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The SERENGETI National Park (Senapa), which covers an area of 30,000 km2, is known for having a variety of species of animals, birds and plants.
It is home to the second largest land mammal migration in the world, helping to secure it as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa and one of the 10 natural travel wonders of the world.
It is also famous for its large population of lions and is one of the best places to see prides in their natural environment.
Around 70 species of large mammals and 500 species of birds are found in the park, which boasts diverse habitats, including riparian forests, swamps, kopjes, grasslands, and woodlands.
Blue wildebeest, gazelles, zebras, and buffalo are some of the large animals commonly found in the Serengeti ecosystem.
Every year around the same time, the Great Migration begins in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in southern Serengeti (Tanzania) and follows a clockwise direction through the Serengeti National Park and north towards the Maasai Mara Reserve in Kenya.
The Great Migration occurs naturally when animals search for grass and water while traveling about 800 km. During this time more than 500,000 calves are born and some 250,000 wildebeest die on the way from thirst, hunger, exhaustion or predation.
The reforms that have been carried out in various sectors of the economy during the fifth phase of government have especially transformed the tourism sector.
Given the number of national parts, protected areas and game reserves, the country has many tourists who have made Tanzania their second home.
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This fact requires efficiency to maintain a large influx of tourists to the country. But all this will happen if we do not protect and conserve our natural heritage.
One of the front page stories titled “Wildebeest Migration Danger Cause for Concern” highlights the plight of the Great Wildebeest Migration.
According to Massana Mwishawa, Senior Assistant Commissioner for Conservation for Serengeti National Park, there is a possibility of a possible demise of the annual animal show if destructive human activities in the national park are not stopped.
He was speaking in a recent video clip showing unidentified men from the Kenyan side chasing a herd of wildebeest crossing the Mara River.
He also said that the wildebeest could no longer go to Lake Natron due to human activities. She also mentioned other areas.
Suffice it to say that we have a responsibility to maintain the huge influx of tourists to the country, among other things, to see the Great Wildebeest Migration through which the country earns foreign exchange.
We find no other way to express it than to say that ‘we must not cut the branch of a tree on which we are sitting’. So, let’s take care!
