UNESCO World Heritage Site

Serengeti National Park

Serengeti National Park is a natural UNESCO World Heritage Site in Tanzania, inscribed in 1981.

Savannah ecosystem famed for its annual migration.

The vast plains of the Serengeti comprise 1.5 million ha of savannah. The annual migration to permanent water holes of vast herds of herbivores (wildebeest, gazelles and zebras), followed by their predators, is one of the most impressive natural events in the world.

Country
Tanzania
Region
Africa
Category
Natural
Inscribed
1981
UNESCO reference
156
Area
1,476,300 ha

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