The Serengeti means “Endless Plains.”
No walls, No stops!! Please let me know the end of the Park!!
An amazing thing was that the Tour Guide who drove the Zeep knew all ways in the Endless Plains. Of course?!! :)
We Could NOT get off from the Safari Car, but JUST sit and watched animals. There was no person who lives in the park…
Nevertheless, we made the Safari Game at the most popular in Africa. I hope see the Maasai, again…
Tanzania's oldest and most popular national park, also a world heritage site and recently proclaimed a 7th World Wide Wonder, the Serengeti is famed for its annual migration, when some six million hooves pound the open plains, as more than 200,000 zebra and 300,000 Thomson's gazelle join the wildebeest’s trek for fresh grazing. But, even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers arguably the most scintillating game-viewing in Africa: great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands upon thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant’s gazelle.
A million wildebeest... each one driven by the same ancient rhythm, fulfilling its instinctive role in the inescapable cycle of life: a frenzied three-week bout of territorial conquests and mating; survival of the fittest as 40km (25 mile) long columns plunge through crocodile-infested waters on the annual exodus north; replenishing the species in a brief population explosion that produces more than 8,000 calves daily before the 1,000 km (600 mile) pilgrimage begins again.
It is well known that Tanzania has beautiful nature reserves rich in wildlife. There are, however, still many false ideas about this big southern neighbor of Kenya. It is true that Tanzania, measured in terms of pro-capita income, is one of the world's poorest countries. It is a fact that the country can feed itself and, what is of greater significance, is that since independence Tanzania politically has been among the most stable African countries. In regard to safety, both for its own citizens and for tourists, it is well ahead of its more economically advanced neighbors.
In the past, tourism was of little significance to Tanzania and few people chose to visit it. To have to deal with all the uncertainties, and at the same time not really be sure what natural attractions the country had to offer made one question whether the cost was reasonable. In fact, this did not have a negative effect upon the nature reserves and even during the most difficult times major efforts were undertaken to maintain the national parks and also to create new ones.
Today, several sections of the tourism infrastructure have developed well and a couple of new hotels and luxury, charming camps conforming to 'international' standards have opened. There is reason to hope that the difference between the local way of life and the standards of rich international tourists, which in many other third world countries has had such a negative impact, will be kept within reasonable limits.
Source from, Website of the Serengeti National Park.
