Experience the Great Wildebeest Migration-Wildlife Safaris Adventure Tours Tanzania
Prominently known for the world’s mass movement of numerous hoofed wildlife animals i.e the Great Wildebeest migration, Serengeti National Park is located in Tanzania within the Serengeti Ecosystem in the Mara and Simiyu Regions. The wildlife animals you will spot in the migration include; zebras, wildebeest, kobs, etc as well as numerous predators like lions, leopards, cheetahs, jackals, crocodiles etc that take this opportunity to prey on the herd. The prominent people that reside in these regions are the cultural Masai People who have rich cultural traditions to offer to all travelers around the world. Other wildlife animals can be viewed here and these include; Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelle, Topis, Coke’s hartebeest, Masai giraffe, waterbuck, impala, warthog, Hippos, unique species of antelope i.e eland, klipspringer, roan antelope, bushbuck, lesser kudu, fringe-eared oryx and dik dik. Canivores include; cheetahs, Spotted hyena, jackals, African golden wolf, honey badger, striped hyena, serval, Mongooses, Otters, East African wild dog. There are also primates like the yellow and olive baboons, vervet monkey, patas monkey, black-and-white colobus monkeys as well as the aardvark, aardwolf, bat-eared fox, ground pangolin, crested porcupine, hyraxes etc.
When to Visit the Park
You can visit the park any time of the year however, if interested in viewing the Great Wildebeest Migration, transfer accordingly to in the recommended months. But the dry season in the best time since during this, the trails are navigable, vegetation is not over grown for clear photography and the heavy rainy season occurs in the months of April and May.
Park Entrance Fees into the Park
- The Park Entrance fees are US $60 per day per person interested.
- Children above the age of 16 pay US $30 per person
What to Do in the Park
Game Drives
Take on a game drive around the beautiful Savannah vegetation in the park and here you will spit numerous wildlife animals enjoying their natural habitat as they wander from one place to another. The distances along the routes are long on rough roads despite the fact that the animals and birds you will spot are worth the Adventure. You will spot the BIG Five mammal species of Africa i.e Elephant, cheetah, leopard, hyena, jackals, lion.
Night Game Drives can also be done along the various routes/ trails along the park so as to spot the nocturnal wildlife animals like the civets, bush babies, nightjars, aardvarks as well as predators hunting for food. These are done by some lodges around the park and these are authorized to do these on the patch of land outside the park due to the absence of fences making wildlife animals proceed to these areas offering travelers an opportunity to spot them freely. If interested in a night game drive, inform your tour operator about it, book accommodation outside the park so as to experience this remarkable Adventure.
Cultural Encounters
The Serengeti National park is surrounded by a unique semi nomadic people tribe called the “Masai People” who are known to have very authentic cultural traditions occupying the regions of Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania along the Great Rift Valley. These can be explored and encountered by all travelers interested in cultural encounters around the park. They have a unique traditional way of life, way of clothing, construction of their village homesteads called the “Masai Bomas”. Visit their villages to learn about their customs, lifestyle and traditions as well as enjoy their dancing.
Visit the Moru Kopjes
Transfer to the Moru Kopjes which are a weathered rock formations elevating at the midst of the Serengeti Plains like candid Mountains with trees, vines, grass, bushes, offering shade, candid water pools offering remarkable relaxation to numerous wildlife animals i.e leopards, lions and cheetahs. Some of the kopjes have rock paintings done by the unique Masai People with one referred to as a Gong Rock i.e an ancient Musical Instrument. These Kopjes enable you spot the BIG Cats, smaller wildlife animals like hyrax as well as the Black Rhino.
Experience the Migration of Herds
The Great Wildebeest Migration is an exceptional Adventure to all travelers interested in watching these wildlife animals transfer through the Serengeti-Masai Mara Eco system. Herds of hoofed wildlife animals transfer from Serengeti National Park North wards to Masai Mara National Park. You will spot these traverse the Mara River to Kenya’s Masai Mara National park and this happens in the months of January-March-(occupying the northern Ngorongoro Conservation Area and southern Serengeti area grazing and calving), April and May- (they transfer to North West searching for green grass to feed), June, July and August- (they proceed North West traversing the Mara River to the Kenyan Border into Masai Mara Game Reserve) as well as September-December-(they are settled in the Masai Mara Game Reserve and are slowly transferring South West into Tanzania). The whole adventure is determined by the season, weather as well as rainfall amounts at the time.
Visit the Oldupai Gorge
The Oldupai Gorge is a sharp sided ravine about 30 miles long located a few miles South of Serengeti National park offering remarkable adventures for travelers moving between Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti. The Gorge is prominently known for being the first place where human fossils and tools were discovered. There are over 60 hominids (human ancestors) that have been seen here and these are evidence of human evolution. Transfer here to experience the best Historical and legendary adventures not found anywhere else around the world.
Experience Balloon Safaris
Are you interested in viewing various wildlife animals at an aerial view in Serengeti National park, don’t miss out on experiencing balloon safaris as you move from one region of the park to another viewing numerous wildlife animals wander around. The park is very suitable for a balloon safari due to the absence of fences, power lines and a few roads enabling you to clearly watch many different animals across the park as you fly above them. These begin early in the morning as the sun rises with a briefing about the whole experience then later, you will transfer with friends, colleagues and your pilot into the sky to watch the wildlife animals. Experience these to enjoy your safari vacation in Serengeti National Park.
Nature walks
These are carried out along the various trails in the park and offer travelers an opportunity to spot wildlife animals as well as nature. The nature walks take place along the borders of the park in designated regions offering you an opportunity to watch wildlife, plants, trees, smaller wildlife animals etc.