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Serengeti National Park

Serengeti National Park

Geography
The Serengeti National Park is a large conservation are located in Serengeti area, the north of Tanzania. The park is in fact one among the several conservation areas within the Serengeti region of East Africa. The word Serengeti, meaning ‘endless plains’, is of Masai origin. The Serengeti ecosystem is one of the world’s ancient ecosystems.
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Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Geography
Africa’s first formally declared trans-border conservation area, the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is located in the Kalahari regions of both South Africa and Botswana. Thabo Mbeki and Festus Mogae, then Presidents of South Africa and Botswana respectively, officially launched the Park on May 12, 2000.
The location of the Park is approximately 904 km from Johannesburg and [...]

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Amboseli National Park

Amboseli National Park

Location
Amboseli National Park, earlier known as Maasai Game Reserve, is situated in Kajiado District, Rift Valley Province in Kenya. The Park can be better defined as an ecosystem that spreads across Kenya-Tanzania border. Amboseli was announced as a reserve in 1968 and gazetted a National Park status in 1974. The Amboseli National Park extends up [...]

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