- Great wildlife viewing year-round
Tanzania’s second largest National Park, the Serengeti has scored highest in the latest grading of Africa’s best Safari destination beating 140 other entries, according to an in-depth study of over 3,000 reviews by global tourists, safari companies and industry experts.
An online marketplace for African travel industry the ‘SafariBookings.com’ launched a mission to determine which safari park is best for leisure travel on the continent.
After analysing 3,008 reviews from travellers and safari companies, as well as industry experts it concluded that Serengeti National Park in Tanzania should be the overall best park with the highest rating of 4.89 out of 5 stars equivalent of 98 percent.
Serengeti earned the top spot due to various reasons including, the annual great migration comprising of over 2.5 million wildebeest and zebra, great wildlife viewing year-round, endless grass plains displaying an authentic Africa as well as its distinction as one of the best places to see most predators including lions and crocodiles in live action.
Travellers also stated that a visit to Serengeti can easily be combined with other top-class parks of Tanzania such as Ngorongoro which was ranked in the 12th position, Arusha, Mount Kilimanjaro and Lake Manyara National Parks.An online marketplace for African travel industry the ‘SafariBookings.com’ launched a mission to determine which safari park is best for leisure travel on the continent.
After analysing 3,008 reviews from travellers and safari companies, as well as industry experts it concluded that Serengeti National Park in Tanzania should be the overall best park with the highest rating of 4.89 out of 5 stars equivalent of 98 percent.
Serengeti earned the top spot due to various reasons including, the annual great migration comprising of over 2.5 million wildebeest and zebra, great wildlife viewing year-round, endless grass plains displaying an authentic Africa as well as its distinction as one of the best places to see most predators including lions and crocodiles in live action.
This victory was no surprise to safari enthusiasts, although the runners up posed quite some competition. South Africa's MalaMala Game Reserve came in second place, and Okavango Delta in Botswana took third.
The MalaMala Game Reserve in South Africa, was ranked second while Okavango Delta in Botswana won the third position, Moremi Game Reserve of Botswana was fourth, Mana Pools Game Reserve in Zimbabwe was fifth and Sabi Sands of South Africa closed the top six listing.
Others in top ten were the Phinda Game Reserve of South Africa, Maasai Mara in Kenya, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park of South Africa and Ruaha (Tanzania’s largest) National Park closing in the top 10.
In total, Tanzania has four destinations ranking in the top 50 African Safaris listing starting with Serengeti at number One, Ruaha in number 10, Ngorongoro in the 12th Position, Katavi National Park (22) and Tarangire National Park (42).
Nearly 140 parks from eight Safari Countries were chosen to vie for positions in the top 50. The analysis was based on 3,008 park reviews collected through the SafariBookings website from which, 2,234 reviews were contributed by safari tourists from 63 countries around the world.
The remaining 774 reviews were written by renowned industry experts, most of whom are guidebook authors working for Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Frommer’s, Bradt and Footprint.
Others in top ten were the Phinda Game Reserve of South Africa, Maasai Mara in Kenya, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park of South Africa and Ruaha (Tanzania’s largest) National Park closing in the top 10.
In total, Tanzania has four destinations ranking in the top 50 African Safaris listing starting with Serengeti at number One, Ruaha in number 10, Ngorongoro in the 12th Position, Katavi National Park (22) and Tarangire National Park (42).
Nearly 140 parks from eight Safari Countries were chosen to vie for positions in the top 50. The analysis was based on 3,008 park reviews collected through the SafariBookings website from which, 2,234 reviews were contributed by safari tourists from 63 countries around the world.
The remaining 774 reviews were written by renowned industry experts, most of whom are guidebook authors working for Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Frommer’s, Bradt and Footprint.
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