National park’s official site
Serengeti
Name; Emily Deeb
Class: 9th grade
The Serengeti region
surround and have or
hold within the
Serengeti National Park
itself, the Ngorongoro
Conservation Area,
Maswa Game Reserve,
the Loliondo, Grumeti
and Ikorongo
Controlled Areas and
the Maasai Mara
National Reserve in
Kenya. Over 90,000
tourists visit the Park
each year.
Two World Heritage Sites
have been established
within the 30,000 km²
region. It's unique biological
community of the park and
their physical environment
has inspired writers from
Ernest Hemingway to Peter
Mattheissen, filmmakers like
Hugo von Lawick and Alan
Root as well as numerous
photographers and
scientists .
"We walked for miles over burnt out
country... the green trees of the river,
walked two miles more and you found
your self in paradise.
Tanzania's oldest and most
popular national park, also
a world heritage site and
recently proclaimed a 7th
world wide wonder, the
Serengeti is famed for its
annual migration, when
some six million hooves
pound the open plains, as
more than 200,000 zebra
and 300,000 Thomson's
gazelle join the
wildebeest’s trek for fresh
hunting.
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About Serengeti
Size: 14,763 sq km (5,700 sq miles).
Location: 335km (208 miles) from Arusha, stretching north to Kenya and
bordering Lake Victoria to the west.
Getting there
Scheduled and charter flights from Arusha, Lake Manyara and Mwanza.
Drive from Arusha, Lake Manyara, Tarangire or Ngorongoro Crater.
What to do
Hot air balloon safaris, walking safari, picnicking, game drives, bush
lunch/dinner can be arranged with hotels/tour operators. Maasai rock
paintings and musical rocks.
Visit neighboring Ngorongoro Crater, Olduvai Gorge, Ol Doinyo Lengai
volcano and Lake Natron's flamingos.
When to go
To follow the wildebeest migration, December-July. To see predators,
June-October.
Accommodation
Four lodges, six luxury tented camps and camp sites scattered through
the park; one new lodge will be opened next season (Bilila Lodge); one
luxury camp, a lodge and two tented camps just outside.
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You may hear of the Big Five before going on
Safari, from an old book, or from a nature. A
movie or a television or radio program that
provides a factual record or report. Today,
they are five of the animals which people
most want to see while on Safari. The Big
Five were the most seeking after animals to
hunt. They were the fiercest, the most
dangerous animals; the animals that would
hunt the hunter.
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The Lion is one of the four big cats in
the genus Panther , and a member of
the family Felidae ( the biological
family of the cats). With some males
exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it
is the second-largest living cat after
the tiger . Wild lions currently exist
in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia.
having disappeared from North Africa
and Southwest Asia 10,000 years ago,
the lion was the most large land
mammal after humans. They were
found in most of Africa, across Eurasia
from western Europe to India, and in
the Americas from the Yukon to Peru.
Leopards are heavier and more
strongly built than cheetahs, but still
one third the size of lions. Their
spots are dark cheetah's spots are
round and solid. with a hollow
center, all on a tan background.
Leopards hunt at night, and attack
when only an a animal few meters
away.
Cheetahs, smaller and lighter than
leopards, are built for speed. They
chase down their prey during the
daytime in dramatic races.
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Behavior
The leopards of Serengeti can be seen along rivers. By
day, leopards often lounge and nap in large trees with
their legs are falling from the tree. After making a kill,
they will drag it back and up into a convenient tree for
protection; from lions or hyenas who might steal their
catch. A leopard will then return to the tree for several
days to feed and rest. The classic pose of a leopard is feet
falling from a large Acacia tortillas tree, fast asleep with a
gazelle draped over the tree in front of it.
Unlike lions, leopards are solitary animals throughout
their lives. Leopards mature at two years old and can have
cubs every two years after that. Mothers appear to allow
their young into their territory and have been seen to
hunt with them
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There are five species of rhinoceros in the world of
which two species are found in Africa - the White or
Square-lip Rhino (Ceratotherium simum) and the Black
or Hook-lip Rhino (Diceros bicornis). The black rhino
found in the Serengeti-Ngorongoro .
Black rhino were once numerous on the Serengeti
plains. But their horns are still in demand, in the Far
East as local drugs and in the Arab world as the handle
for daggers, resulting in heavy poaching.
