Serengeti

A safari in the Serengeti is a soul-stirring experience in a wild natural environment. The name Serengeti comes from the Masai word ‘Siringit’ which means ‘the place where the land runs on forever’ and refers to the flat grassy plains which make up about a third of the park. It is these grasslands and savannahs that ensure that the area is full of animals! There are more than 3 million large mammals in the Serengeti, and where ever there are large mammals there are predators. The Serengeti is well known for the wildebeest migration, when every year two million animals move clockwise around this 14,763 sq km national park in search of grazing and water. Although most predators are territorial, many follow the wildebeest and zebra closely and a Serengeti Safari is an ideal opportunity to view lions, cheetahs  and leopards and more rarely caracals.