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Serengeti National Park
Made a game reserve in 1921 and a national park since 1951, Serengeti National Park is the largest park in Tanzania and one of the most famous in the world. Serengeti fittingly means ‘endless plain’ in the local Maasai tongue and at 14,763 sq km (5700 sq miles), it features a diversity of environments, ranging from savannah and grass plains to woodland and black clay plains. The glory of the Serengeti, however, is its wildlife, and the park is most famous for the annual migration of wildebeest, zebra and Thomson’s gazelle. It also teems with lions, elephants and ostriches, and is home to around 500 different species of birds. The Seronera Valley is popular amongst visitors who come to see the resident prides of lions and photograph the many leopards that can be found in the branches of the acacia and sausage trees. The two saline lakes in the park, the Lagaja and the Magadi, are famous for attracting flamingos that feed on the lakes’ animal and plant life.
Air: Kilimanjaro International Airport. Charter flights are available from Arusha, Lake Manyara and Mwanza. Rail: Train: Moshi Station. Road: Bus: Arusha Bus Station.
Contact Addresses
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania National Parks Authority, PO Box 3134, Arusha, Tanzania
Tel: (028) 262 1569 or 262 1510 or 262 1504
Website: www.tanzaniaparks.com
Location
Tanzania
Air: Kilimanjaro International Airport. Charter flights are available from Arusha, Lake Manyara and Mwanza. Rail: Train: Moshi Station. Road: Bus: Arusha Bus Station.
Contact Addresses
Tel: (028) 262 1569 or 262 1510 or 262 1504
Website: www.tanzaniaparks.com
Location
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