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.” Upon his arrival between 1913 and 1920, the first American to visit this park intended to go hunting with his friends. He was astounded by the richness of the local wildlife.
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.
The Long Grass Plains of Serengeti
The Long Grass Plains of Serengeti with long grass in the Serengeti are home to large legions of Zebras. The zebras just like the wildebeest also migrate from the Serengeti National Park in the dry season to the Masai Mara game reserve in search for greener pastures. The Zebras in the Serengeti national park prefer the long grass then the shorter. The wildebeests and the gazelles on the other hand prefer the shorter grass. It’s however believed that the longer grass is less nutritious compared to the short one. Usually the long grass is raised by an hill.
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