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MAASAI MARA WILDEBEEST MIGRATION SAFARI HOLIDAY

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The most dramatic moment on your maasai mara wildebeest migration safari holiday experience is when you observe the migrating wildebeest crossing maasai mara River. Numbers of wildebeest upon numbers gather at such crossings unsure of their next move. The crossings are such notorious spots that the gnus have developed a self preservation instinct over time. Wildebeests will amass in their thousands at banks of river maasai mara which is rife with the dreaded Nile crocodile and raging currents. Put in the swift current, eminent stampedes and jaw snapping crocodiles in this picture and you get a guaranteed recipe for mass genocide at such river crossings. The Maasai Mara River is usually awash with bloated mass of wildebeest carcass that crocodiles feast on for days on end.

River crossings in the maasai mara are favourite vantage points to observe while on th maasai mara wildebeest migration safari holiday. The animals will gather hesitantly in huge numbers on the banks, unsure of when to take the plunge. The other wildebeest behind the frontline keep amassing into hundreds of thousands until the pressure on the front is too much to bear.

Over 250,000 of the wildebeest die from drowning, stampede, crocodiles and the predators every year. But even this annual migration carnage is not enough to reduce the wildebeest numbers.The wildebeest deaths during migration are replenished by the over 400,000 births a year. The deaths during migration are now considered as a natural population check; natural selection at its best. All will happen on your maasai mara wildebeest migration safari holiday.

Wildebeest Migration is such that a smattering population of other bovids, join in the migration including Zebras and Gazelles. Lion prides also escort (as they eat some, of course) and welcome the migrating wildebeest on either side of the Mara River Crossings. The lions stark up their stomachs with gnu carcass to a point, the prey subdues the prides in the plains with little fear. As long as a lion has had his 35 odd kilos of meat a day, he poses no threat. "All that wildebeest need is to sacrifice a cousin here, a distant aunt there and they are fine." It's surely a game of numbers. Leopards on other hand, don't have to move far to hunt its prey. All they'll do is pounce on unsuspecting wildebeest as they pass by their (leopards) tree parches. The rest scatter as usual in different directions. "It's just another sacrifice after all; they still got the numbers... no matter what. This is one of the most elusive picture-perfect moments when you are on your Maasai mara wildebeest migration safari holiday.

They finally take the leap; and when they do, even the waiting crocodiles scatter to the flanks. The fear of being trampled by the millions of wildebeest is too real for even a crocodile to risk a head-on affront. Hundreds upon hundreds make death-daring- high leaps into the water, that the splash makes a swash like a million water falls.
The wildebeest migrate between the maasai mara and Serengeti plains in Kenya and Tanzania respectively, in search of grass and water. Over 1 million of these wildebeest are on the move during the annual migration between June and October. The numbers are so high that miles upon miles of grassland is blanketed by a mass of moving wildbeest. They simply stretch from one horizon to the next; of the conveniently flat and treeless Maasai Mara plains. It is a sight to behold when on your maasai mara wildebeest migration safari holiday. The wildebeest migration phenomenon is so huge that, satellites miles away in space are able to capture the surge as a black moving mass on the plains of Kenya . It is more awesome watching it on the ground or on a hot air balloon Safari. Maasai mara wildebeest migration safari holiday.

3 DAYS MASAI MARA WILDEBEEST MIGRATION SAFARI

Day 1: Pick up from your hotel and drive to masai mara national park, that borders serengeti national park in Tanzania. Afternoon wildebeest migration safari drive. Meals and overnight at Mar Sopa lodge. www.sopalodges.com or similar.

Day 2: Morning and afternoon wildebeest migration safari. Meals and overnight at the lodge.

Day 3: Early norning game drive in the reserve, renown for the animal migration and the big five. After breakfast drive back to Nairobi. Euros 660 per person sharing

4 DAYS MAASAI MARA WILDEBEEST MIGRATION SAFARI HOLIDAY AND LAKE NAKURU

Day 1: Pick up from your hotel and drive to maasai mara national park, that borders serengeti national park in Tanzania. Afternoon wildebeest migration safari drive. Meals and overnight at Mar Sopa lodge. www.sopalodges.com or similar.

Day 2: Morning and afternoon wildebeest migration safari. Meals and overnight at the lodge.

Day 3: Early norning game drive in the reserve, renown for the wildebeest migration and the big five. After breakfast drive along the great rift valley to lake nakuru national park, the home of million flamingos and many other species of birds and wildlife including white rhinos. Afternoon game drive. Meals and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge. www.nakurulodge.com

Day 4: Early morning bird sancturary, after breakfast drive back to Nairobi. Eurous 880 per person sharing

5 DAYS MAASAI MARA WILDEBEEST MIGRATION-NAKURU-TREETOP

Day 1: Pick up from your hotel and drive to maasai mara national park, that borders serengeti national park in Tanzania. Afternoon wildebeest migration safari drive. Meals and overnight at Mar Sopa lodge. www.sopalodges.com or similar.

Day 2: Morning and afternoon wildebeest migration safari. Meals and overnight at the lodge.

Day 3: Early norning game drive in the reserve, renown for the wildebeest migration and the big five. After breakfast drive along the great rift valley to lake nakuru national park, the home of million flamingos and many other species of birds and wildlife including white rhinos. Afternoon game drive. Meals and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge. www.nakurulodge.com

Day 4: Early morning bird sancturary, after breakfast drive north to Nyeri for lunch at Outspan Hotel. Afternoon a special transport takes you to one of the Tree Hotels with a water hole which is floodlight at night where animals takes water in turns.

Day 5: After breakfast drive back to Nairobi. Euros 1100 per person sharing

7 DAYS MAASAI MARA WILDEBEEST MIGRATION SAFARI HOLIDAY- NAKURU-TREETOP-AMBOSELI

Day 1: Pick up from your hotel and drive to maasai mara national park, that borders serengeti national park in Tanzania. Afternoon wildebeest migration safari drive. Meals and overnight at Mar Sopa lodge. www.sopalodges.com or similar.

Day 2: Morning and afternoon wildebeest migration safari. Meals and overnight at the lodge.

Day 3: Early norning game drive in the reserve, renown for the wildebeest migration and the big five. After breakfast drive along the great rift valley to lake nakuru national park, the home of million flamingos and many other species of birds and wildlife including white rhinos. Afternoon game drive. Meals and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge. www.nakurulodge.com

Day 4: Early morning bird sancturary, after breakfast drive drive north to Nyeri for lunch at Outspan Hotel. Afternoon a special transport takes you to one of the Tree Hotels with a water hole which is floodlight at night where animal takes water in turns. www.wildernesslodges.com

Day 5: After breakfast drive to Amboseli National Park. Afternoon game drive at the foot of the snow capped mount kilimanjaro. Meals and overnight at Amboseli Serena lodge. www.serenahotels.com

Day 6: Morning and afternoon game drive in the park famous for its herds of elephants and gerenuk. Meals and overnight at the lodge.

Day 7: Early morning game drive, after breakfast drive back to Nairobi.
Euros 1540 per person sharing

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