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SERENGETI
NATIONAL PARK
A UNESCO World Heritage Site,
Serengeti National Park is the base for one of the world's most
spectacular wildlfe migrations. In late winter, after rains have
spurred the growth of fresh grass,
over a
million wildebeest journey from Kenya to the Serengeti
plains in Tanzania. Newborn wildebeest learn the ways of the
world here and
are able to run after their mothers within hours of their birth.
Following this mass migration of plains herbivores are lions,
leopards and cheetahs. They seek out straggling
and orphaned wildebeest, gazelles, impalas and
zebras. Smaller predators - wild dogs, hyenas, jackals, bat-eared
foxes and honey badgers - are also present, all waiting for their
chance at a meal.
Serengeti National Park also has a diverse avian population. The
park's bird
list tops 350 species, with the greater ecosystem hosting up to 500
species of birds. Checklist
of Bird Species
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VIDEO
PICKS
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Choose from lodges, tented camps, basic
public camps and wilderness
campsites. You can make your own travel arrangements,- including
hiring a local guide if you wish, or join one of many wildlife
safaris. See Lodge/Camp
Descriptions. Several photogaphers, including Boyd
Norton,
offer photographic workshops in the Serengeti. To see more images
of wildlife,
watch our slideshow: African
Wildlife.
LINKS
OFFICIAL
WEBSITE:
Serengeti
National Park
ICUN
NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITE: Serengeti
MAP OF SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK: Map
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