Birding Serengeti, Birdwatching Tours in Serengeti National Park – Bird Safari and Accommodation
SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
This continues great Eco system into the Maasai Mara of Kenya is the oldest and largest wildlife park in East Africa with a total land area of over 250 000 sq kilometres. Siringet (Now Serengeti) is a Maasai word for “flat endless plains”. Indeed your eyes, scopes and bins will be the limit to the freely roaming wildlife in the Serengeti country.
WHAT TO SEE:
The wildebeest migration from Serengeti to Maasai Mara in Kenya and Vice versa. All the big cats and the Big five, except the Rhino, may be spotted on a two to three days game drive depending on luck in the wilderness.
SAFARI HIGHLIGHTS:
Wildebeest migration between June – October and December to May. Each year at about this time of the year, over a million large Mammals including Grazers and Carnivores come together to breed, a sight that even a fanatic Birder will find irresistible to ignore. This is the only place in East Africa with the highest concentration of wildlife “The Serengeti shall never die”. Two Tanzania endemic bird species occur in the Serengeti – the Fischer’s Love bird and the Grey breasted Spurfowl. Other specialities in the Serengeti include the Usambiro Barbet, Yellow throated Sand Grouse and the Silver bird … the list is endless.
BEST TIME TO VISIT:
June through October, December and May.
* Access : 6 Hours from Arusha in a 4WD Vehicle.