The rains and hence the Great Migration have finally arrived to the famous Southern and Eastern Serengeti Plains. However, the first 3 weeks of December were quite dry (borderline drought conditions). All of us here at Africa Dream Safaris were beginning to worry. Is it going to be another unusually dry winter/green season in the Serengeti? Will the calving be delayed? What will the migration do…perhaps head back to the Northern and Western Woodlands as the Southern and Eastern Plains are too dry? Do we …

It’s been a record year for Mara River Crossings in the Serengeti. Even our most experienced safari guides cannot recall a time when the wildebeest have crossed so frequently. Time and time again the long columns of wildebeest have made the plunge into the Mara River both southbound and northbound with no particular rhyme or reason. Perhaps it’s the unusually heavy thundershowers we have seen this entire dry season combined with the early burning done by TANAPA. This combination has caused the migration to cross …