The Great Wildebeest Migration

Typical Migration Routing

January – March April May – June The animals gather on the southern The herds move northwest in search The herds move on, merging into Serengeti plains for about three of food. The camps of &Beyond a mega-herd and the crossings of months, feasting on the lush Serengeti Under Canvas follow in the the Grumeti River begin. &Beyond grasses and dropping their calves. footsteps of the Migration. Grumeti Serengeti Tented Camp The plains are a short drive from is the ideal place to witness the &Beyond Ngorongoro Crater Lodge wildebeest brave the snapping and the semi-permanent luxury jaws of the crocodiles. tented camps of &Beyond Serengeti Under Canvas.

The annual movement of wildebeest and other grazing herbivores across the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem is one of the greatest spectacles in the natural world. The horizon fills with 1.5 million wildebeest, 200 000 zebra, 18 000 eland and 500 000 Thompson’s gazelle, relentlessly tracked by Africa’s great predators. The Migration is rarely the same in terms of precise timing and direction – it is Mother Nature, after all!

June – July August - October November – December The herds wander over the northern The herds may cross backwards and Crossing back into the Serengeti, Serengeti, some arriving at the forwards over the Mara River and the Migration begins to move south, Mara River for a terrifying crossing pour into the Masai Mara. Witness passing &Beyond Klein’s Camp. before reaching the grasses of all the excitement from &Beyond &Beyond Serengeti Under Canvas the Masai Mara. The herds roam Kichwa Tembo or the luxury tents of is strategically positioned to catch the open valleys to the west of &Beyond Serengeti Under Canvas. the main herds as they return to &Beyond Klein’s Camp. the place of their birth.

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&Beyond Kichwa Tembo

LAKE Mara Triangle VICTORIA MASAI MARA Mara Loita Plains KENYA Aug, Sept, Oct &Beyond Klein's Camp

July Lobo &Beyond Grumeti Eastern Woodlands Grumeti River

June LAKE NATRON SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK Mabalageti River Nov, Dec TANZANIA Seronera Valley

Seronera Airstrip Oldonia Lengai April, May Short-grass Plains

LAKE NDUTU

Ndutu Airstrip Jan, Feb, March Short-grass Plains &Beyond Ngorongoro

Lake Manyara Airstrip

LAKE EYASI

While &Beyond’s permanent camps and lodges are set in some of the Serengeti’s most LAKE MANYARA beautiful locations, the luxurious tented camps of &Beyond Serengeti Under Canvas &Beyond Lake Manyara move around the park year round. From here guests can venture out in search of the Great Migration and explore the remote beautiful corners of the Serengeti.

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