The Park derives it name from the Masai language. The word “siringet,” which translated as a place where the land runs on, is where the park gets its name.
The Serengeti tour will give you beautiful views to make your safari worthwhile. The endless plains as described by the Masai are home a vast number of wildlife which include the endangered black Rhinos and many others. The plains are mostly savanna lands but have a mixture of woodlands and thickets.
The Serengeti has generally the largest number of herbivores in the region. This is probably due to the fact that it has a very large plain that allows the animals to graze very well. The notable ones include the wildebeests, zebras and gazelles. With this number of herbivores, the predators also thrive here as they have a lot of prey to survive on. They keep following the animals the entire time even during the calving and migration season.
There are a variety of birds that thrive here with this good ecosystem. Some of the other wild life to look out for is: Giraffes, Lions, Leopards, Warthogs, Hippos, cheetas and many other cats. There are large herds of Elephants and Buffalos.
Nile crocodile
The Nile Crocodile is found all around the Sub Saharan Africa. There are all over the Nile River and all the fresh water area until the Madagascar area. The Nile crocodile were hunted down almost to extinction in the 1950s. The Nile crocodile are the largest of the 14 species of the crocodiles in the Sub Saharan area. You can see the Nile crocodiles in the Grumeti River in the Grumenti wildlife reserve.
This river is highly infested with these crocodiles. It’s a path for the wildebeests and it’s interesting to see how the wildebeests survive while they cross this river. The female crocodile lays about 20 to 80 eggs and they hatch about 70 to 100 days after mating. The sex of these eggs is basically determined by the temperature around the egg. Temperatures between 31.7 to 34.5 will result into male crocodiles.
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