Camels crossing the desert near Africa's highest sand dunes at Temet, Air and Tenere Natural Reserves world heritage site, Niger

Elephants crossing the Zambezi river in Mana Pools National Park world heritage site, Zimbabwe

Ice cliffs near the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro National Park world heritage site, Tanzania

Black and white ruffed lemur, Rainforests of the Atsinanana world heritage site, Madagascar

(clockwise from top left: Grauer's gorilla (Kahuzi-Biega); Victoria Falls; Hawkmoth caterpillars (Dja reserve); Protea flower (Cape Floral Region)

Serengeti National Park - Tanzania

Map showing the location of Serengeti National Park world heritage site in Tanzania

Area: 14,763 km²

Inscribed: 1981

Criteria: (vii) aesthetic; (x) biodiversity

Values: Twice a year ungulate herds of unrivalled size pour across the ‘endless plains' of Serengeti on their annual migrations between grazing grounds which stretch from the Ngorongoro highlands in the south to Kenya's Masai Mara in the north. The migration involves more than a million large herbivores, with herds of wildebeests, zebras and gazelles, followed by predators. It is, without doubt, one of the most impressive wildlife spectacles in the world.

Other International Designations: MAB Biosphere Reserve

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Wildebeest on migration in the Serengeti National Park world heritage site, Tanzania

Massive granite outcrops, known as Kopjes, puntuate the landscape of the Serengeti National Park world heritage site, Tanzania

Sunset on the Serengeti plains, where the world's greatest wildlife migration follows the shifting rains

Vast herds of zebras, wildebeest, gazelles and other mammals create the world's greatest annual animal migration through Serengeti National Park world heritage site in Tanzania