Rekero News Archive 2003

Migration - 7th August 2003

The Wildebeest Migration has finally arrived in the Mara about three weeks late. The zebra that precede the wildebeest have been here for about a month with large herds crossing and re-crossing the Mara River. About 40,000 wildebeest are now on the Western side of the Talek River and can be seen easily from Rekero Tented Camp. The main migration is now still crossing the Sand River which divides the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania with the Masai Mara Reserve in Kenya. We now expect large colums of wildebeest around Rekero Tented Camp over the next following weeks and hope to see some spectacular crossings. The large Nile crocodiles in the Mara and Talek rivers are now stirring and seem to be much more active. Some ancient telepathy must tell them that the time of plenty is near. The Migration is still about two hours away from the Rekero Cottages, so for those of you visiting a combination of the cottages and the tented camp makes a great venue.

The waterholes in front of Rekero cottages are being visited daily by elephant and buffalo and we have had a couple of sightings of a very dark male leopard in the last few days. Late yesterday evening a solitary male lion killed a Masai cow in the valley.

Human/animal conflict is always a concern in the dispersal area of the Mara. Those of you visiting us, particularly the tented camp, over the next month should have excellent viewing of the Migration.