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Serengeti
Go on a Serengeti Safari and experience a soul-stirring feeling of space. Serengeti comes from the Masai word
'Siringit' meaning '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
jam-packed full of game.
There are animals here at any time of year, but from May to October,
the area teems with life, including wildebeest, zebra, impala,
warthogs, topi, gazelles and hyena. Lion, leopard, cheetah and caracal
can be more easily spotted in the Kopjes, granite inselbergs scattered
across the landscape.
The Serengeti is well known for the wildebeest migration, when every
year two million animals move clockwise around this 14,763 sq km
ecosystem in search of grazing and water. The predators follow the
wildebeest and zebra closely and a Serengeti Safari is an ideal
opportunity to view lions and other big cats.
Pin pointing and predicting the location of the wildebeest migration is
challenging - but with a healthy resident population of animals, safari
and game viewing within the Serengeti Game Reserve is great all year
round.
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