SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

Size
The park covers 5,700 sq miles, (14,763 sq km), itís larger than Connecticut.
Location: Northern Tanzania, northeast of Arusha town.

Getting there
The drive from Arusha to the Serengeti is about 325km/202mi and will take about eight hours. It is also possible to fly into Kilimanjaro Airport or Arusha Airport

NOTE: Is the only park you can witness the Great Migration

What to do
fly Balloon

Serengeti National Park is undoubtedly the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world, unequaled for its natural beauty and scientific value, it has the greatest concentration of plains game in Africa

The Serengeti National Park in Tanzania was established in 1952. It is home to the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth ñ the great migration of wildebeest and zebra. The resident population of lions, cheetahs, elephants, giraffe, and birds is also impressive. There's a wide variety of accommodation available, from luxury lodges to mobile camps. The park covers 5,700 sq miles, (14,763 sq km), it's larger than Connecticut, with at most a couple hundred vehicles driving around.

The Park can be divided into 3 sections. The popular southern/central part (Seronera Valley), is what the Maasai called the Serengeti, the land of endless plains. It's classic Savannah, dotted with acacias and filled with wildlife. The western corridor is marked by the Grumeti River, and has more forests and dense bush. The north, Lobo area, meets up with Kenyans Masai Mara Reserve, is the least visited section.

Best Time to Visit

The short October/November and March/April rainy seasons notwithstanding, the Serengeti’s temperate and mostly dry climate plus abundant resident wildlife makes for a great game viewing experience all year round – the question of exactly when to go to the Serengeti really revolves around whether you want to see the wildebeest migration.

If so, then the best time to visit the Serengeti is between October and July before the wildebeest return to Kenya’s Masai Mara around August. Note however that the migration is a fluid affair: not only is its precise timing subject to each year’s rainfall pattern but the herds move around the Serengeti depending on the time of year.