumulate at the feast. There are some creatures living in the Kopjes.

The land of Serengeti is mainly covered with short and grasses, the area varies from the vast treeless central Serengeti plain and savannah type stretches dotted with flat topped acacia trees to riverine bush, thick scrub and forest in the North.

Best Time: For the migration from December to May in the South of the Park and from June to October to the Western Corridor and to the North.

How to Get there: From Arusha 5 hour drive or 1hr30 Charter flight