Serengeti is the world famous wildlife sanctuary there still exists the greatest and most spectacular concentration of game animals found anywhere in the world. The park has derived its name from "Maa" (Maasai) language means un-endless plain, Serengeti has vast plain grassland with dotted trees and rocks outcrop.

Covering more than 14,500 square kilometers the park is the largest in Tanzania. Here is where the Great Migration of wildebeests and zebras can be experienced. During the dry season of June through July, these wild animals migrate to the contiguous Masai Mara National Park in Kenya and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area for greens and water using the western and northern corridor. There are also acacia and savannah woodland,

wetland like rivers and lakes and occasional swamp. The vegetation of the park accommodate mammals like Topi, Thomson's and Grants gazelle, coke's hartebeest, Impala, Klipspringer, common waterbuck, African Elephant, Bush Baby. Others are African wild cat, Lion, Cheetah, Leopard, Spotted hyena, striped hyena, Jackal among the list.

Serengeti to its western corridor is the Grumeti River with numerous crocodiles and other reptiles. During the Great Migration these reptiles obtain abundant food as the wildebeest and zebras cross the river to the Masai Mara. The park is noted to its wealth of birdlife to its wetland. Colorful kingfishers, sunbirds, waterfowl and bee-eaters are among them. More than 300 species are recorded.