Serengeti National Park

The name “Serengeti” comes from the Maasai language: “Siringet” means “infinite plain”. This is to be taken literally: The park consists of 14,763 square kilometers of steppe. This makes it roughly twice the size of the canton of Graubünden.

Huge herds roam these endless expanses once or twice a year. From October, they head south in search of water: wildebeest, zebras, buffalo, gazelles, antelopes, impalas and many more. They are accompanied – or expected – by their natural enemies: predators such as lions, cheetahs and leopards, but also scavengers such as hyenas and vultures. The spectacle reaches its true climax in the north of the Serengeti when the herds cross the Mara River.

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The Serengeti exemplifies the African landscape like no other area. Perhaps the most beautiful safari destination in the world, it borders seamlessly on the Ngrorongoro Crater in the north-east. With its scenic beauty, its diversity of animals, but also its incomparable sunrises and sunsets, a Serengeti safari also offers unbeatable backdrops for photographic highlights.

Incidentally, the Serengeti is not only the most famous, but also the oldest national park in Tanzania. It was founded in 1951 by the British mandate government. The area had already been partially declared a protected area earlier. It has been part of the Unesco World Heritage Site since 1981. It also owes its fame to the documentary film “Serengeti must not die” made by Bernhard and Michael Grzimek in 1959.

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