Serengeti National Park stretches over 5,700 square miles of plains, bush and woodlands, and is the home of the most famous animal migrations in the world. Annually, approximately 1.8 - 2 million Wildebeests, 650,000 zebras, and 450,000 gazelles make an almost 800 mile migration from the southern plains of the Serengeti, north across the Grumeti and Mara rivers, to the Masai Mara NP in Kenya, and then back again. This migration is wholly dependent on the rains and where these animals can find food.
Our camp was a mobile camp that was completely dismantled when we left, and the site will not be used again for at least several months. One night a lion was chased from the kitchen tent, and a leopard was seen going down by our tent sites. A troupe of baboons made the rock outcropping behind us (called a Kopje, pronounced 'copy') their home one night and serenaded us with their yelling.
Serengeti Migration Map (animated)
Serengeti Plains - A panorama view of the Serengeti Plains.
Not Easy Getting to our Camp
Our Mobile Luxury Safari Camp
Hot Water for Showers (high bucket), Cold Water for Toilet (lower bucket)
A Little Smaller than the Farm House, but Right in the Middle of the Action
Alex Demonstrating a Gong Rock Used by the Maasai to Signal Across the Plains
A Picnic in the Serengeti Plains, surrounded by thousands of animals in all directions (left to right - Moses, Paul and Alex)
Strange Rock Formations Throughout the Plains
Sunrise from Camp. The White Dots are Lanterns in Front of Each Tent.