1. Short Grass Plains.
The flat, elevated landscape would seem endless if it weren’t for the Goli Mountains framing the perpetually close-cropped grasses. Wildebeests and other animals gather here by the thousands in the rainy season (December-May), drinking from abundant puddles and swollen streams before making the annual dry season migration northward to more permanent supplies of water.
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2. Naabi Hill Gate.
The Long Grass Plains begin just north of this entrance area, where a refreshment stand serves thirsty travelers. A small museum tells the story of kopjes, the large, knobby granite outcroppings that have survived volcanoes and erosion. A hilltop overlook offers a pleasing vista of kopjes and miles of flatland.
3. Moru Kopjes.
Home of the elusive verreaux eagle, the magnificent rock pile also contains a cave with Masai paintings on the walls.
4. Simba Kopjes.
In Swahili, simba means lion, and amidst these stone formations, lions find a rare Serengeti hiding place to shield the young and organize their hunting parties.
5. Seronera Valley.
Here the acacia trees grow fairly tall and the vegetation becomes relatively lush. It’s a fine place to see big clusters of hippos, impala, lions, buffalo and elephants. Camps, lodges and the park headquarters make this region a popular safari rest stop.
6. Retina Hippo Pool.
Those gray lumps in bodies of African water generally gather in the more consistently wet areas, but even the dry Serengeti has its small population of hippopotamus.
7. Lobo.
Another wildlife-rich area with large contingents of animals that stay year-round, Lobo is on the migratory route that leads to the Mara River. Scores of wildebeests die trying to cross its treacherous, crocodile-inhabited waters.
8. Grumeti River.
In one of the most remote sections of the national park, Grumeti separates the Ruwana Plain from the Dutwa Plain and serves another large crocodile community.