Serengeti National Park 

Wildlife at the Serengeti National Park

Serengeti National Park is nature. At its wildest. However, besides the Great Migration there is much more for you to explore and experience. The Serengeti is the place for a picture perfect safari, a destination that fulfills your wildest dreams, time and time again. Why not explore some of the more remote corners of this vast national park? Or meet your hosts, the Maasai? Of course you can also take to the skies, and see the plains from above when when floating through the air on a hot air balloon safari. There is just so much to see and discover. From Africa's iconic Big 5, endless herds of wildebeest and zebra, hundreds of bird species, to much smaller creatures, such as the ever-charming dung beetle.

The Serengeti has a great variety of animals, because it’s a unique transition area. The distinct changeover from rich flat soils in the south, to the poor hilly soils in the north, leads to a great diversity of vegetation and habitats across the park. A unique habitat is the riverine forests: a favourite spot for hippos and crocodiles. Other common animals are the long-neck giraffes, many other ungulates (hooved animals) such as the eland, zebra, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant's gazelle are resident at any time of the year. As said, all three big cats are easily seen. Lions are everywhere and are often found on a kill. Cheetahs are very common on the south-eastern plains, while leopards can typically be found lazing in one of the big trees along the Seronera River. Hyenas are common, wild dogs, unfortunately, are rare.