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The Serengeti has some of East Africa's finest game areas. [20] Besides being known for the great migration, the Serengeti is also famous for its abundant large predators. The ecosystem is home to over 3,000 lions, 1,000 African leopards, [21] and 7,700 to 8,700 spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). [22] The East African cheetah is also present in ...
The Serengeti National Park is a large national park in northern Tanzania that stretches over 14,763 km 2 (5,700 sq mi). [1] It is located in eastern Mara Region and northeastern Simiyu Region and contains over 1.5 million ha (3.7 million acres) of virgin savanna.
The Maasai Mara Game Reserve, also sometimes spelt Masai Mara and locally known simply as The Mara, is a large national game reserve in Narok, Kenya, contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. It is named in honour of the Maasai people, [2] the ancestral inhabitants of the area, who migrated to the area from the Nile Basin.
Yusef gave me a quick rundown: Singita has exclusive use of the Grumeti Reserve, a 350,000-acre private concession on the northwestern border of the Serengeti National Park.
It is the primary cause for a decline of lion populations in Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve and Katavi National Park. [101] Although lions and their prey are officially protected in Tsavo National Parks, they are regularly killed by local people, with over 100 known lion killings between 2001 and 2006. [49]
Lions tend to dominate cheetahs and leopards, steal their kills and kill their cubs and even adults when given the chance. [149] Cheetahs often lose their kills to lions or other predators. [150] A study in the Serengeti ecosystem revealed that lions killed at least 17 of 125 cheetah cubs born between 1987 and 1990. [151]
Saadani National Park, a game reserve since the 1960s, was declared a national park in 2002, covers an area of 1,062 square kilometres (410 sq mi) including the former Mkwaja ranch area, the Wami River and the Zaraninge forest. It is the only park in East Africa with an Indian Ocean beachfront.
Kijereshi Game Reserve boundary map. Kijereshi Game Reserve is located at south-west of Serengeti National Park [3] lying between Latitude 2 o 1” and 4 o 0” South of Equator and Longitude 33 o 3” and 35 o 1” East of Greenwich.