FUN-Travel: Northern Serengeti, Tanzania – Great Migration – Day 2
July 30, 2019 by Susan Clarke · Comments Off on FUN-Travel: Northern Serengeti, Tanzania – Great Migration – Day 2
- Repeat Yesterday…with added morning safari looking for other animals…
…see family of 14 elephants with 2 babies…pair of lions…and the usual suspects.
Then we hit the jackpot!
- Crossing #7 has 3 different lines of wildebeests…
…all jumping in at the same time…and lasts over 45 minutes!
- Sadly they don’t all make it…croc gets weak baby swimmer…
…adult breaks leg…swept downstream in fast moving current.
- Happy Hour…spectacular sunset around campfire!
FUN-fact – Incredibly Insane! Throngs of 1000’s of Wildebeest’s amass on the banks of the river and wait until one courageous wildebeest makes the first move—the first jump. Then they pour into the rivers like ants, leaping, bleating, calling—a crescendo of adrenaline and instinct.
One interesting study likened the wildebeest crossings to a type of ‘swarm intelligence’. From the outside, the crossings seem to be frenzied and uncalculated—almost like mass suicide—but the animals are, in fact, systematically exploring and overcoming the obstacle as one single unit—or swarm.
FUN-Travel: Northern Serengeti, Tanzania – Great Migration
July 29, 2019 by Susan Clarke · Comments Off on FUN-Travel: Northern Serengeti, Tanzania – Great Migration
0’dark:30 wake up – depart 6 am for 2 hr drive to airstrip…
…bush plane seats 12…depart 8:20 with 1 stop…arrive Kogatende 9:50.
…within 20 minutes on drive to Mara Kati Kati Camp…
…witness wildebeest’s making 1st crossing at #4 entry point on Mara River…
…lasting 20 minutes!
- Have lunch…then afternoon safari…in search of more crossings…
…see zebra, giraffe, elands, gazelles, impalas, crocs & hippos.
FUN-fact – The Great Migration has been listed as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa. This is the stage on which the ‘greatest wildlife show on earth’ plays out, as more than two million wildebeest along with gazelle and zebra stragglers charge towards better grazing areas – making it the most unique safari experience in Africa.
More FF – Safari guides have no GPS, maps or signs…drive for hours… and manage to get you back to camp!