Game viewing safaris in Serengeti National park

Game viewing safaris in Serengeti National park – Wildebeest migration and wildlife holidays

Game viewing safaris in Serengeti – Serengeti National Park is one of the most popular and beautiful National Parks in Africa found in Tanzania one of the East African countries. Serengeti National Park is best known for the annual Wildebeest Migration that attracts thousands of tourists from different countries of the world who come to enjoy game viewing and a reason why it is considered the world’s great wildlife show.

It is a very huge National Park and therefore hosts a huge population of wild animals that includes over 2 million wildebeests, half a million zebras, thousands of Thomson gazelles, impalas, grants gazelles, topis, hartebeests as well as elands. Enjoy your game viewing with the highest population of carnivorous animals like the leopards, cheetahs, and lions with the population of the herbivores.

Serengeti National Park has got different corridors, the western corridor, the central Seronera Valley, the southern plains, and the northern part that extends into the Masai Mara National Reserve and the wildebeests use that part of the corridor during their migration into the Masai Mara National Reserve and the tourists often enter through the Naabi Hill gate  in the Southeast part of the National Park as that side has short grass plains that stretch right into the north of the Ngorongoro Conservation area.

The Serengeti wildebeests migration is the most amazing attraction and its timing is predicted by the rain season because for them to survive they need to follow the rain that brings the availability of food and water to drink. In the dry season, animals are a bit scarce because of the lack of water and most of the animals you will see will be the gazelles since they are not water-dependent so they stick around throughout the year. When the rain arrives in January to April, you will see lots of zebras, wildebeest, and gazelles wildlife in the area because there will be a lot of food and plenty of water around and therefore that is the best time to view the game in this area. Understand more about the best time to visit Serengeti for safari in our blog post

Game Drives in Serengeti National Park

On the game drives in Serengeti National Park, you can stretch from Naabi to Seronera located in the central Serengeti. This valley is a network of Rivers that can sustain a huge number of wildlife populations and so this means that this area provides great game viewing is almost guaranteed all year round. Here, you will see more hartebeest, topis, and ostriches among many others. There are also big commercial Lodges and Camps and many of them are located there. You can also book hot-air balloon safaris and this will require you to spend a night in one of the Lodges or Camps in central Serengeti so that you can have an early 5 am wake-up call and later descend to a delicious champagne breakfast.

Popular Serengeti Game Viewing safaris offered by Great Adventure Safaris

Hot-Air Balloon Safaris in Serengeti National Park

Hot air balloon safaris provide you with great chances to view lots of animals, see how big the National Park is, and the big herds of elephants and Masai giraffes. You will see more, waterbucks, bohor reedbucks; you will search for leopards in the branches of the sausage trees along the Seronera River. Although they are nocturnal animals, the leopards in this area are not too difficult to spot. While people are hoping to see the lions, chances of seeing them here are very good as they usually spend their days resting in the shades. There are also lots of hippos in the Seronera and Orangi Rivers so these form the Retina Hippo Pool and this pool is probably the best place in the Serengeti to view them. The bonus here is the fact that visitors are allowed to step out of their safari vehicles to watch the 200 plus hippos on foot from the riverbank which is about 10-feet above the pool.

Explore the Northern Serengeti

The northern part of Serengeti National Park is far from the main entry gate in the south and it is one reason why it receives fewer visitors even during the great wildebeest migration is active here between August to October. However, if you are interested in seeing buffaloes and elephants in large numbers the northern part of Serengeti National Park is a good place to look at because the trees in this area provide the elephants with food in the dry season.

Explore the Western Serengeti Corridor

From May, huge herds start moving and head from the Serengeti Plains to the Western Corridor where River Grumeti and the Mbalageti, run almost parallel to each other and these Rivers support a band of evergreen forest. The Western Corridor is no very busy as the central plains but has a pretty good permanent population of animals.

In June and July when the Grumeti River crossing of the wildebeests occurs, the place is lively as animals fight to stay alive during the crossing of these crocodile-filled waters. During this time, there will be lots of wildebeest and zebras in the Serengeti National Park as well as predators.

Besides those popular animals, you can also expect to see forest specialists like colobus monkeys and there is also a good bird-life, therefore, those that love birds will enjoy the bird watching trip to one of the most amazing game parks there.

In conclusion, wildlife and game viewing safaris in Serengeti National Park is one of the best safari experiences in Africa for you. Contact us at Great Adventure Safaris and we help you tailor and plan your African safari that fits your interests, time, and budget.

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