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Great migration

  
 African safari holiday experience
Over 250,000 of the wildebeest die from drowning, stampede, crocodiles and the predators every year. But even this great 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 animal migration safari holiday.
 

Great 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. great migration safariLeopards 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 animal 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 great 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. Kenya animal migration safari holiday.

3 DAYS KENYA ANIMAL MIGRATION HOLIDAY MAASAI MARA ONLY

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 animal 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.



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4 DAYS KENYA ANIMAL MIGRATION HOLIDAY MAASAI MARA 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 animal migration safari drive. Meals and overnight at Mar Sopa lodge. www.sopalodges.com or similar.

Day 2: Morning and afternoon animal 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 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.



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5 DAYS KENYA ANIMAL MIGRATION SAFARI MAASAI MARA - NAKURU-TREETOP

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

Day 2: Morning and afternoon animal 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 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 animal takes water in turns.

Day 5: After breakfast drive back to Nairobi.

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7 DAYS KENYA ANIMAL MIGRATION MAASAI MARA - 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 animal migration safari drive. Meals and overnight at Mar Sopa lodge. www.sopalodges.com or similar.

Day 2: Morning and afternoon animal 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 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 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



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What is included in the tanzania air safari price:
- Transport by special safari vehicle as per itinerary
- Services of an English speaking driver cum tour guide
- Three meals a day while on safari whether vegetarian or non-vegetarian


What is not included in the kenya animal migration safari price:
- Park entrance fees
- Personal travel insurance
- Hotel accommodation in Nairobi
- All airport/hotel/airport transfers(can be arranged at an extra cost)
- Airport taxes
- Visas
- Personal expenses i.e. laundry, telephone, tips, porterage etc.
- Any other extras not mentioned above.

 

For more details and information on Kenya great migration safari please contact us


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Kenya , "home" of the safaris still holds the reputation as the ultimate safaris destination , after all, this is where one of the great wonders of nature occurs, the Wildebeest Migration of the Masai Mara .

Tanzania safaris

Tanzania embodies the true essence of "wild Africa" with nearly a quarter of all Africa's wildlife found on Tanzania's vast open savannahs. With so many fascinating safaris regions such as the Serengeti , Ngorongoro Crater

What better way to end off your Tanzania safaris than with a week relaxing on the sandy white shores of the exotic spice island of Zanzibar.

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EAST AFRICA safaris PARKS
The Masai Mara national reserve is one of the best known and most popular reserves in the world. The Masai Mara has also been called the Kingdom of Lions as these powerful creatures dominate the grasslands. Africa animals lion, leopard, rhino, buffalo, elephants Wildebeest migration safaris east africa holidays

Amboseli national park is renowned for its elephant populations and large herds, including some impressively tusked bulls are drawn to a series of large, lush swamplands. But the most impressive giant of all is Mt Kilimanjaro. Africa's largest mountain lies just over the border in Tanzania, but the most impressive views of its snow-capped peak are to be found in Amboseli. Amboseli safaris east africa holidays

The Lake Nakuru park also contains largest population of rhinos.The surface of the lake occupies about a third of the lake park. The lake supports a dense bloom of the blue-green Cyanophyte Spirulina platensis from which it derives its colour. It is a food source for flamingos. The lake nakuru is fringed by alkaline swamps with areas of sedge, cyprus laevigatus and typha marsh along the river inflows and springs. The surrounding areas support a dry transitional savanna with lake margin grasslands. Lake Nakuru safaris east africa
The Samburu reserve is rich in wildlife with an abundance of rare northern specialist species such as the Grevy's zebra, Somali ostrich, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk and the beisa oryx (also referred to as Samburu Special Five). The reserve is also popular with a minimum of 900 elephants. Large predators such as the lion, leopard and cheetah are an important attraction (Kamunyak the miracle lioness that adopted the baby oryx is a resident in the reserve). samburu east africa holidays
Tsavo National Park is the largest park in Kenya and was established on 1st April, 1948. Tsavo National Park was split into East and West for administrative purposes. The two Parks are divided by Nairobi & Mombasa railway and road. Tsavo east africa holidays
Serengeti is easily Tanzanias most famous national park, and also the largest, at 14,763 square kilometres of protected area that borders Masai Mara Game Park. The annual wildebeest migration through the Serengeti and the Masai Mara attract visitors from around the world, who flock to the open plains to witness the largest mass movement of land mammals on the planet. serengeti tanzania east africa holidays
The Ngorongoro Crater is often called Africa Eden and the 8th Natural Wonder of the World, a visit to the crater is a main drawcard for tourists coming to Tanzania and a definite world-class attraction. Within the crater rim, large herds of zebra and wildebeest graze nearby while sleeping lions laze in the sun. At dawn, the endangered black rhino returns to the thick cover of the crater forests after grazing on dew-laden grass in the morning mist. Just outside the crater ridge, tall Masaai herd their cattle and goats over green pastures through the highland slopes, living alongside the wildlife as they have for centuries. ngorongoro tanzania east africa holidays
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