Serengeti National Park is known  for its wildlife and safaris andfew national parks hold the same iconic status.The Serengeti isTanzania’s oldest and most popular reserve. It is home to all of Africa’s Big Cats and spans some 12,000 square miles of savannah, open plains and rugged cliffs where  some one million wildebeests, two hundred thousand zebra and three hundred thousand gazelle roam.

Besides  the endless plains, Serengeti National Park includes lakes, hills and the rock outcrops called kopjes. The main game drive areas in the Serengeti are the Seronera Valley, the Western Corridor, and Lobo or Northern Serengeti. The Seronera valley in central Serengeti is endowed with permanent surface water that attracts a large concentration of wildlife throughout the year. Animals that can be seen here routinely are lions, buffaloes, impalas, hippos, waterbucks, elephants, cheetahs and  leopard. From December toMay, the eastern Serengeti plains provide the best opportunities for game viewing as hundreds of thousands of the animals migrate through  this part, attracted by the short palatable grass.