The Serengeti is a vast geographical region located primarily in northern Tanzania, East Africa, spanning the Mara and Arusha Regions. It includes the Serengeti National Park, which covers about 14,750 square kilometers (5,700 square miles), and extends into southwestern Kenya where it connects with the Maasai Mara National Reserve. The Serengeti ecosystem is characterized by open savannahs, grasslands, woodlands, and riverine forests, supporting a rich diversity of wildlife
. The Serengeti National Park lies just south of the Kenya-Tanzania border, west of Mount Kilimanjaro, and is adjacent to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to the southeast. It forms part of a larger ecosystem that includes several game reserves and is renowned for the Great Migration of wildebeests, zebras, and gazelles across its plains
. In summary, the Serengeti is located in northern Tanzania, near the border with Kenya, and is part of one of the largest and most important wildlife ecosystems in East Africa
