Serengeti National Park

• One of the greatest game reserves in the world
• Unfenced wildlife haven
• A World Heritage Site

The Serengeti is a vast, grassy plain that stretches from north-eastern Tanzania into Kenya, where it is included in the Masai Mara National Park. In Tanzania, the Serengeti National Park spans 14 763 km² and is filled with great numbers of wildlife.

There are no fences around the park and the area stretches into not only the Masai Mara, but also the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, the Maswa Game Reserve, Grumeti and the Western Corridor. During the annual migration, millions of animals can be seen in the Serengeti and the park becomes one of the most spectacular game viewing destinations in the world – this amazing phenomenon has ensured a place for the Serengeti on the World Heritage Sites list.

Special features include:

• The Great Migration
  This annual event is the crowning event on the wildlife calendar. Millions of animals, including vast herds of wildebeest, zebra and other antelope, trailed by predators take to the plains in search of better grazing. Largely weather dependent, it is hard to predict where the migration will be and when. Normally starting around July-August, the animals then move northwards, crossing the Grumeti River in a spectacular display of death, drowning and attacks by crocodiles. The animals usually return in October
  
• Ngorongoro Conservation Area
  This World Heritage Site has been given special protection status by UNESCO for its natural beauty and wildlife heritage. The largest, intact volcanic caldera in the world, it is 600m deep and covers a 260km² area. Within its walls, over 30 000 animals, including the “big five” can be seen. It is also one of the only places where one can see the local Masaai graze their cattle surrounded by wildlife.