Wildebeests Migration
This is one of nature’s greatest displays at Serengeti National Park, the annual migration of over a million wildebeests and zebras. Crossing between Tanzania and Kenya and for you getting an opportunity to witness a Maasai Mara river crossing by zebras and wildebeest is too awesome for words, you need to experience it at least once in your lifetime.
Here is the brief information on the Wildebeests Migration Pattern
June. Mbalageti River, Tanzania.
Walls of rain begin to turn into rare drops. Animals stray into one stream and stretch for tens of kilometers. They march like a column in a parade and pull socks. Some approach the Mbalageti River, and others continue to be in the Magadi Lake area.
July. Grumeti river region, Tanzania.
This is the marriage period. Families are formed and mothers begin to wait for their children. They will be born in about 7-8 months. In the meantime, the great migration continues its run. They run, and the first steep crossing across the Grumeti River at Serengeti is ahead of them. Many will not overcome it. Some will drown, falling off a cliff, and some will be dragged to the bottom by crocodiles. Crocodiles have been waiting for this for a long time.
August. Mara River, Tanzania.
The migrants have approached the border of the Serengeti and are preparing to enter the main battle of the journey – to cross the Mara River. Very strong current, steep descents, and the animal mortality rate are off the charts. Predators of all stripes are waiting for their dinner.
September. Masai Mara, Kenya.
This is the moment where some are fighting at the Mara River, and others are already eating juicy and fresh grass in the Masai Mara! They later relax, count the losses and continue to live.
October. Masai Mara, Kenya.
The final migration point. A short interval for about a month and then get back on the road. You might be asking yourself all these huddles just for the sake of one month?. The Great Migration is not an end goal, but a life timetable.
November. December, Masai Mara, Kenya.
It’s raining again and it’s time to head back. Migrants finish chewing the grass and start their way back. Running clockwise and ahead of the antelope awaits south in the northern Serengeti region. To get there in December and start all over again.