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Wildebeest migration takes place within Kenya and Tanzania and it is the greatest wildlife show on earth. There is no real beginning or end to a wildebeest’s journey. Its life is an endless pilgrimage, a constant search for food and water. The only beginning is the moment of birth. An estimated 400,000 wildebeests calves are born during a six weeks period early each year.

The number of wildebeest migrating is so high that upon miles of grassland is blackened by a mass of moving gnu. The wildebeest simply stretch from one horizon to the next of the conveniently flat and treeless Maasai Mara Savannah.

The wildebeest migration phenomenon is so huge that satellite miles away in space are able to capture the surge as a black moving mass of wildebeest on the planes of East Africa. This world famous migration is a circle of life which in simple terms means that there isn’t a start or an end.

The migrating herds spend two to three weeks in the Mara River and sometimes the Telek River. They trek westwards and cross the Mara River and sometimes the Telek River. Usually around this time heavy rains on the Mau escarpment fill the Mara River to the brim. This is a good time to watch the trunk looking crocodiles while they await the forthcoming feast. Due to this spectacular migration the Maasai Mara was declared the world’s seventh wonder.

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