Serengeti National Park
Serengeti national park is one of winners of
7 natural wonders Africa. Serengeti won to 7 natural wonder Africa because of
unique annual wildebeest migration event.
World Heritage Site as designated by the UNESCO. Due to its
conservation importance, Serengeti was put under special consideration to
protect its wildlife species for present and future generations.
Serengeti is main wildlife tourist destination in Northern circuit
of Tanzania. Serengeti has a lot of scenic natural attractions like endless
plains rock kopjes, wildebeest migration and diverse wildlife species. Travel
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Serengeti National Park is Tanzania most famous National Park,
game reserve.
Serengeti is the world’s best well-know game sanctuary and one of
the jewels of Tanzania’s wildlife crown. It lies in northern Tanzania between
Ngorongoro Crater and the shores of Lake Victoria, and extends southwards from
the northern frontier to the periphery of Lake Eyasi. With an area of 14,763 sq
km, its ecosystem extends beyond the parks’s boundaries to include sections of
Ngorongoro Conservation area in the East, Maswa Game Reserve to the South,
Grumeti Reserve in the west and the Masai Mara in the North.
The entire ecosystem marks the boundaries of the boundaries of the
annual great wildebeest migration, the most magnificent wildlife spectacles of
our planet today.
Serengeti and the Masai Mara plains in the heart of East Africa --
the seventh New Wonder of the World. USA TQDAY: the only national newspaper in
the US, with a worldwide distribution and website, together with ABC TVs Good
Morning America, the site of the Great Animal Migration, Serengeti
National Park; where 85% of the Great Animal Migration takes place, as the new
"7th Wonder of the World" on November 17, 2007 USA Today
featured Serengeti in both the USA Today print edition, read by more than 2
million readers in the US alone, as well as featured the story on the USA Today
web site..
Most important and unique Tourist features of Serengeti National
Park
-Wildebeest migration
The Annual wildebeest migration through the Serengeti and the
Maasai Mara attract visitors from around the world, who flock to the open
plains to the witness the largest mass ecosystem movement of the land mammals
on the planet. More than a millions animals make the seasonal journey to fresh
pasture to the north, then the south after the bi annual rains.
• The migration of animals consists of White Bearded Wildebeests,
Burchells Zebra and Thomson's gazelles.
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The migration begins by the wildebeests, gazelles and zebra's own innate
biological triggers determined to search for water and greener pastures.
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The migration attracts diverse species of predators, some being: Hyenas, Lions,
Leopards, Cheetahs, Crocodiles, Pythons etc.
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Over a million wildebeests begin their circumambulation of the Serengeti
National Park and Masai Mara National Reserve. Over half a million
Burchells Zebras and Thompson's gazelles participate in the traditions of the
Serengeti.
• Migratory wildebeests numbering in the thousands will not
complete the circumambulation of the Serengeti ecosystem because of deaths and
diseases.
• A
newborn wildebeest is called a calf, and can stand upright and begin running in
less than half an hour after birth.
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The calving female wildebeests, after an eight-month gestation period will
produce over 250,000 offspring's with majority of them being female.
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Wildebeests of the Serengeti participate in the migration but yet generally,
wildebeests are territorial animals when resident to an area, which seems
ironical.
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Wildebeests enjoy mixed savannah grassland and wooded vegetation. The savannah
grassland provides food for survival and the wooded areas provide the necessary
shading and shelter.
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Mating of the wildebeests is more appropriately referred to as
"Rutting."
-Kopjes – rock outcrops
Kopjes are very different from the surrounding grassland or
woodland in Serengeti. Kopjes provide, among other things, protection from
grass-fires, more water in the ground around them, holes, cracks, and caves for
animals, and a vantage point for hunters of all kinds. Hundreds of species of
plants grow on kopjes, but not in the surrounding grasslands. There are many
animal species that only live on kopjes because of the special plants that grow
there and because of the special rocky habitats and hiding places there. These
animals range from insects, lizards, and snakes, to mammals such as shrews and
mice, up to large specialist mammals, such aslions. Lions regularly hide their
cubs on kopjes, as do cheetahs. An interesting mammal exclusive to the kopjes
is theRock Hyrax, or Pimbi in Swahili. Hyraxes, which are about the size and
shape of a rugby or football, are herbivores that eat grass and herbs around
the kopjes. Their piercing call echoes out at night, and their habit of using
common toilet sites stains the granite white with built-up uric acid. Hyraxes
have the startling habit or leaping out of tall trees and off of rocks and
running away on their short legs when they feel threatened. It can be quite
surprising to discover that it is suddenly raining fat little Pimbis all around
you.
If a person is lucky, they might see the shyklipspringer, a small
antelope, with dainty hooves perched high on a kopje in the northern areas of
the park. These same high points are used by hunters to survey the ground
around them, or just have a nap in the sun. Kopjes are one of the best places
to see lions and sometimes cheetahs on the hunt.
-Endless plains
Its far- reaching plains of endless grass, tinged with the twisted
shadows of acacia trees, have made it the quintessential image of a wild and
untarnished Africa.
Serengeti comes from the Maasai word "Siring" meaning
"Endless Plain", which really is what it means: hundreds of kilometers
of flat surface land, better termed "The Sea of Grass On Plains". The
first understanding about Serengeti comes from its distinction of the ecosystem
from the Serengeti National Park itself. The ecosystem encompasses the
following: Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area in the south east, Ikorongo,
Grumeti and Maswa Game Reserves in the western pockets, the Loliondo Game
Control Area (also known as government approved hunting blocks) in the north
east, and in the north by the famous Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, thus
the Serengeti National Park itself is cushioned within these game control and
reserves. The Serengeti ecosystem is approximately 27,000 square kilometers and
the park is documented at 14,763 square kilometers.
Wild animals:
The park a home to lion,
leopard, Elephant, Cheetah, Buffalo, Zebra, Wildebeest, Eland, Wild dog,
Gazelles, Crocs and more. Lot of birds includes the Eurasia migrants.
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