Game Parks and Reserves in Tanzania & Kenya

The Wilds of East Africa

Game Parks and Reserves

Serengeti National Park

Serengeti means “endless plains” in the Maasai language, and this sanctuary of 5,700 square miles evokes a sense of freedom. Millions of animals and birds thrive here, attracting researchers to the Serengeti Research Institute for landmark studies of wild dogs, cheetah and other animals. The annual wildebeest migration is accompanied by tens of thousands of zebra, gazelle and antelope that travel to Kenya in June, returning to Tanzania in November. Zebra foals are born in December and January, and baby wildebeest arrive in February.

Masai Mara Reserve 
Kenya’s Masai Mara Reserve (695 square miles) features verdant savannah grasslands and lone acacia trees that evoke the classic image of this country. The romantic safari in “Out of Africa” was filmed here. Rains in April and May, brought about by trade winds, attract wildebeest and other grazing animals from the Serengeti. They typically stay in the Mara between July and October. There is much to see here, including zebra, wildebeest, gazelle, cheetahs, a variety of colorful birds, leopards and prides of lions.

Samburu Reserve

Sitting just above the equator, Samburu offers a very different landscape and animals that you won’t find anywhere else. You can find more than 300 species of birds as well as rarities such as reticulated giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, gerenuk, Somali ostrich, Beisa oryx and yellow baboon.