DESTINATION GUIDE // TANZANIA
Serengeti National Park
Fourteen thousand square kilometres of plains, and the stage for the largest land migration left on earth.
14,750 km2
PARK AREA
2 million
MIGRATING ANIMALS
3,000
LIONS
1981
UNESCO SITE
Year round
SOMEWHERE GOOD
Quick answer: Serengeti National Park covers 14,750 square kilometres in northern Tanzania, running from Ngorongoro north to the Kenyan border where it becomes the Masai Mara. It holds around two million migrating wildebeest and zebra, and roughly 3,000 lion, the largest population anywhere.
OVERVIEW AND LOCATION
Serengeti National Park At A Glance
The name comes from the Maasai word siringet, meaning the place where the land runs on forever and that is exactly how it looks. The Serengeti holds the migration for roughly nine months of the year, so there is almost always somewhere in the park worth being. The Seronera valley in the centre is among the best places in Africa for leopard and cheetah.
| Detail | At a glance |
|---|---|
| Location | Northern Tanzania, bordering the Masai Mara |
| Nearest airports | Seronera and Kogatende airstrips, or Kilimanjaro International |
| Size | 14,750 km2 |
| Established | 1951, UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981 |
| Known for | The Great Migration, Seronera big cats, granite kopjes |
| Time zone | EAT, GMT +3 |
WILDLIFE AND ACTIVITIES
What You Will See and Do
The Great Migration
Around two million wildebeest, zebra and gazelle move in a continuous clockwise loop. Calving in the south from January to March, river crossings in the north from July to October.
Big Cat Density
Roughly 3,000 lion, the highest cheetah density in East Africa on the southern plains and reliable leopard along the Seronera river.
The Kopjes
Ancient granite outcrops rising out of flat grassland. Lion and leopard use them for shade and lookout, which makes them worth working slowly.
BEST TIME TO VISIT
When To Go
| Months | What to expect | Crowds |
|---|---|---|
| Jan to Mar | Calving in the south, superb predator action | Medium |
| Jun to Jul | Herds moving north through the western corridor | High |
| Aug to Oct | River crossings in the north, peak season | High |
| Apr to May | Long rains, green, lowest rates, some camps close | Low |
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