The Great Migration In The Serengeti

I f you have been lucky            more reliable and equally          enough to see nearly two        impressive time to visit is        million animals thundering      during the calving season in       across the plains of the              February - this being a favorable  Serengeti then Africa will have       time of year for the lion of the   touched your very soul. The vast      south Serengeti.                   numbers in these wide open plains                                        and woodlands coupled with the        The wildebeest and zebra's         fact this is the world's last         migrate between the Serengeti and  surviving great migration; is a       the Masai Mara, constantly driven  deeply moving sight.                  by their search for fresh                                                grazing. The timing of the annual  During their migration the            wildebeest migration depends on    wildebeest are the basic food for     the rains. The rains are           many predators and there is           notoriously unpredictable as the   little chance a wildebeest is         migration is spontaneous. The      dying of old age. There is an         wildebeest migration starts to     estimated 3,000 lions and 7,000       head towards the Western           hyenas with many other predators      Serengeti in May or June.          profiting as much as they can;                                           from the wildebeest meat              The best time to see the           avalanche that thunders through       migration is generally between     the Serengeti.                        June and August when the                                                 wildebeest congregate and prepare  Be warned though; the migration       to cross the Grumeti River. If     is not a constant phenomenon and      you are in the Masai Mara [The     timing a visit to coincide with       Kenyan side of the Serengeti] you  the surges of activity that           can expect the wildebeest to make  climax with the crossing of the       their arrival as early as July,    Grumeti River is not so easy. A       but they generally arrive between  August & September and remain in      experience in the Serengeti with   the Masai Mara between October &      each month having its special      November. Between the end of          events. Whilst the great           November and January the              migration is indeed spectacular    wildebeest gradually begin their      it is by no means all there is to  migration from the Masai Mara         see here. So welcome [in Swahili   back towards the Serengeti.           Karibu] to the Serengeti and                                             enjoy everything it has to offer.  There is much to see and               About the Author: All profits from http://www.betheladventre.co.uk go into the Patmos Community Initiative, which is a Non-Governmental Organization in Northern Tanzania - no. 11778. We are currently building a nursery school in Sokon One - Arusha. We offer and encourage voluntary positions vacations to our charitable projects. Source: www.isnare.com