Lobo Valley serengeti Tanzania
Lobo Valley serengeti Tanzania – African Big five safaris
Lobo Some of the incredible areas of interest in Serengeti is the Lobo valley in the northern Serengeti Tanzania.
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If you’re spending time in Northern Serengeti, a trip to the Lobo Valley serengeti Tanzania should be at the top of your list. It was this sprawling area that American conservationist Stewart White described as a “paradise” back in 1913. Along with the Seronera valley, the Lobo Valley is one of the only places in the park where all three big cats – lions, cheetahs and leopards – roam. Giraffes, elephants and baboons are also regulars in the Lobo Valley serengeti Tanzania, and from July through November, millions of wildebeest, gazelles and zebras come to the area during Great wildebeest migration.
Though a few species stay in the area year-round, Northern Serengeti’s animal population typically thins during the wet season, so it’s best to visit in the dry season when animals travel north as part of The Great Migration. The Lobo Valley is also a more affordable spot to catch a glimpse of this famous migration, thanks to cheaper rates at area accommodations.
Getting to the Lobo Valley, which sits at the south-eastern edge of Northern Serengeti, will require driving, taking a safari tour or flying into the nearby Lobo airstrip. A few lodges and campsites are available within the area. The region itself is free to visit 24 hours a day, but lacks facilities like public restrooms, gift shops and convenience stores that are commonly found in other parts of the park.
Serengeti national park Overview.
Serengeti National Park is undoubtedly the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world, unequalled for its natural beauty and scientific value, it has the greatest concentration of plains game in Africa
The Serengeti National Park in Tanzania was established in 1952. It is home to the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth – the great migration of wildebeest and zebra. The resident population of lion, cheetah, elephant, giraffe, and birds is also impressive. There’s a wide variety of accommodation available, from luxury lodges to mobile camps. The park covers 5,700 sq miles, (14,763 sq km), it’s larger than Connecticut, with at most a couple hundred vehicles driving around.
The Park can be divided into 3 sections. The popular southern/central part (Seronera Valley), is what the Maasai called the “serengit”, the land of endless plains. It’s classic savannah, dotted with acacias and filled with wildlife. The western corridor is marked by the Grumeti River, and has more forests and dense bush. The north, Lobo area, meets up with Kenya’s Masai Mara Reserve, is the least visited section.
Two World Heritage Sites and two Biosphere Reserves have been established within the 30,000 km² region. It’s unique ecosystem has inspired writers from Ernest Hemingway to Peter Mattheissen, filmakers like Hugo von Lawick and Alan Root as well as numerous photographers and scientists – many of which have put their works at our disposal to create this website.
The serengeti ecosystem is one of the oldest on earth. The essential features of climate, vegetation and fauna have barely changed in the past million years. Early man himself made an appearance in Olduvai Gorge about two million years ago. Some patterns of life, death, adaptation and migration are as old as the hills themselves.
It is the migration for which Serengeti is perhaps most famous. Over a million wildebeest and about 200,000 zebras flow south from the northern hills to the southern plains for the short rains every October and November, and then swirl west and north after the long rains in April, May and June. So strong is the ancient instinct to move that no drought, gorge or crocodile infested river can hold them back.
The Wildebeest travel through a variety of parks, reserves and protected areas and through a variety of habitat. Join us to explore the different forms of vegetation and landscapes of the Serengeti ecosystem and meet some of their most fascinating inhabitants.