Wildebeest Migration - Serengeti

Area in the East, Masai Mara(Kenya) in North, Lake Victoria(Lake Nyanza)In the west and in South Maswa game reserve.

Serengeti is the word derived from Maasai , word "Siringeti" meaning the endless plains, due to its vast track of plain covered by short grasses for miles.

The famous conservationists Bernard and Michael Grizemick took the first censers of wildlife and management of Serengeti National Park in 1959.Due to Serengeti's uniqueness, the duo produces an acclaimed film by the name Serengeti shall never die.

The Serengeti ecosystem comprised of Ngorongoro Conservation Area,Grumeti controlled Area, Ikorongo controlled Area and Masai Mara Game reserve in Kenya.

The senerio of Serengeti is of great interest,it comprises of Kopjes(rocky Outcrops)landscapes , plains of short grasses and woodlands in the western part of the park. The kopjes are home of predators, especially Lions, Leopards and Cheetahs and also provides water reserves during the dry season.

The Serengeti National Park is being given life by different rivers crossing the park. In Northern part of the park there are Maasai Mara river,Bolongonja river and Grumeti river.In the central part there are Orangi river,Nyabogati river,Ngarenanyuki river,Seronera river and Songore river. In the south there are Mbalageti river and Simiyu river.
Gurumeti river and Mara river are home to giant Nile Crocodile and hippos. During the Migration these crocodile feast on Wildlife who crossed the rivers

SERENGETI MIGRATION The annual Migration of Wildlife, animals add to the uniqueness of the park. The Migration is a massive movement of vast herds of animals, usually occurring in April or May the Thousands upon thousands of Wildebeest and Zebras are seen moving across the central plains westward and Northward in search of grasses and water. To watch the Scenario is of remarkable and inspiring sight.

Apart from the great herds of Wildebeest and Zebras also found in the Migration are Buffaloes, Elands, different kind of Antelopes and number of Predators and circling above them the Vultures and the birds of preys.

In the calving season(depending on raining season), late January through mid of March the herds of Wildlife concentrate at the Ndutu and Salei plains (South Eastern Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation Area),Almost ready to start the Migration, a constant search for food and water.

During April and May the depleted plains are unable to sustain the endless herds, the Migration sweeping to the West and North, moves from short grass plains of the Southern Serengeti /Ngorongoro Conservation Area to the long grass plains and woodland of the Serengeti Western corridor, almost to the Lake Victoria(Lake Nyanza)

June to October, the Migration has entered in the Western corridor ready to cross to Mara river, a final barrier from the short sweet grasses of the Masai Mara Game Reserve.

In November the arrival of the short rains call the Migration Southward towards southern Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation Area(Lake Ndutu), early in the year they once again give birth.The circle of life is complete.

NIGHT GAME DRIVE Fort Ikoma area ,where it borders Serengeti National Park on Northwestern part, night game drive is permitted. During the night wildlife can be viewed around Grumeti and Ikorongo game controlled Area. A night game drive is very much interesting and exciting. Photographing during the nights is fantastic.

The Serengeti contains all the big five and over 35 other species of game animals. A splendid selection of birds life is also to found in the park.