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Plot 29-A
Karanga Drive
P.O. Box 855
Moshi-Kilimanjaro
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+255 27 27 50248
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Location |
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Mara Region,
Tanzania
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Gazetted |
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1929 - British
colonial declared 2,286 sq km of central Serengeti
including Seronera as a full game reserve.
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1940 - This area was
extended to a "closed game reserve" where
certain species were totally protected.
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1951 - Formally
gazetted as a national park with an area of 25,500
sqkm
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1959 - Ngorongoro
Crater Conservation Area was excised from
Serengeti.
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1965 - The Lamai Wedge,
an area between the Masai Mara and Kenya
was added to Serengeti.
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1981 - Serengeti was
made a World Heritage site and declared a
Biosphere Reserve.
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Circuit |
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Northern |
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Area |
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14,763sq km
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Topography |
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Open grasslands
in the southeastern areas, to the north are the open woodlands, and
in the west are a combination of grasslands and woodlands.
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Main
Features |
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Annual Migration
> Serengeti lion, rhino, cheetah, hyena, wild dog projects among
others
> Boasts large lion prides particularly the Seronera Area
> Kopjes
> Southern Plains –calving site of the million plus herbivores
> Largest wildlife diversity of hoofed animals with over 28
species
> Lobo area has the largest concentration of elephants herds
> Serengeti Visitor’s Center
> Balloon safaris
> Guided walks at camps outside the park
> Migration crossing Grumeti River in the Western Corridor
> Seronera Area
> The Parks Heardquarters
> District Capital
> Also dubbed ‘the Land Of Three Rivers’; Grumeti, Seronera and
Kirawira supply the Seronera area with water making this area
an
important transition zone and support a variety of habitats
including
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Riverine
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Acacia Woodland
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Grassland and
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Hilly >
And the ‘endless plains’
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Animal
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Elephant, buffalo, giraffe, eland, topi, wildebeest, coke's
hartebeest, zebra, impala, grant's gazelle, warthog, thomson's
gazelle, waterbuck, kudu, reedbuck, lion, cheetah, hyaena, leopard,
jackal, bat-eared fox, African hunting dog, hippo, crocodile,
klipspringer, Kirk's dik-dik, gray bush duiker, cotton's oribi,
agama lizard, water monitor lizard, terrapins.
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Birdlife |
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Ostrich, buzzards, kori bustards,
oxpeckers, egrets, several species of vultures, fish eagles,
bateleur eagles, hammerkops, storks, strlings, lilac-breasted
roller, european roller, secretary bird, helmeted guinea fowl,
grey-breasted spurfowl, yellow-throated sandgrouse, egyptian geese,
fisher's lovebird, yellow-collared lovebird.
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Best time
to visit |
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The Serengeti can be visited
rewardingly all year round, but if migration
is your thing, then observe the following guidelines:
NDUTU (December to May)
When the migration begins and
wildebeest calve.
MORU KOPJES (All year
around) Plenty of water supply.
WESTERN CORRIDOR (June to
October) Plenty of food at this time
of the year and there also resident game year around.
SERONERA (All year round
with the months of January to March
and June to October being the preferred months) Migration
cuts across the park from the Western Corridor and head towards
the north-east.
LOBO AREA (June to July) Migration passes on their way
northwards.
SHORT-GRASS PLAINS (November to December) Migration
enters
this area coming from the Masai Mara Game Reserve.
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Legend:
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Serengeti National Park
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Maasai Mara Game Reserve
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Loliondo Game Reserve
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Ngorongoro Conservation Area
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Maswa Game Reserve (left) and Lake Eyasi (right)
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Grumeti Controlled Area
o Ikorongo Controlled Area |
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