Serengeti Archives

Kenya or Tanzania: Which to Choose?

Posted on February 24, 2015June 28, 2016 by Tracey Rickard

East Africa Safari Ventures offers migration-oriented tours to both Tanzania and Kenya. While wildlife sightings can never be guaranteed, both locales have generally offered thundering masses of wildebeest, zebras racing across the savannah and the drama that unfolds when predator …

Want to Follow the Great Migration on Your Smartphone? There’s an App for That.

Posted on February 18, 2015August 16, 2016 by Tracey Rickard

A new app called Serengeti Tracker will provide an interactive way for people around the world to follow the great migration of the Serengeti in real time on their smartphones and tablets. Wildebeest, zebras and other herbivores will be fitted …

A $350 Million Airport Next Door to the Serengeti?

Posted on February 18, 2015August 16, 2016 by Tracey Rickard

It appears to be all systems go for the proposed $350 million Serengeti airport, in spite of criticism of the project from Tanzania’s Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism and a prominent Serengeti conservation group. Last week, Dr. Stephen Kebwe, …

Serengeti-Maasai Mara Elephant Census Offers Some Rare Good News for Wildlife Lovers

Posted on February 11, 2015August 16, 2016 by nathabsafaris

There is a lot of really bad conservation news coming out of Africa these days. Most notably, surging demand for illegal wildlife products in Asian markets has created a devastating rhino and elephant poaching crisis across the continent. In South …