Serengeti
- This article is about a geographical region; for the National Park see Serengeti National Park
The Serengeti is a region of grasslands and woodlands in Mara Region in Tanzania.
It has more than 1.6 million herbivores and thousands of predators. Blue Wildebeests, gazelles, zebras and buffalos are the animals most commonly found in the region.
This area is most famous for the migration that takes place every year, which is considered to be one of the seven tourist travel wonders of the world and was named by the American television show Good Morning America and newspaper USA Today as one of the "New Seven Wonders of the World" [1] in 2006. Every year around October nearly 1.5 million herbivores travel towards the southern plains, crossing the Mara River, from the northern hills for the rains. And then back to the north through the west, once again crossing the Mara river, after the rains in around April. This phenomenon is sometimes also called the Circular Migration. Over 250,000 wildebeest alone will die along the journey from Tanzania to Maasai Mara reserves in upper Kenya, a total of 500 miles.
Also in this area is the archeologically significant Olduvai Gorge where some of the oldest hominid fossils are found.
Mara region which contains the Serengeti National Park, is also close to Arusha region where you can find Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
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Geography of Tanzania | Geography of Kenya | Afrotropic | Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands