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Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park is the oldest National Park in Tanzania and a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is a famous park in Africa for its spectacular wildlife viewing throughout the year. The “Serengeti” is a Maasai word siringet which means “the place where the land runs on forever.” The park covers an area of 14,750 square kilometers of grassland plains, savanna, riverine forest, and woodlands. The park lies in northwestern Tanzania, bordered Masai Mara National Reserve ecosystem, Kenyan side, to the southeast of the park is the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, to the southwest lies Maswa Game Reserve, to the west are the Ikorongo and Grumeti Game Reserves, and to the northeast and east lies the Loliondo Game Control Area. Together, these areas form the larger Serengeti ecosystem. Serengeti National Park top safari destination in Africa with teeming wildlife, including The Great Migration, where 1.5 million wildebeest migrate from south to Masai Mara ecosystem together with over elands, zebras, and Thompsons gazelles. They migrate all year round between Serengeti and Masai Mara in search of green pasture and water.