Serengeti Nationa Park

For some of the year, the Serengeti National Park is home to the largest concentration of migrating plains game in the world. Being surrounded by millions of wildebeest, zebra and gazelle is a phenomenon you will never forget. In their annual migration north they stampede over open plains, plunge into rivers almost as if they are possessed and are endlessly chased by predators. The Serengeti is a World Heritage Site, biosphere reserve and one of the New Seven Wonders of Africa.

The Serengeti is vast and beautiful; it’s one of Africa’s most captivating safari areas. The sheer amount of game here is amazing: estimates suggest up to about two million wildebeest, plus perhaps half a million zebra, hundreds of thousands of Thompson’s gazelle, and tens of thousands of impala, Grant’s gazelle, topi hartebeest, eland and other antelope all hunted by the predators for which these plains are famous.

Some of this game resides permanently in ‘home’ areas, which are great for safaris all year round. But many of the wildebeest and zebra take part in the migration – an amazing spectacle that’s one of the greatest wildlife shows on earth. If you plan carefully, it’s still possible to witness this in wild and remote areas.

The wildebeest breeding season is in January and February, then the move to the north and west of the Serengeti happens between April and June. From July to October the animals move further north to the Masai Mara in Kenya, before starting to return to the southern and central plains of the Serengeti in November. Wildlife Eden offers Serengeti National Park tours in both the northern and southern Serengeti