DOING A DOUBLE TAKE

18 October 2012 ~ Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

The annual Great Migration is one of the most fascinating and awe-inspiring events in the natural world, something that should be on everyone’s bucket list. The exact path is rarely the same in terms of precise timing and direction (it is Mother Nature, after all) and this year in particular has seen plenty of movement back and forth across the Mara-Serengeti border.

Our rangers at &Beyond Kichwa Tembo were thrilled to see the massive herds make their way back to the Mara for the second time this year. The herbivores left the Mara prematurely and ventured back to the Serengeti in September (typically one month ahead of schedule), but the current reverse migration has brought the mega-herd back to the plains between Oloololo gate and the Serengeti border. Hundreds of thousands of wildebeest are now grazing the Oloololo escarpment a mere 15 km southwest of &Beyond Kichwa Tembo and Bateleur Camp. The sightings have been superb — in addition to the vast herds, two lionesses and seven young cubs were seen earlier this week feeding on a kill.

Posted: Great Migration by andBeyond HQ, Date: 18 October 2012