The Great Migration

'It is played out on one of earth's most beautiful stages, and it happens every year, when the Serengeti herds come thundering north across the Tanzania border to spend the dry season in Kenya's Masai Mara Game Reserve'. (Brian Jackman, Sunday Times)

The precise timing of the migration changes annually arriving in the Masai Mara as early as July, but more commonly in August and September. The Mara River is the greatest obstacle they have to face, the currents can be strong and the banks steep, but it is the gigantic Nile crocodiles that is to be their biggest obstacle! Over a million wildebeest and two hundred thousand zebra are on this endless journey in search of fresh grasslands. Typically the herds continue their journey south in November but have been known to stay into January.