The Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and the Maasai Mara Game Reserve across the border in Kenya, protect the greatest and most varied collection of terrestrial wildlife on earth, and one of the last great migratory systems still intact.

The Serengeti Ecosystem

The great plains in the north of Tanzania, the Ngorongoro highlands to the east, the Kenyan Maasai Mara to the north and a stretch of woodland reaching as far as Lake Victoria in the west comprise a diverse and unique ecosystem spanning a total area of about 25,000 square kilometres.

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THE GREAT MIGRATION

Every year during the great migration about 1.3 million wildebeest, together with 200,000 zebra and half a million Thomson’s gazelle, move around the ecosystem – over 2 million animals in all.

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THE CHALLENGES

Protected areas face many challenges. Serengeti in particular: poaching, human encroachment, climate change and many more.

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Support Serengeti

If you visit, try to avoid  leaving a big footprint. Respect the wildlife. You can support our work directly as a donor, patron or member of the Frankfurt Zoological Society.

Protect Wildlife

Please help us to preserve the world’s natural diversity today. Your support will help us to monitor and assess wildlife, set up protected areas, train park rangers and strengthen conservation management.

Join Us

Please help us to preserve the world’s natural diversity today. You can support our work directly as a donor, patron or member of the Frankfurt Zoological Society.