Driving down through the Serengeti

I drove from Kogatende to Loliondo this morning. There is great game in the east and some herds of wildebeest, no doubt part of those that are being reported by the Mara operators.

No migration in Koga yet, but I'm told that the majority of the herds are in Grumeti and starting to move north so expect them up near Lamai Serengeti soon. 

Cheers, John Corse (MD, Nomad)

Western Corridor and crocs in pools

Slightly cooler weather at the moment is a bonus for those out game viewing. Most of the action is being seen around the Kirawira/Grumeti area of the Western Corridor. The Grumeti River is not that high, but there are many pools filled with water that the crocs are hiding in, waiting for the unsuspecting wildebeest to visit. Guests out now were just treated to that spectacle as they sat beside the pool. Leopards seem to be all around our Serengeti Safari Camp, currently in Musabi.

Migration in the western corridor. Update 7 June 11

Our guide Festo informs us that there was rain last night so the weather is cool. The migration is still in the western corridor around Grumeti and Nyasirori.

Serengeti Migration Update

From our Nomad guide in the field, Emmanuel Njawa

"There are many large groups of wildebeest around the Western Corridor and from Serengeti Safari Camp (currently in Musabi) we're getting great sightings every day. Over the last week I've seen over 60 lion, lionesses and cubs as well as 6 leopards and 5 cheetah. There are cats everywhere!!!

The weather is cool and cloudy, but no rain at the moment."

Migration Update - latest

Hearing from our guides in the field that the Migration is still around in the southern Moru area, but its rained in the central Serengeti (Rongai) for the last three days, so this might persuade the wildebeest to head north again. We'll keep you posted.

Journeying from Ndutu up to Moru Kopjes

Wednesday evening last week, the migration were en masse on the big open plains around Ndutu; thousands of them in every direction. We had one of those 'parting of the waves' moments...Cornelius drove us right into the midst and then for about an hour we watched them passing, an amazing site and rather on the noisy side!!

Thursday morning we woke early, packed up our Wilderness Mobile Camp and headed north and west up to Moru Kopjes; what an epic drive that was! We had a huge stormy black sky to our right and brilliant sunshine to our left. We left the southern grass plains way behind, they're drying up now as the long rains haven't been good to us this year, and arrived in the Kopjes around sunset.  The following morning, at sunrise, the migration arrived. Literally! I think I even saw the first wildebeest in the procession; a thick fat 'snake' of wildebeest and zebra pouring in below us.

Since then, our camp headman says they're still coming through, but due to only gentle rains in the evenings, they may well keep heading up north and west. This is unusually early, but then it's all about the rains and they've been somewhat lacking so far.

Where to find a million wildebeest

The word just in from the Serengeti - there's a large group of Wildebeest around Makao in the Ndutu area and then another large group seen heading towards Moru. It hasn't rained in Ndutu for several days now,  despite cloudy weather, and so it looks like that lot might be heading off to find greener pastures. Generally they all seem to be spread out in a wide area, some have been seen around Nasera and Olduvai; this is very normal behaviour at this time of year.