Great Migration

Africa: The Great Migration

Sarah Marshall, 21.09.2021

Every July and August thousands of animals migrate from Tanzania’s Serengeti to Kenya’s Masai Mara in search of fresh pastures. It is one of the last great mammal migrations of the world and a once-in-a-lifetime experience for visitors.

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The thunder of several thousand hooves ripped along the riverbank, disappearing into plumes of amber dust. Gathering like dark clouds on the steep, dusty slopes of the Mara River, swelling herds of wildebeest had grazed and grunted for several hours before galvanising themselves into action. Eventually their slow-brewing storm erupted with a force so energetic and earthy, it sent shockwaves to the planet’s very core.

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