Originally a Masai territory, the Serengeti National Park served as grazing grounds for the people who lived there. From the Masai people, the Park gets its name. The park receives its name from the term “siringet,” which translates to “a place where the land runs on.”
Rapid and fatigue-free arrival at the Serengeti National Park enhances the genuine experience of this park. The Park was gazetted in the 1960s, making it the oldest park in Tanzania. Additionally, it is Tanzania’s biggest national park. This is one of the most visited parks in the area, which is partly due to the quantity of animals. The highly sought-after wildebeest migration, which takes place in the park during the dry season when these animals migrate to the neighboring Masai Mara game reserve in search of greener pastures, occurs here.
Everyone should get the opportunity to see the incredible spectacle of seeing the wildebeest travel thousands of kilometers on their journey from the Serengeti National Park to the Masai Mara. Elephant and buffalo herds, which number in the thousands, are another feature of the Serengeti. Since they migrate with the millions of wildebeest to cross from the Serengeti National Park to the Masai Mara game reserve, gazelles and zebras are another group of animals that make for interesting viewing.
How Big is the Serengeti National park
The park covers an area of about 14,763 square Kilometers. Making it one of the biggest parks in Tanzania as well. The endless plains as described by the Masai are home to the wildebeests. They are highly sought after animals during their calving and migrating seasons. The park is a continuation of the Masai Mara game reserve in Kenya and this makes it easy for the wildebeest to move to Kenya in the dry season in search of water and greener grass.
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