The Serengeti National Park covers an area of 14,763 square kilometers. Its name is a Maasai word meaning ‘endless plains’. The park is bordered to the east by the Ngorongoro volcanoes and to the west by Lake Victoria and various rivers flow through it, like Grumeti, Seronera and Orangi rivers. In the middle of this true ‘sea of grass’, are those rock islands called Kopjes are a refuge to a large number of leopards and lions. The vast open savannahs and wooden grasslands are home to large predators like lions, cheetahs, herds of buffalos, elephants, giraffes, a host plains game and a wide variety of birdlife. The Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Conservation area play host to the Great Wildebeest Migration which is one of the natural wonders of the animal world. Millions of Wildebeests and Zebras migrate in a year round pattern through Tanzania and Kenya and in the early months of each year and the short grass plains in this area provide the perfect setting for the calving season where hundreds of calves are born.
