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<strong>Serengeti</strong> National Park <strong>General</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Plan</strong><br />

Table D.1: Tourist Activities and Prescriptions by Zone<br />

Zone High Use Zone Low Use Zone Wilderness Zone<br />

Activities � Game viewing by vehicles<br />

� Short guided walks from lodges and special<br />

features (accompanied by armed<br />

guard if necessary)<br />

� Ballooning<br />

� “Tourism sinks” for specific visitor activities<br />

Use<br />

Prescriptions<br />

Infrastructure<br />

Prescriptions<br />

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� Only on-road driving is permitted<br />

� Vehicles on unmade tracks must weigh 2<br />

tonnes or less<br />

� One balloon operator will be permitted to<br />

run two balloons in Seronera area and a<br />

new ballooning concession will be permitted<br />

in the Western Corridor<br />

� No more bed capacity without equivalent<br />

expansion of facilities, roads and tourism<br />

sinks<br />

� Game viewing by vehicles (max 2 tonnes)<br />

� Short and half-day guided walks (accompanied<br />

by armed guard if necessary)<br />

� “Tourism sinks” for specific visitor activities<br />

� Unmade tracks for game viewing (2 tonne<br />

vehicle maximum)<br />

� Naabi Access Road restrictions (no offroad<br />

driving)<br />

� Off-road driving is prohibited except in<br />

designated areas that have been identified<br />

each year by SENAPA management.<br />

� Off-road driving is not permitted after rains<br />

and is restricted to radio-equipped 4x4 vehicles<br />

� Specialist driver training in off-road driving<br />

techniques and procedures may be required<br />

by SENAPA management<br />

� Only permanent and non-permanent<br />

tented camps allowed<br />

� Permanent access roads permitted to facilities<br />

� Commercial airstrip development to be<br />

determined on merit<br />

� Walking safaris<br />

• Fly camping<br />

• Vehicle-supported wilderness camping<br />

� Only light, mobile and self-reliant wilderness<br />

campsites permitted, using camouflaged<br />

camping techniques<br />

� Wilderness camps to be located near zone<br />

edges<br />

� Park management can relocate camping<br />

areas that are overused<br />

� Walking fees will apply for all nights spent<br />

at wilderness camps whether or not walking<br />

takes place<br />

� Walking groups will be accompanied by an<br />

armed professional walking guide (who<br />

has responsibility for the group) and an<br />

armed TANAPA Ranger<br />

� 2 tonne vehicle maximum for access roads<br />

� “Leave No Trace” Principles for camping<br />

apply<br />

� Rubbish must be carried out from campsites<br />

Sewerage to be emptied at designated areas,<br />

although biological waste can be disposed on<br />

site using agreed low impact techniques<br />

� No permanent structures permitted, apart<br />

from access roads to wilderness campsites

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