Serengeti National Park Size: 14,763 km² - the largest park in Tanzania
Location: 335 km north-west of Arusha.
Serengeti is derived from the Maasai word Siringit meaning: extended or endless plains - certainly an appropriate name for this enormous park. To the north of this precious, protected area lies the border of Kenya and the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, and to the north-west, Lake Victoria. The biggest concentration of wildlife in the entire world is to be found in the Serengeti. When the grassland loses its green lush, more than one million wildebeest, 200,000 zebras and 300,000 Thomson gazelles begin to migrate to the north-west. Approximately 3 million animals and about 500 different bird species live in this national park - the highest concentration of wildlife per square foot in the whole world. The terrain of the park varies from: short and long grass, open plains in the south, the acacia savanna in the central area, the hilly, more densely-wooded northern sector, and the extensive woodland and black clay plains, dominated by a central range of mountains in the western corridor. The plains are dotted with rocky outcrops known as "Kopjes." Several rivers run through the park, notably: the Seronera River in the central area, the Grumeti river in the western corridor, and the Mara River in the north. Back to overview

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