We visited 3 parks: Masai Mara, Amboseli and Lake Nakuru National Park. Here is one of the hotels where we stayed.
During migration, many dead animals die during the crossing - about 5%. Either from old age or stumbling or eating by crocodiles. Each year there are 2 million zebras and wild beasts crossing the river. However, each year there are 200,000 newborns, returning again next year.
Successfully crossing the river!
One lucky (or in some respect unlucky) dude's wives ..
An elephant crossing the road.
Waiting to cross the River ..
Land of death and survival
A little hesitant to cross the river ..
Look! Crocodiles ..
Buffalo herd with Mount Kilamanjero (Tanzania) in the background. At 5500m it is the world's highest mountain.
Lions, Giraffes, Cheetahs, Leopards
Up close and personal .. he's thinking food ..
All the animals were very near us. I had a leopard walking under the rear of our truck, which really scared me. The truck is wide open and has no windows. The lion is about 20 metres away, but not elephants and buffalo. Africans are not afraid of lions or leopards, cheetah and other animals. They are scared of elephants and buffalo. That is why we are not too close to them, but about 30 metres away.
Cheetah are hard to find, but we saw them. Millions of wildebeests and many zebras migrate. Zebras eats upper grass and wildebeests eat down grass. Zebras cross the river first, then wildebeests follow. They are very scared to cross. They hesitate and hesitate .. turn back or run away to other crossings. We went to three crossings and the last one we saw them crossing, but that part had no crocodiles. When the first one crosses, everyone follows. Spectacular view. There were many animal carcasses. There were 8 crossings on the river and nobody knows how they find it every year.
Animal migration is in Serengeti Grassland. 2/3 is in Tanzania on south and 1/3 in Kenya on the north. Migration is clockwise and cross to Kenya in August/September. The part in Kenya is called Masai Mara - 5 hour drive and 45 minutes flight from Nairobi. We took small airplane - 13 passengers both ways.
