Serengeti
Nature
The plain where more than a million animals are always on the move.
The Serengeti is a sea of grass in Tanzania, almost 15,000 square kilometres of it. Its name comes from the Maasai and means endless plain.
Every year well over a million wildebeest and hundreds of thousands of zebras walk in a great circle, following the rain and the fresh grass. Lions, hyenas and crocodiles wait along the way.
- of park
- 14,750 km²
- wildebeest on the move
- 1 million+
- the round trip, roughly
- 800 km
- 1
Almost all the young wildebeest are born within a few weeks, and they can run within minutes.
- 2
Crossing the Mara river is the most dangerous part of the journey.
- 3
The park has been protected since 1951.
Question 1 of 2
Why do the animals keep walking?
- Lake VictoriaThe largest lake in Africa, shared by three countries.
- KilimanjaroAfrica's highest mountain has snow on top, close to the equator.
- Mount KenyaAfrica's second-highest mountain stands almost on the equator, with ice on top.
- Churches of LalibelaEleven churches not built up, but carved down into the rock.
It is in Tanzania.
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