Serengeti National Park
The Serengeti National Park is the most famous wildlife refuge in the world . It is located in the Mara and Simiyu regions on the Serengeti Plain in north-central Tanzania. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site . Prepare yourselves ! Your safari promises to be rich in discovery.
History
Serengeti National Park was established in 1951 with the aim of preserving the life of wildlife. This gesture also led to the expulsion of the Maasai resident in the park in 1959. They were moved to the Ngorongo conservation area . In 1981, Serengeti National Park was added to UNESCO World Heritage . Today, the site registers more than 90,000 tourists .
Visit Serengeti National Park
The Serengeti National Park is one of Tanzania's top attractions . The site is home to lush vegetation and a large population of wild animals. Among the shows that make the park famous among tourists: the great migration of white-bearded wildebeest. Each year, more than 1.5 M of these ungulate mammals migrate to this location.
The wildlife of Serengeti National Park is very diverse. It is home to several plains animals, herbivores, carnivores, reptiles as well as a large number of migratory birds. Through different circuits, the site allows visitors to observe buffaloes, elephants, elands, impalas, striped hyenas, giraffes, Grant's gazelles, topis, kongonis, lions, cheetahs, leopards, servals, Nile crocodiles, leopard tortoises, Nile monitor lizards, African python, black mambas, black-necked spitting cobras, vipers, etc.
In Serengeti National Park you will have the opportunity to observe a wide range of birds. The site is home to approximately 500 avian species, including the Fisher Lovebird, the Gray-breasted Spurfowl, the Kori Bustard, the Red-tailed Weaver, the Black-headed Gonolek, the Green-backed Woodpecker, the Gray-breasted Shrike, the 'Hildebrandt's Starling, Verreaux's Eagle, Secretary Bird, Yellow-throated Ganga, Southern Hornbill, Rüppell's Vulture and many more.
DeepMind, the U.K.-based AI research subsidiary acquired by Alphabet in 2014 for $500 million, today detailed ecological research its science team is conducting to develop AI systems that’ll help study the behavior of animal species in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park.
It hopes to expedite the analysis of data from hundreds of motion-detecting field cameras, which have captured millions of images since they were deployed by the Serengeti Lion Research program over nine years ago.
“The Serengeti is one of the last remaining sites in the world that hosts an intact community of large mammals … As human encroachment around the park becomes more intense, these species are forced to alter their behaviours in order to survive,” wrote DeepMind in a blog post.
“Increasing agriculture, poaching, and climate abnormalities contribute to changes in animal behaviors and population dynamics, but these changes have occurred at spatial and temporal scales which are difficult to monitor using traditional research methods.”
For nearly a decade, conservationists have tapped the aforementioned cameras to keep tabs on animals within the park’s core, enabling them to study their distribution and demography.
The images aren’t of much use absent annotations, however, which is why it’s fallen to volunteers to identify species by hand using a web-based tool called Zooniverse.
Get ready for your Serengeti and Ngorongoro Safari tour!
This safari will take you through the endless plains holding a dense population of wildlife and birdlife of Serengeti National Park and then following to the fabulous territory of Ngorongoro Crater for Big Five animals and much more.
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It's the park shown in so many nature specials, and of course the park represented in classics like “The Lion King.” And it's a great park for an epic safari.Serengeti fun fact: While the Serengeti isn't even close to being the largest national park in Africa, it still covers 5,700 square miles (14,750 square kilometers).
The name “Serengeti” in the local Maasai language translates to “endless plain.”The best time to visit the Serengeti: The experience in the Serengeti can vary wildly depending on which season you visit in.
The massive conservation area is right next to Serengeti National Park, but the crater itself could not be more different.Millions of years ago, a volcano likely larger than Mount Kilimanjaro erupted (well, more like exploded), leaving behind what is today called the Ngorongoro Crater.
The best wildlife viewing months are generally June-September in dry season, but this is also when it's busiest.
The Mara offers up a well-rounded experience in Kenya.Maasai Mara fun fact: The Maasai Mara is connected to the Serengeti across the border in Tanzania.
