Great migration in Kenya and Tanzania

No safari in the world is as thrilling and exciting as the African safari in Kenya and Tanzania. The Kenya and Tanzania tour packages brings up the excitement of the Great Migration of the Wildebeest migration that makes Africa, the best destination for the safari in the world.  

Understanding the Great Migration of Africa, it is a continuous and spontaneous movement of wildebeest in between the wild terrains of Tanzania and Kenya that is from Serengeti plains to Masai Mara Reserve and back to Serengeti, as a clockwise motion. This to-and-fro movement of wildebeest accompanied by others like zebras and gazelles are basically in search of food and water as they follow the rain and try to reach the greener region for better grazing. This unique experience is referred to as the Wildebeest migration making Kenya and Tanzania Safari Holidays Tour Packages the best safari experience.

Summarizing the entire movement and events that can be tracked during the safari, the Great Migration cam be rightly referred to as the journey of more than 1.5 million wildebeest, 20000 zebra across the country borders. Depending completely on the season of breeding and calving, more than half a million wildebeest are born during January and March. 

As the zebra and wildebeest migrate, this brings the opportunity for lions and crocodiles to hunt and more than 250,000 wildebeest and 30,000 zebra are killed. This estimated number of the kill depends on thirst, hunger, other nature’s factor and the kill.

Experiencing a safari in Kenya and Tanzania

While the South Africa Vacation Tour Packages with safari tour is the best vacation plan for families as game viewing is fun and entertaining, Kenya and Tanzania have a completely different experience for the wildlife enthusiast. South Africa houses the wildlife reserves that are best for families and laced with amenities, luxury living, with the short escape from the cities, wild reserve in these two countries are vast, spreading to acres with no sign of human settlement. Experiencing safari here is incomplete without tracking the motion of Migration that depends on the season to season in each area. Although the movement is continuous throughout the year, one can plan their Tanzania Safari Tour or Kenya tour as the month.

From the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, the migration starts as the short nutritious grasses are perfect for raising the new-born calves. The bearing season starts in February to March where around 8000 calves are born each day. Later the herd with zebra and antelopes being to drift towards the north by April and they reach Serengeti’s Western Corridor in masses by May. This brings some fragile prey for the crocodiles in the Grumeti River as the wildebeest start the herd starts herding along the river, channels and the pools falling on the way. This is the right time plan for Tanzania Tour Packages to witness the migration in Serengeti.

The dry plains by June and July kill 250,000 wildebeest on their track to the journey and this spreads the wildebeest throughout the northern Serengeti. Crossing the Mara River is another challenge as the full flow and the predators create confusion leading to a massive loss of population. Masai Mara national reserve experiences the migration from August to September or October where the wildebeest are killed by crocodiles in the Masai river and the lion that patrol the river banks. This certainly makes a safari in Masai Mara too thrilling to miss as the live hunting and the massive movement in search of green grass can rightly be seen during safari Kenya Tour Packages.

Now as soon as the dry plains start the struggle for existence, the wildebeest continue their migration towards the southwards. The herd lands up back at the eastern end of Serengeti where the grasses are short and nutritious. Dominating the complete south of Serengeti by December, the calving season starts and gains the cycle starts gradually with month.

The Great wildebeest migration spreads to an area of 26,000 square kilometers where an individual animal covers up an estimated distance of 40 km per day. The migration is not just important for the ecology of the regions but brings up economical advantage making the Kenya and Tanzania Safari Holidays the ideal plan for safari tours.