The Serengeti
The Serengeti region encompasses the Serengeti National Park itself, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Maswa Game Reserve, the Loliondo, Grumeti and Ikorongo Controlled Areas and the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
It is the migration for which Serengeti is most famous. Over a million wildebeest and about 200,000 zebras flood south from the northern hills to the southern plains for the short rains every October and November, and then swirl west and north after the long rains in April, May and June.
The Wildebeest travel through a variety of parks, reserves and protected areas and through a variety of habitat. Join us to explore the different forms of vegetation and landscapes of the Serengeti ecosystem and meet some of their most fascinating inhabitants. The extraordinary spectacle of the Wildebeest migration reaches its climax in January when calving begins and both predator and scavenger reap their rewards. The western corridor, a narrow strip of dense vegetation, provides one of the biggest hurdles to migrating wildebeest where, in search of fresh grass, they must cross the murky and crocodile infested Grumeti river en route north to the Masai Mara in Kenya.
The Serengeti National Park is Africa's most famous game park and a Serengeti safari never fails to impress its visitors. Its fame comes from the dense population of animals and particularly the host of predators that stalk across the 5,700 sq. miles of grassy plains, which are broken only by small river valleys and rock kopjes. erve and accounts for 5% of the land mass of Tanzania Thick Miombo vegetation and a river, which teams with hippo and huge crocodiles that bask the day away on the large sand flats. There is a substantial lion population and visitors, who are few and far between, spend most of their time around the river in boats, on foot or in vehicles. The park forms the boundary between two different species of wildebeest and is the southernmost point that the beautiful Masai giraffe can be found. It is due to this diversity of game and scenery the Selous is an area that naturally craves attention from a photographic lens, as the waterways and plains reflect the changing colours of the sun.