Serengeti General Management Plan

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Serengeti National Park General Management Plan a long list of rules and regulations is often intimidating and difficult for visitors to internalise during the short period of time that they spend in the Park. Therefore, a basic Code of Conduct for the Serengeti has been established (see box over page), which encapsulates the park regulations through a few general behavioural characteristics expected of visitors. Following these few simple behavioural characteristics should naturally lead to compliance with the park regulations. As with the Zoning Scheme and prescriptions outlined in Action 1.1.1, it will be necessary to ensure that all park users are made aware of the Code of Conduct. This management action will concentrate on making sure that park staff, tour operators and drivers understand the Code of Conduct, the underlying park rules and regulations, and the requirement that they set an example to visitors. Action 1.1.3 outlines steps to ensure the dissemination of information explaining the Code of Conduct, alongside raising awareness about the SENAPA Zoning Scheme. Action 1.1.3: Produce and widely disseminate information explaining the Zoning Scheme and Code of Conduct to park users Visitors will only follow the Zoning Scheme’s tourism prescriptions and Code of Conduct if they are made aware of them. This management action will make sure all park visitors are aware of these guidelines, through producing and distributing simple and understandable information materials, which includes a SENAPA map and summarises and explains the Zoning Scheme tourism prescriptions and the Code of Conduct. These materials will include posters that will be displayed at Park gates, accommodation facilities and other strategic and visible places. Leaflets will also be produced for distribution by tour operators/ concessionaires to their clients as well as by SENAPA staff at entrance gates. These leaflets will contain a map of SENAPA. Target 1.2: Tourism access and use diversified in appropriate ways, in order to expand SENAPA tourism attractions and minimise overuse of existing attractions As stated under Target 1.1, much of the visitor activity occurring in the Park is centred on the Seronera Valley and a few other key areas where the main attractions and facilities are located. As a consequence, these popular areas are suffering negative environmental impacts from overuse. Target 1.1 will address this problem through restricting and setting limits to visitor activities and use. This management target will diversify tourist activities away from the high use areas. This will firstly reduce pressure on the High Use Zone, and secondly, provide an improved and more diverse visitor experience covering more of the Park. Figure D.2 below (under Objective 4), shows a continuing upward trend in visitor numbers to the Serengeti in the past eight years. The marked increase in projected numbers for 2004/5 indicates that this upward trend is unlikely to slow down in the short term. In response, the dispersal of visitors to other areas of the Park is required, through providing amenities such as visitor centres; balloon operations; off-road driving; non-vehicle-based activities, such as walking safaris; and an improved and expanded game-viewing road network. The full range of permissible tourist activities by zone that will be offered within the Serengeti during the implementation of this GMP are listed for Target 1.1 in Table D.1 above. The following management actions have been formulated to meet Management Target 1.2: 56
The Serengeti Code of Conduct D. Tourism Management Programme Welcome to the Serengeti - the setting for one of the world’s last remaining large mammal migration spectacles, and to the predators that depend on it. Your support through your park entrance fees is helping us to protect this global heritage, but you can help us still further by observing a few simple rules that will also make your own visit and those of others more enjoyable and safe: � Please don’t disturb! Many wild animals become distressed when surrounded by vehicles or when vehicles come too close to them. Please keep noise to a minimum and never try to attract animals’ attention, especially at sightings. Remember, all wild animals have right of way. If your driver approaches a dangerous animal closer than five metres, or if the animal moves towards you, please ask the driver to move away. If there are already several vehicles at a sighting, it’s probably best to ask your driver to go elsewhere, unless you enjoy traffic jams. Remember, the Serengeti is at its best when you are alone, and there is much else to see! � Do not feed! Feeding wild animals can upset their diet and lead to an unnatural dependence upon people. � Drive carefully! Please observe the 50 km/h speed limit and, except in designated off-road driving areas, keep to the established roads to minimise damage to grass and woodland habitats. Night driving is not allowed. � Don’t be a road hog! When viewing wildlife keep to the roads, but allow space for other vehicles to pass. When approaching other vehicles at a sighting, slow down and pass slowly or wait until they move on. Avoid driving between other visitors and the sighting if possible. Do not use mobile phones in the Park outside of accommodation facilities. Do not use radio call in the vehicle during the game drive. � … Or a litter bug! Litter and garbage can be extremely harmful to wild animals. Please dispose of rubbish at your accommodation or at designated SENAPA collection points. � Take care with fire! Please be very careful with cigarettes and matches, as accidentally started bush fires are a major threat to the Serengeti. No campfires are permitted away from authorised campsites. � Be safe! Unless you are at a designated picnic site or other visitor attraction, stay in your car whenever possible, and never move more than 10 metres from your car, especially when large animals are nearby. Objects such as animal skulls may carry diseases dangerous to people, so please leave them where they are. Thanks for your contribution to the protection of the Serengeti. With your help, the wildlife and habitats will still be here when your grand children come to visit us! The Management of Serengeti National Park 57
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