Serengeti National Park - Central

Central Serengeti offers undeniably good game viewing, but you do need to be prepared for high numbers of tourists in certain areas. This element can be managed by a first rate guide but you should be aware that this is no wilderness area.  The Seronera valley is the particular magnet for both game and tourist vehicles, being the bread and butter circuit for many of the large lodges and the objective of much of the daily traffic that churns between the Ngorongoro Highlands and the Serengeti.

This region of the Serengeti is defined by wide long-grass plains framed by rocky hills, and river courses fringed with yellow barked (often leopard filled) acacia trees. As you drive into the Serengeti from the south east you witness the progression from short grass plains typical of the Ndutu area, through medium grass plains around Naabi hill to the longer grasses in this area. The change of grassland brings a change in the balance of species, with many more Hartebeest and Topi seen in these areas than further south.

Other than en route to the northern Serengeti or perhaps the Western Corridor really the only time you might legitimately find yourselves within reach of this area is likely to be May and early June when the north bound wildebeest pass through, and November to early December when they are on their way back south to the short grass plains. Even in these months you should aim to keep a respectable distance, our preference being the area around Moru Kopjes.