April 11, 2008
Serengeti National Park
ARTICLE ON SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK .
INTRODUCTION:
The name Serengeti comes from the Maasai name meaning 0endless plains0, and these rolling distances of short grass plains provide an exceptional landscape for wildlife viewing. The phenomenal National Park - created to preserve the path of the world0s largest intact migration circuit, which covers nearly 15,000 square kilometers, and contiguous with the Maasai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya, is Tanzania’s largest and most famous national park. On its vast, tree less plains are tens of thousand of hoofed animals, constantly on the move in search of fresh grass. One of Serengeti’s main attractions is the annual migration of wildebeest herds in search of better grazing.
During the rainy season between December and May the herds are widely scattered over the Southern section of the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation Area, as these Rivers have few large Rivers and Streams, they dry out quickly when the rains cease. When this happens, the wildebeests concentrates on the few remaining green areas, and form large herds that migrate north and west in search of food, this is dry season which is from July and October, outside the Serengeti and in the Maasai Mara, before […]
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