Posted by Lisa | Posted in General Travel | Posted on 08-08-2009
Tags: Africa holidays, Kenya holidays, safari holidays, safaris, tanzania holidays, travel abroad, zambia holidays
The Serengeti is a beautiful and extremely diverse national park. This land is located up in the north west section of Tanzania. Many wonders and splendors occupy Tanzania and the Serengeti helps put that into perspective. In order to really know what the Serengeti is all about, we need to look at some of the most important and famous parts of this place.
The word Serengeti is actually derived from the Maasai language meaning “endless plains”. The Maasai people were a very strong tribe and they populated much of the Serengeti, when the Europeans came to the land of Tanzania, they left many of the animals alone because they didn’t want to annoy the Maasai people. The well named Serengeti is well suited to its literal meaning, because it spans an area of around thirty thousand kilometres squared.
The main event that the Serengeti is famous for is the Circular Migration. Called many other things, this Migration occurs every year from late July through to early October. Going in search of the rains that travel up through the Serengeti, 2 million herbivores will cross through the Mara River. They continue up into the Masai Mara reserve, a popular destination for Kenya holidays and safaris.
The Serengeti also has its very own active volcano called Ol Doinyo Lengai. This volcano still erupts sending forth clouds of ash which disrupt plant growth across the land. Tanzania is also famous for its 550 or so Avifauna, or its bird species.
If you are interested in going on a safari, this is one of the places that should be at the top of your list. And if you arrive in August or September you may even be able to bear witness to one of the wonders of the world, also called the Circular Migration.
So why don’t you leave home and embark on an adventure on Tanzania holidays or Zambia holidays, you won’t be at all disappointed.
