Which Tanzanian national park is famous for the wildebeest migration?

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Which Tanzanian national park is famous for the wildebeest migration? Serengeti National Park is the correct answer.

Established in 1940, Serengeti National Park protects more than 15,000 square kilometres of northern Tanzania’s savanna. It is the central Tanzanian stage of the Great Migration, an annual movement in which roughly 1.5 million wildebeest travel with hundreds of thousands of zebras and gazelles in search of fresh grass and water.

The migration is not a one-time procession but a roughly circular, rainfall-driven cycle. Calving generally occurs on the southern plains early in the year; later, herds move through the Western Corridor and toward Kenya’s Maasai Mara, often crossing the Grumeti and Mara rivers. Timing varies with rainfall.

The Maasai Mara is an important part of the same ecosystem, but it is a Kenyan national reserve, not a Tanzanian national park. Serengeti also supports major populations of lions, elephants, cheetahs, leopards and other wildlife.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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