Serengeti is approximately 27000 square kilometers. It covers 14763 km2 (57000 square miles) of grassland plains and savanna as well as riverine forest and woodlands. The park lies in northern Tanzania, bordered to the north by the Tanzanian and Kenyan border, where it continues with the Masai Mara national reserve.
To the southern part of this remarkable wildlife sanctuary is Ngorongoro Conservation Area, to the southwest lies Maswa Game Reserve, while the western borders are Ikongo and Grumeti Game Reserves, and finally to the Northeast lies Loliondo Game Control Area.
For many Centuries, the vast wilderness of the Serengeti plains remained virtually uninhabited but about a hundred years ago the nomadic Masai people came down from the north with their cattle looking for green pasture and their community safety.
