 The Serengeti National Park covers 14,763 km2 of vast open plains that stretch across the area between the Kenyan border and the outskirts of Lake Victoria. It has an abundance of wildlife, the numbers of which are estimated at well over 3 million.
In May or early June, the annual migration of millions of wildebeest takes place, where they search for water and food as the season changes. This is a magical site to behold, and a major drawing point for tourists to visit the Serengeti during this period.
In addition to the Wildebeest, the Serengeti National Park holds many types of large antelopes, including zebra, impala, eland, klipspringer, dik dik, and several different kinds of buck.
The Serengeti also has lion, leopard, cheetah, giraffe, rhino, elephant, hippo, hyena, bat eared fox, jackal, warthog, porcupine, crocodile, baboon, mongoose and different types of monkey.
There are also almost 500 bird species, including vulture, stork, flamingo, martial and fish eagle and ostrich.
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