Serengeti General Management Plan
Serengeti General Management Plan
Serengeti General Management Plan
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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