Attractions in Schinjanga, Tanzania (52)
Serengeti National Park
2 Recommendations: 2 Favorable,
This is 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 grazing. Yet even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers arguably the most scintillating game-viewing in Africa: great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands upon thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant’s gazelle.
Reviewed by David- Tropical Wild Expeditions
Updated 600 days ago
Serengeti National Park
2 Recommendations: 2 Favorable,
The name comes from the Maasai 'siringet' which means ' endless plains', and the Serengeti is just that. Within its 14,763 square kilometers (5,000 square mile) dwell an estimated 3 million large animals - this is one of the world's last great wildlife sanctuaries. It is from here that the famous army of grazers begins its legendary trek in search of new grazing lands. The best time to see heavy concentration of game is between January and February. Life on the Serengeti is a complex cycle, the defining factor of which is the rain. Though the precise timing varies each year, it usually occurs around May. The columns of herbivores stretch up to forty kilometers long (25 miles ) as they make their way up north toward Kenya's Maasai Mara from where they eventually return some eight and a half months later. Packs of wild dog usually follow, preying on the sick and weak .
Reviewed by Superb Africa Safaris
Updated 644 days ago
Serengeti National Park
2 Recommendations: 2 Favorable,
The name comes from the Maasai 'siringet' which means ' endless plains', and the Serengeti is just that. Within its 14,763 square kilometers (5,000 square mile) dwell an estimated 3 million large animals - this is one of the world's last great wildlife sanctuaries. It is from here that the famous army of grazers begins its legendary trek in search of new grazing lands. The best time to see heavy concentration of game is between January and February. Life on the Serengeti is a complex cycle, the defining factor of which is the rain. Though the precise timing varies each year, it usually occurs around May. The columns of herbivores stretch up to forty kilometers long (25 miles ) as they make their way up north toward Kenya's Maasai Mara from where they eventually return some eight and a half months later. Packs of wild dog usually follow, preying on the sick and weak.
Reviewed by Superb Africa Safaris
Updated 651 days ago
Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge
1 Recommendations: 1 Favorable,
Set high on the saddle of a tree-clad ridge, commanding panoramic views across the Serengeti, this lodge is the ultimate fusion of traditional African architecture and world-class style. Winner of numerous awards from the world travel press, it is perhaps the finest venue the Serengeti has to offer.Centrally located adjacent to the famous Western Corridor and Grumeti River, the lodge has been designed to blend completely into the living landscape. A series of traditional domed ‘rondavels' are widely spaced throughout the grounds, which are cooled by groves of acacia trees and watered by sparkling streams. On the very edge of the ridge is a ‘vanishing horizon' pool, which looks out over the ‘endless plains' after which the Serengeti is named.Situated close to the world-famous 2-million-year-old paleolithic site of Ol Duvai, ‘birthplace of mankind', the lodge has been styled to offer a showcase of cultural performance, heritage and traditional art, which is best illustrated by the lavish Makonde carvings which decorate both the rooms and the stunning domed dining room.
Reviewed by Alex Boaz
Updated 278 days ago
Olakira Camp
1 Recommendations: 1 Favorable,
Olakira Camp is a classic, mobile safari camp that moves between the southern and central Serengeti, attempting to stay close to the Migration from December to June, through pre-planned moves (the northern Serengeti, where the Migration typically wanders around from mid July to November, is covered by its sister camp Sayari Camp). 'Olakira' means 'star' in the Maasai language.Typically, the camp will be in the Ndutu area from mid-December to March in order to witness the magical calving season of the wildebeest in the southern Serengeti. From June onward, the camp moves north to follow the Migration, staying in the central Serengeti for the rest of the season. These move patterns are subject to change, as the philosophy behind the camp is to be as close to the action as possible.A stay in Olakira Camp is not about 5 star luxury though; it's about something more than that. Being in the middle of this wonderful spectacle, with wild animals roaming around camp at night, is a dream come true to even the most experienced of travelers.
Reviewed by Alex Boaz
Updated 324 days ago
Serengeti National Park
1 Recommendations: 1 Favorable,
This place is worth visiting, I would recommend to anyone, after visiting this place- for sure you will be happy. This place is worth visiting, I would recommend to anyone, after visiting this place- for sure you will be happy. A lot of wildlife, wildebeest, zebra, lion, Topi, Thomson and Grant Gazelle, tones of birds, plants species like Acacia and the beautiful scenic beauty.
Reviewed by Endioll
Updated 342 days ago
Serengeti National Park
1 Recommendations: 1 Favorable,
The name Serengeti comes from Masai languge and means an "extended place".Serengeti National Park is undoubtedly the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world, unequaled for its natural beauty and scientific value. With more than two million wildebeest, half a million Thomson's gazelle, and a quarter of a million zebra, it has the greatest concentration of plains game in Africa. The wildebeest and zebra moreover form the star cast of a unique spectacular - the annual Serengeti migration and lots of other wild animals can be seen there.
Reviewed by Kairi Tours
Updated 372 days ago
Serengeti National Park
1 Recommendations: 1 Favorable,
Serengeti national park is the most popular park world wide,and also holds the title the 7th wonder of the world due to its annual migration of wildebeest.The best thing to watch during this migration is how the crocodiles attacks the helpless wildebeests .Apart from this there is plenty of other wildlife like the Big 5.Come and have a lifetime experience .
Reviewed by Kairi Tours
Updated 379 days ago
Serengeti National Park
1 Recommendations: 1 Favorable,
Serengeti national is the largest national found in Tanzania covers 14763 sq. km and it is the world heritage site. This park border with Kenya protected area Maasai Mari and forms Serengeti-Maasai Mara ecosystem. The park is famous for its endless plain and the great Wildebeest migration which circulate within Serengeti-Maasai Mara ecosystem in a year.
Reviewed by Abraham Eustace
Updated 407 days ago
Serengeti National Park
1 Recommendations: 1 Favorable,
Serengeti is 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 grazing. Yet even when the migration is quiet, the Serengeti offers arguably the most scintillating game-viewing in Africa: great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands upon thousands of eland, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant’s gazelle. The spectacle of predator versus prey dominates Tanzania’s greatest park. Golden-maned lion prides feast on the abundance of plain grazers. Solitary leopards haunt the acacia trees lining the Seronera River, while a high density of cheetahs prowls the southeastern plains. Almost uniquely, all three African jackal species occur here, alongside the spotted hyena and a host of more elusive small predators, ranging from the insectivorous aardwolf to the beautiful serval cat. But there is more to Serengeti than large mammals. Gaudy agama lizards and rock hyraxes scuffle around the surfaces of the park’s isolated granite koppies. A full 100 varieties of dung beetle have been recorded, as have 500-plus bird species, ranging from the outsized ostrich and bizarre secretary bird of the open grassland, to the black eagles that soar effortlessly above the Lobo Hills. As enduring as the game-viewing is the liberating sense of space that characterises the Serengeti Plains, stretching across sunburnt savannah to a shimmering golden horizon at the end of the earth. Yet, after the rains, this golden expanse of grass is transformed into an endless green carpet flecked with wildflowers. And there are also wooded hills and towering termite mounds, rivers lined with fig trees and acacia woodland stained orange by dust. Popular the Serengeti might be, but it remains so vast that you may be the only human audience when a pride of lions masterminds a siege, focussed unswervingly on its next meal.
Reviewed by Lion Trails Safaris Ltd - +254720710451
Updated 412 days ago
