A short hop and a skip over the Kenya-Tanzania border will find you in the Serengeti. A trip to Tanzania is a beautiful compliment to your Mara safari, especially from October to June when the herds of the Great Migration give birth in the open grasslands. During the rest of the year, the Serengeti is no stranger to other natural marvels. At the same time, a dizzying array of life thrives in the Ngorongoro Crater year-round, dubbed ‘Africa’s Garden of Eden’.
Comprising nearly 1.5 million hectares, the Serengeti National Park is one of Africa’s most extensive conserved tracts. It is so big that the Maasai named it ‘the place where the land runs forever’. It is most famous as the host of the Great Migration for nine months of the year. But really, it is the vast, sweeping savannas punctuated by acacia trees and rocky outcrops that make the Serengeti special.
Beyond the Migration, the Serengeti boasts an abundance of resident wildlife; aside from lions, the National Park protects four endangered species: black rhinoceros, elephants, wild dogs and cheetah.
Described as the ‘whole world of East African safari in miniature’, the Crater is a mind-boggling geographical and natural wonder. Each day, descend 600 metres down steep, heavily wooded cliffs that make up the sides of Ngorongoro Crater — the perfectly formed and largest extinct volcanic caldera in the world.
Spanning 260 square kilometres, the Crater’s floor, predominantly wooded and dotted with expansive alkaline lakes, is filled with exciting wildlife and beautiful birds, surpassing even the Serengeti in diversity.
The southern Serengeti is dry and seemingly barren in September-October but transforms into spectacular grass-covered green in the rainy season. The rains deliver extraordinary experiences, especially in February and March: countless wildlife births and exciting interactions, vast open spaces and big skies, all setting the scene for an adventure out of the Maasai Mara’s ‘Migration time’.
Furthermore, the Southern Serengeti is one of the few places in the entire ecosystem where you can go on a walking safari and see the grasslands from a different perspective.
Comprising nearly 1.5 million hectares, the Serengeti National Park is one of Africa’s most extensive conserved tracts. It is so big that the Maasai named it ‘the place where the land runs forever’. It is most famous as the host of the Great Migration for nine months of the year. But really, it is the vast, sweeping savannas punctuated by acacia trees and rocky outcrops that make the Serengeti special.
Beyond the Migration, the Serengeti boasts an abundance of resident wildlife; aside from lions, the National Park protects four endangered species: black rhinoceros, elephants, wild dogs and cheetah.
Described as the ‘whole world of East African safari in miniature’, the Crater is a mind-boggling geographical and natural wonder. Each day, descend 600 metres down steep, heavily wooded cliffs that make up the sides of Ngorongoro Crater — the perfectly formed and largest extinct volcanic caldera in the world.
Spanning 260 square kilometres, the Crater’s floor, predominantly wooded and dotted with expansive alkaline lakes, is filled with exciting wildlife and beautiful birds, surpassing even the Serengeti in diversity.
The southern Serengeti is dry and seemingly barren in September-October but transforms into spectacular grass-covered green in the rainy season. The rains deliver extraordinary experiences, especially in February and March: countless wildlife births and exciting interactions, vast open spaces and big skies, all setting the scene for an adventure out of the Maasai Mara’s ‘Migration time’.
Furthermore, the Southern Serengeti is one of the few places in the entire ecosystem where you can go on a walking safari and see the grasslands from a different perspective.
