Great migration in Tanzania national park Serengeti
Posted September 30, 2009 – 8:32 am in: AirlinesIf you are thinking of catching the February wildlife great migration in the Serengeti national park, now is the time to book.40 of our friends from around the world came to the Serengeti with us on our honeymoon. Half way through February we landed and we couldn’t have timed it any better.
The plains were full of gnu and zebra on the move in the most spectacular scene I have ever seen, it was like I had been transported into a David Attenborough wild life documentary. As the sun rose on a new day we witnessed mothers giving birth all around us, for many they just paused gave birth, for others they had to continue the march with the herd which meant for them giving birth while walking.
Mothers were giving birth to their calves right in front of us and within minutes of the birth the calves were stretching their long legs staggering as quickly as they possibly could to join the herd. To our amazement the huge volumes of animals would seem to take over and swallow the whole of the Serengeti but then predators stepped in catching the stranded, weak, sick and aged that perhaps would not make the trip anyway.
We went deep into the Serengeti where the scenery was spectacular, but the biggest concentration of game we saw was near lake Ndutu. Huge flat topped acacias surround the beautiful glistening and welcoming Lake Ndutu it is a beautiful setting that is home to the wild life that migrates through the Serengeti.
We stayed two nights at Ndutu Safari Lodge which is quite small (I think we filled it) but was full of old style game lodge charm and is the only lodge where you can sit and watch the migration of the wildebeest as they give birth and feed on the grass. Soon it was time to turn homeward bound ourselves, it was then that we realised that leaving Ndutu safari lodge, the lake Ndutu and Serengeti was going to be the hardest thing we have done because at some point of our Tanzania safari, Africa had captured our hearts
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