The renowned Serengeti National Park spans 14,763 km2 and borders Lake Victoria to the west. Tanzania’s oldest national park, it was just named the seventh Worldwide Wonder and is recognized as a World Heritage Site. Known for its yearly migration, which sees over 300,000 Thomson’s gazelle and over 200,000 zebra accompany the wildebeest on their journey for new pasture, roughly six million hooves pound the wide plains.
Even in the off-peak times of the migration, the Serengeti provides some of the most breathtaking African game viewing experiences, with massive herds of buffalo, smaller herds of elephant and giraffe, and countless numbers of eland, topi, kongoni, impala, and Grant’s gazelles.
Predators are in abundance due to the game that congregate here. Along with all three African jackal species, spotted hyenas, and a variety of more elusive small predators, such as serval cats and aardwolves, this area is home to lion prides, lone leopards, and day and night hunting activities.
The area is also home to over 500 different species of birds, from the black eagles that soar over the Lobo Hills to the ostrich and secretary bird of the open grasslands. As well-known as the Serengeti is, it is still so large that, when a pride of lions plans a siege, you might be the only human spectators.