It is partly adjacent to the Kenya border and is northwest of the adjoining Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

Mostly from January to February or from June through September. Ideally you should plan your trip around the movement of The Great Migration.

The Big Five present in the Serengeti · Lion · Leopard · Buffalo · African elephant · Rhinoceros including the East African Oryx the most endangered animal in the Serengeti ecosystem.

It also contains a vast variety and number of animals that creep and crawl. Most of these lizards, skinks, and serpents feed on the abundant on the abundant insects and rodents in the grass while others specialize on birds’s eggs

It is best known for its huge herds of plains animals (especially gnu [wildebeests], gazelles, and zebras

Reptiles include Nile crocodile, leopard tortoise, serrated hinged terrapin, rainbow agama, Nile monitor, Jackson’s chameleon, African python, black mamba.

Birding

The national park is inhabited by over 500 bird species such as Ostriches, Secretary birds on the grasslands, the Black Eagles above the Lobo hills, larks, Kori bustard, fiches and raptors.

You can also find special birds in this area like the grey throated spurfowl, Schalow’s wheatear, red throated tit, rufous-tailed weaver, grey-crested helmet shrike, and Scharlows.

Bird watching in the Serengeti is good year-round but is at its very best from November to April when Palearctic and intra-African migratory birds are present.

Serengeti National Park experiences a generally cool and dry season from May to August; a dry and warmer season in September and October; and a wetter and hot season from November to April.