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Quick facts
- The Serengeti National Park covers an area of approximately 14,763 square kilometers (5,700 square miles), making it one of the largest national parks in Africa.
- The Great Migration, which takes place annually between December and July, involves over 1.5 million wildebeest and hundreds of thousands of zebras traversing the vast Serengeti plains.
- Ngorongoro Crater, formed over two million years ago, is the largest unbroken volcanic caldera in the world, with a diameter of about 19 kilometers (12 miles).
- The Serengeti hosts the highest concentration of large mammals in the world, including the Big Five: lions, elephants, leopards, buffaloes, and rhinoceros.
- The area is home to more than 500 species of birds, making it a paradise for birdwatchers, with migratory species arriving during the wet season from November to April.
Travel details
- Country
- Tanzania
- Wind (now)
- 13 km/h
- Coordinates
- -2.3333, 34.8333
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