"Serengeti - wide land" Serengeti National Park by Myndo

Serengeti National Park Travel Guide: 139 reviews and 497 photos

Serengeti landscape - Serengeti National Park

"Serengeti" means in the Maasai language: endless plain.
- And thats what it is. Grass-land wherever you look, wide and flat as a pan, only interrupted by smaller stone-hills and some single trees.

The trees are a good place to look for the animals. It gets really hot here at day and a lot of animals are looking for the shadow these trees provide.
Also look for higher spots, they make good look-outs for the many lions you can find in this park.

Thompson Gazelle

You will se a lot of animals here, as many lions as you wish to see. If you have a good guide he will find you a spot where you can even watch a lion hunt.

The Serengeti Ntl park is quite big (thanks to the efforts of Professor Grzimek and son: remember "Serengeti must not die"?) and it covers an area that the animals are wandering around. 14763 km2
It hosts the biggest concentration on free living nig mammals on the earth. Gnus, Gazellae, Zebras, Impaslas, Topis, Buffaloes, Girraffae, Lions, Elefants...
(the Gnus, Zebras and Gazellae are wandering -migrating clockwise through the park through the year)

So, take your time for this wonderful place on earth. Have patience if the animals do not just "present" themselves and never stop looking and watching. It is also a good idea to stay in one place a little longer...

the picture shows a Thompson Gazelle - as one can see at the black stripe on the side (Impalas don't have that).

Serengeti is a landscape that must be seen - and felt. It is hard just to describe it.

Last visit to Serengeti National Park: Sep 2002
Intro Updated Dec 13, 2004
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Serengeti Sopa Lodge Restaurant - Serengeti National Park

Luxus and a view in the Serengeti Hotels (1)

Serengeti Sopa Lodge: Located on a small hill in the serengeti, so you have a nice overview over the landscape. With... more travel advice

Lion Cubs Things to Do (4)

Best places to find lions during the day is where there is shadow. (under trees and bushes and behind stones)$ Here you... more travel advice

Typical Landscape in the Serengeti Things to Do (4)

Serengeti, the wide land. or endless plains, as is actually the translation. Here you see the typical landscape, dry... more travel advice

lioness, serengeti - Serengeti National Park

Lion Hunt in the morning Things to Do (4)

Serengeti has a big number of lions in it. When it is the dry time they do mostly hunt the smaller animals that stay in... more travel advice

Travelogues (1)

Written Dec 13, 2004

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y2ketan2007 Feb 20, 2013 at 10:53 AM

Wonderful page on an amazing place !
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easterntrekker Feb 7, 2009 at 2:24 PM

Your photos are fabulous. We just booked our trip for Sept . can't wait.
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yumyum Jun 5, 2008 at 11:40 AM

Our truck got stuck in the Serengeti and 2 people had to walk a long way to get help on foot, their only defence was a tent pole.
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grets Jul 8, 2007 at 8:15 AM

I am off to Tanzania tomorrow, and we will be staying in Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge. Can't wait! Great photos Corinne.
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royalempress Jun 24, 2005 at 9:22 AM

What wonderful Travel Pages. Thanks Mike
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unravelau Jan 14, 2005 at 6:43 PM

I love this page Myndo and all of the pics are wonderful.....thank you.
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Elena_007 Jan 14, 2005 at 7:26 AM

Spectacular lion pics, and I bet the view from the restaurant was awesome with binoculars. Great tips! ~Elaine~
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KristaB Jan 13, 2005 at 12:34 PM

You are very brave! Great pictures, and such an interesting description of lion's behavior.
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Siddha3th Jan 13, 2005 at 10:40 AM

Wow, how close WERE you to the lioness?! Nice sense of drama to the pic.
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littlesam1 Jan 13, 2005 at 10:38 AM

I don't know how you can pick one of these as your favorite. They are all equally wonderful.