Africa’s Tanzania safari national park Serengeti
October 3rd, 2009 by stevinium, under Air Travel, World Travel. No Comments
If you are thinking of catching the February wildlife great migration in the Serengeti national park, now is the time to book.40 of our friends from around the world came to the Serengeti with us on our honeymoon. Mid February we arrived and our timing was perfect.
What a fabulous scene, gnu and zebra’s filled the plains turning the Serengeti into a moving mass, the air full of sounds with lions roaring to each other in the background zebra’s snorting and gnu calling out to each other this was my own personal safari documentary. As the sun rose on a new day we witnessed mothers giving birth all around us, for many they just paused gave birth, for others they had to continue the march with the herd which meant for them giving birth while walking.
Calves were born and from that moment the mothers are there encouraging them to stretch those awkward lanky legs, stagger to their feet and to move with the herd, as the mother knew staying with the herd will help their survival. To our amazement the huge volumes of animals would seem to take over and swallow the whole of the Serengeti but then predators stepped in catching the stranded, weak, sick and aged that perhaps would not make the trip anyway.
We went deep into the Serengeti where the scenery was spectacular, but the biggest concentration of game we saw was near lake Ndutu. Lake Ndutu, a picturesque scenery that is surrounded by massive acacias that provide shade for the migration and the lake with the water sparkling in the sunlight the thirsty animals line the lake and quench their thirst.
We stayed two nights at Ndutu Safari Lodge which is quite small (I think we filled it) but was full of old style game lodge charm and is the only lodge where you can sit and watch the migration of the wildebeest as they give birth and feed on the grass. It all became very clear to us that we had fallen in love with Lake Ndutu, the Serengeti and all the wonderful wildlife that we had seen. Tanzania had rolled out her welcome mat, showed us all the splendour of Africa and stole our hearts, we will return we have to
