The Serengeti landscape can be divided into two regions defined by their dominant vegetation — woodland and grassland, according to Bridget Conneely, a wildlife ecologist at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Maryland.

The Serengeti is home to the oldest ecosystem in the world. Its usually warm and dry climate is interrupted by two rainy seasons (April to May, and a shorter season in November/December). The higher elevation of the Serengeti grasslands provides temperate weather throughout the year.

The Serengeti is also renowned for its large lion population and is one of the best places to observe prides in their natural environment. Approximately 70 large mammal and 500 bird species are found there. The Serengeti also contains the Serengeti District of Tanzania.

Serengeti National Park, national park and wildlife refuge on the Serengeti Plain in north-central Tanzania. It is partly adjacent to the Kenya border and is northwest of the adjoining Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The park, an international tourist attraction, was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1981.

The Serengeti plains are flat with dotted acacia trees that makes one to see as far as he or she can with no interference. The Serengeti plain is located in Serengeti district that forms the 7 districts in North Arusha region in Mara region.

the Serengeti is obviously not a tropical jungle, but neither is it a desert.

The Serengeti-Park Hodenhagen is the largest safari park in Europe. More than 1,500 wild and exotic animals from far away countries live in a natural environment! On an area of 120 hectares you will find, among others, lions, tigers, rhinos, antelopes and bears.

No, you can’t get to see Tigers in Serengeti anymore. Serengeti is one of the greatest wilderness areas in the world; it supports the abundance of animals. This amazing place is often considered as a haven for wildlife. You can expect excellent sighting of predators like lion, cheetah, and leopards most of the time.

One of the greatest wilderness areas in the world, the Serengeti supports a magnificent diversity and abundance of animals, from the Big Five – lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and black rhino (although these are rarely spotted) – to giraffe, Grant’s gazelle, impala, kongoni, topi and eland.

African wild dogs, caracal, mongoose, lions, cheetahs and pythons.

3,000 lions

The most common plant species in Serengeti are Acacia trees, Acacia tortilis, Acacia Drepanolobium, Kigelia (the Sausage tree). Safaris to Serengeti national park or Africa is mostly fauna (wildlife) especially the big 5 but Serengeti has more to offer than that in the form of flora.

Scientists believe that the initial decrease in trees was due to the the disease rinderpest. Rinderpest killed off the majority of Serengeti’s wildebeest, allowing the grass to grow tall, and fueling huge, strong fires. These fires killed most tree seedlings, meaning that as trees died, they were not being replaced.

Radiocarbon dating revealed the dung deposits were between 1550 and 3700 years old. In other words, nomadic herders have been shaping the Serengeti for almost 4000 years.

The common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) is one of the most widespread omnivores of the Serengeti. This wild pig’s diet is mainly herbivorous, as it can graze on grass, but it complements its food intake with eggs, birds, carrion, small reptiles and mammals, and insects.

A unique safari taking in the highlights of East Africa including tracking the endangered mountain gorillas of Rwanda, enjoying the big game and migration herds of the Serengeti and relaxing at the perfect beach retreat of Ras Kutani. …

Today, the Ngorongoro area includes a volcanic caldera. The ash left behind by the ancient volcanoes makes the soil here fertile for crops (outside of the conservation area) and for the savanna grasslands that feed so many animals.

The Big Five in the Serengeti. The Big Five define that ultimate African safari experience: seeing these impressive animals – lion, rhino, leopard, elephant and Cape buffalo – roaming freely in their own habitat is something you will never forget.

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania The giraffe is the national animal of Tanzania, which has introduced strict laws to protect this endangered creature. According to Telegraph Travel’s Africa expert, Brian Jackman, vast herds of Maasai giraffe can be spotted roaming the Serengeti.

African wild dogs never returned permanently to the plains of the Serengeti since their disappearance in 1991. But the animals are present to the east of the park, in Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Loliondo Game Controlled Area.