Consequently, the number of rhino in the Serengeti has
been reduced to a handful and these are under heavy
protection by the park's armed anti-poaching rangers
to try to ensure their survival. White rhino are not
found in the Serengeti.
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The Cape Buffalo, the bosses of its huge
bent horns held high with more than half a
ton of buffalo behind them makes for a
very frightening animal. With its size, its
aggressive ability, the buffalo has been one
of Africa's most successful large mammals.
Some people confuse this animal with the
Water Buffalo of Asia Minor and North
Africa, which is both a wild and Not
dangerous or frightened of people. The
Cape or African Buffalo is the larger of the
two animals, and is, in fact, the second
largest animal in the cattle family.
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The African Elephant is the largest land
animal, and at 3000-5000 kg, they weigh as
much as four cars. Both males and female
elephants can push down full-grown trees
in the search for food. They can also pick
up the smallest seeds or nuts with their
digit-like trunk.
Elephants live over most of sub-Saharan
Africa. Today, elephants still range over a
wide area of Africa, and a wide diversity of
habitats, from swamps and forests, plains
and savannas to the open Namibian desert.
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As the sun goes down in the Serengeti, many
animals are finding a safe place to roll up and
hide for the night, while others are just
waking up and are looking forward for
darkness. Whether you are an animal hunting
or being hunted, or a person listening to the
sounds of the night, the Serengeti becomes a
different place when darkness falls.
During the day, good vision and behavior
protects many of the large
herbivores(animals that eat plants) including
zebra, wildebeest, and other gazelles hodes
from their predators. The night is the time for
these predators such as hyenas, lions, and
leopards to hunt their food.
Night-time is also the time when
many smaller "Night Animals" come out, ones
that are eaten by raptors or other daytime
predators.
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On the Serengeti, 'hunter and hunted'
Make something appear , a picture of a
powerful tawny or spotted cat
charging into a fleeing herd of softeyed gazelle. It's true that these great
plains are the best place to observe
that attack, but in fact almost every
living thing here is either hunter or
hunted - and often both!
Even to the most casual observer, the
big cats, and the wild-dogs and
hyenas, with their powerful or speedy
bodies, their stabbing teeth and meat
hook claws, are well-designed killers.
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Behind the stones, hidden in the grass,
and high on a branch live the Serengeti's
Little Five. They may not be the Big Five ,
but for the connoisseur of wildlife or the
expert who wants an ultimate safari, the
ant lion and the RHINO beetle are a
fascinating choice ,as well as ELEPHANT
shrew and BUFFALO weaver or
the LEOPARD tortoise.
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Rhino or Dung Beetle Across the Serengeti travels a
curious animal. Standing on its head and rolling a ball
behind it, the dung beetle is working hard for its
children .
Beetles are the most different and successful group of
animals on the planet, with over 400,000 known
species.
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Elephant Shrew and Buffalo Weaver:
Elephant Shrew
They may have the same name, but the
African elephant and the elephant shrew
could not be more different. The elephant is
huge, weighing up to 6000 kg and lives for
50-60 years. The elephant shrew lives for
only one year and weighs only 50g.
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Buffalo Weaver
The male buffalo weaver, like the full-sized
Cape Buffalo, can be very special about its
personal space.
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Leopard Tortoise
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The leopard tortoise is the fourth
largest species of tortoise in the
world, with typical adults reaching
18-inch (460 mm) and weighing 40pound (18 kg).Large examples may
be 70-centimetre (28 in) long and
weigh up to 120-pound (54 kg).
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Birds are one of the most different life forms on earth. They are
herbivores(An animal that feeds on plants), insectivores (Feeding on
insects, worms), predators and scavengers(An animal that feeds on
carrion, dead plant material, or refuse).
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Serengeti National Park is made up of a large area covered with grass
and woodland(forest) , plains(lowland), kopjes(A small hill in a generally
flat area), and marshes(An area of low-lying land that is flooded in wet
seasons or at high tide); all of which make up a savanna.
"Savanna" is a general term for any type of semi-arid land from open
grassland to woodland and all mixtures of grass and trees in between.
Savannas cover one quarter of the worlds land surface and can support
more animals than any other land type.
In Kiswahili, simply means "journey". But in English it has become
a synonym for a wildlife viewing adventure in the African bush.
'To go on safari' In Tanzania is, and always will remain a
fascinating and exclusive experience!
 It is well known that Tanzania has beautiful nature reserves rich in
wildlife.
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