Serengeti National Park: 30,000 km² of Iconic African Wilderness

Area: ~30,000 km² (11,583 sq mi)—Tanzania's largest national park, UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Context

• Part of larger Serengeti-Mara ecosystem (~40,000 km²) spanning Tanzania/Kenya.
• Famous for Great Migration: 1.5M wildebeest, 200K zebra, 500K gazelle cyclical movement.
• Landscapes: short-grass plains, acacia savanna, riverine forest, kopjes (granite outcrops).
• Wildlife: Big Five, cheetah, hyena, 500+ bird species.

Size enables ecological processes at scale—predator-prey dynamics, fire regimes, nutrient cycling—rarely intact elsewhere.