| A safari in the Serengeti is not just the best Tanzania | | | | an endless quest for fresh pastures and water! |
| has to offer. It is certainly also one of THE richest | | | | Pretty much any wild animal that you can think of is |
| experiences Africa has to offer! In fact, when you | | | | roaming the plains free and unobstructed by cages. |
| say Africa safari it is the Serengeti that usually | | | | Topi, Thomson's Gazelle, Eland, Impala, African |
| comes to mind. Undoubtedly, it is one of the most | | | | Buffalo, Grant's Gazelle, Kongoni, Giraffe, Warthog, |
| recognized names on the old continent! | | | | Waterbuck, Elephant...you name it!!! Serengeti simply |
| The area has been the inspiration of creative types | | | | has it all! Seeing these animals, where they live and |
| for centuries. Visiting writers (Ernest Hemingway of | | | | how they live, will be an experience you will never |
| course), film makers (Hugo von Lawick, Alan Root...), | | | | forget or recreate anywhere in the world. |
| painters, scientists and photographers, have been | | | | The birds of the Serengeti are amazing as well. You |
| inspired by the lush landscapes and thrilling animal | | | | can expect to see Yellow-throated Sand grouse, |
| species that inhabit this unique region. Did you know | | | | Ostrich and even the agile Secretary bird, Kori |
| there were two biosphere sites and two World | | | | bustard and Crowned plover. As you check out the |
| Heritage sites established within the region? Quite | | | | seasonal rivers of the region you may want to stand |
| fascinating! | | | | back a bit as you are sure to encounter a crocodile |
| When you take your African safari holidays in the | | | | or two along the banks of the Grumeti River, and |
| Serengeti you will have the chance to witness over | | | | they may be hungry! Not to mention that they are |
| 70 different species of plains dwelling animals. In fact, | | | | amongst the largest crocs found anywhere in Africa. |
| most of the animals you can think of exist in this | | | | And, if you are looking for more than animals in the |
| species rich region. All those beasts you always | | | | Serengeti, you will find a myriad of plant species. This |
| visited the zoo to see, roam wild in their natural | | | | region is one of the oldest ecosystems on earth. |
| habitat here in Serengeti National Park. Zebras, | | | | Everything you see around you in fauna and flora has |
| wildebeests, lions, and even "laughing" hyenas just to | | | | not changed in millions of years. It's mind boggling but |
| name but a few, can be sighted in abundance! | | | | it's true. The uniqueness and beauty of the plains is |
| Ever heard of the Great Migration? No? Well then, be | | | | expressed wonderfully through the plant life. The |
| ready to experience probably the most astonishing | | | | reason the ecosystem has not changed in so many |
| gathering of wildebeests and zebras planet Earth has | | | | millions of years is that the conditions have not |
| to offer, with close to 1, 5 million wildebeests and | | | | changed. The climate and land structure is just as it |
| approximately 250,000 zebras! The cycle happens | | | | was many millennia ago and that is a vision of |
| between the vast plains of Serengeti and Maasai | | | | unchanged beauty. |
| Mara further up north, where the ungulates migrate in | | | | |