Great Migration Safari

This is the largest overland migration on Earth bringing wildebeest and zebras that cover 800+ km during each cycle. The magnificence of the event lies in its magnitude at jammed river crossings in the Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park and Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve attracting between 1.5 to 2 million wildebeests, zebras and other wildlife species.  

Interestingly for ages, the herds move in a clockwise direction, up from the south of the Serengeti vast plains, through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, the Loliondo Game Controlled Area, and the Grumeti Reserve. Please read more about the Great Wildebeest Migration in Tanzania. They then leave Tanzania briefly to spend time in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve, which borders Serengeti National Park to the north. From Kenya, the migration heads back south to start the journey again. Most of the migration takes place in the far larger Serengeti National Park as opposed to the spectacular show that in the Maasai Mara National Reserve between the months of July – October.

The mortality rate of the migrating beasts are it highest during the migration period. It’s estimated that about 2,500 wildebeests and 3,000 zebras perish on a daily basis due to the predation by carnivores, drowning in the fast moving waters, hunger, thirst, and exhaustion.

The migrating herds aren’t only attractive to the cats and crocodiles on the ground, vultures, eagles, crows and other birds of prey get attracted too. Back on the ground human aren’t left behind as they also follow the herds in equal measures to capture the best of the Greatest Show on Earth.