Animals in the Serengeti: What You Can Spot, Learn, and Collect
Serengeti wildlife guide: the wildebeest migration and river crossings, lions, leopards and cheetahs, black rhinos on the Ngorongoro crater floor and big-sky birds.
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The Serengeti holds about 1.5 million wildebeest and hundreds of thousands of zebra and gazelle that circle the ecosystem all year, followed by the largest lion population in Africa. Leopards sit in the kopjes and sausage trees of the Seronera valley, cheetahs hunt the short-grass plains in the south, and the neighbouring Ngorongoro crater floor is the most reliable place in Tanzania to see black rhino. Elephants, giraffes, hyenas, crocodiles at the river crossings and birds from ostrich to lilac-breasted roller fill in the rest.
The Serengeti is the one safari destination that lives up to the brochure. The migration is not a single event but a year-long loop: calving on the southern short-grass plains around Ndutu in January to March, the long trek north-west through the Western Corridor and the Grumeti river in May and June, the Mara river crossings in the north from July to October, and the return south with the November rains.
Away from the herds, the central Seronera valley has resident lions, leopards and the big elephant herds, and the granite kopjes that break the plains are where cats rest and klipspringers stand sentry. The Ngorongoro crater on the ecosystem's eastern edge is a 260 square kilometre bowl with its own resident game, including black rhinos that are easy to find from the crater rim roads.
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This is the last place on earth where a land migration of this size still runs unfenced. Watching a column of wildebeest stretch to the horizon, or a herd commit to a crocodile-filled river, is the closest thing to seeing Africa before people.
The Serengeti is also where much of what we know about lions, hyenas and wild dogs was learned, through decades of continuous research at Seronera. Every tourist sighting of a collared lioness is part of that record.
Tempat mencari
Peta satwa liar Serengeti
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Hewan untuk di-spot
Pilihan spesies di sini sengaja dibuat praktis, menyeimbangkan aksesibilitas, excitement, dan apa yang realistis untuk diperhatikan traveler di lokasi tersebut.
LionB
About 3,000 lions live in the ecosystem, the most anywhere in Africa; the Seronera and Moru kopjes prides are the most-watched and often rest on the rocks in plain view.
Catatan spotting: Near-certain on any multi-day safari.
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LeopardB
The sausage trees and yellow-barked acacias along the Seronera river are the classic leopard spot, with cats draped over branches in the heat of the day.
Catatan spotting: Regular in Seronera; guides check the known trees each morning.
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CheetahA
Hunts Thomson's gazelle on the open short-grass plains around Ndutu, Gol and the Namiri plains in the east, where it can be watched running at full speed.
Catatan spotting: Regular in the south and east, especially December to April.
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Spotted HyenaA
Clans of dozens follow the migration and dominate many kills; they den in culverts and old aardvark burrows and are vocal all night around the camps.
Catatan spotting: Abundant; dawn drives find them trotting home.
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Blue WildebeestC
The migration itself: over a million animals calving at Ndutu in February, crossing the Grumeti in June and the Mara river in the north from July to October.
Catatan spotting: Guaranteed somewhere in the ecosystem; the location depends on the month.
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Plains ZebraB
A few hundred thousand zebra move ahead of the wildebeest, grazing the long grass down, and are the first to test the river crossings.
Catatan spotting: Abundant year-round.
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African Bush ElephantS
Big breeding herds live in the Seronera woodlands and the northern Lobo and Kogatende areas, and a few old bulls walk the Ngorongoro crater floor.
Catatan spotting: Common in central and northern Serengeti.
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Black RhinocerosA
The Ngorongoro crater floor holds a closely guarded population that is seen from the crater roads most days, and the Moru kopjes in the Serengeti hold a small protected group.
Catatan spotting: Likely at Ngorongoro; rare in the Serengeti proper.
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GiraffeB
Masai giraffes browse the acacias of the Seronera valley and the northern woodlands, often in groups of a dozen or more.
Catatan spotting: Common throughout the park except the open south.
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CrocodileC
The Grumeti and Mara rivers hold enormous Nile crocodiles that wait all year for the migration crossings and take wildebeest in the shallows.
Catatan spotting: Common at the river pools; dramatic at crossings.
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TopiB
Stands on termite mounds across the Western Corridor and the northern plains, a glossy, long-faced antelope that the Serengeti has in bigger numbers than anywhere else.
Catatan spotting: Common in the west and north.
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SecretarybirdB
Stalks the short grass in pairs, stamping on snakes and grasshoppers, and nests on flat-topped acacias across the plains.
Catatan spotting: Regular on the open plains.
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Lilac-breasted RollerD
The safari bird, perched on roadside shrubs and termite mounds across the whole park and flashing turquoise when it flies.
Catatan spotting: Abundant; the first bird most visitors photograph.
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Lappet-faced VultureB
The biggest vulture on the plains, dominating carcasses after the hyenas leave and nesting on acacias in the south and around Ndutu.
Catatan spotting: Regular at kills; declining across Africa, so worth logging.
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- First-time safari travellers who want the classic plains, big cats and the migration.
- Photographers at the Ndutu calving season or the Mara river crossings.
- People combining the park with the Ngorongoro crater for rhinos.
- Birders; the park has over 500 species, from ostrich to tiny cisticolas.
Tips spotting
Tips ini dibuat agar halaman ini benar-benar berguna di lapangan, bukan hanya enak dibaca di layar.
- 01Choose your month and your region together: Ndutu for January to March, the Western Corridor for May and June, the north around Kogatende for July to October, and Seronera for resident game any time.
- 02River crossings cannot be scheduled; park at a crossing point in the north and wait, sometimes for hours.
- 03Check every kopje and every large tree near a river with binoculars; lions and leopards use the same rocks and branches day after day.
- 04Ngorongoro crater is best entered at the 6am gate opening before the crowds; rhinos are easiest in the Lerai forest and Gorigor swamp areas early.
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What wildlife is there in the Serengeti?
The migrating herds of wildebeest, zebra and gazelle; Africa's largest lion population plus leopards, cheetahs and spotted hyenas; elephants, giraffes, buffalo, hippos and crocodiles; black rhinos in the Ngorongoro crater and at Moru; and over 500 bird species.
What animals can be found in the Serengeti?
About 70 large mammal species and 500 birds. The Big Five are all present, with rhino the hardest to see outside Ngorongoro, and the park's specialities are the migration, cheetahs on the short-grass plains, topi herds and the kopje-dwelling leopards and klipspringers.
When is the great migration in the Serengeti?
It never stops. The herds calve in the south around Ndutu from January to March, move through the Western Corridor in May and June, cross the Mara river in the north from July to October, and return south with the short rains in November and December.
Is the Serengeti or the Masai Mara better?
They are the same ecosystem across a border. The Serengeti is far bigger, less crowded and holds the migration for most of the year; the Mara is smaller, closer to Nairobi and has the densest predator viewing and the famous crossings from July to October.
Bagaimana cara menemukan panduan satwa liar ke Serengeti?
Lihat bagian Wildlife Guides di halaman ini atau jelajahi Wildlife Guides di AnimalDex. Setiap panduan adalah panduan virtual yang dibuat dari penampakan satwa liar milik seorang penjelajah di sekitar Serengeti: satwa yang mereka temukan, seberapa langka, dan kapan. Ini saran dari orang yang pernah ke sana, bukan tur. Jika kamu ingin ditemani seseorang di lokasi, bandingkan pemandu lokal dari pengetahuan satwanya, cara mereka memperlakukan satwa, dan kejelasan harganya sebelum berangkat.