
The Best time for wildebeest migration
The Best time for wildebeest migration : Maasai Mara National reserve is the most visited safari destination in Kenya. Maasai Mara is the best and the most popular together with its wildlife Conservancies in the entire Africa and world with its first class wildlife including the big five mammals like the leopards, buffalos, rhinos, elephants and the lions. Other animals found are; Crocodiles, Impalas, Hyenas, Warthogs, Monkeys, baboons Zebra, Giraffes, antelopes, Ostriches, among others making it the best well-known safari inspiring destination that attracts everyone as a dream safari destination. Masai Mara National Reserve a vast scenic expanse of the gently rolling African savannah plains which stretches into Serengeti National Park in the south.
Maasai Mara Wildebeest migration.
Maasai Mara Wildebeest migration is the most famous wildlife behavior in the entire world which makes the reserve to be the most attractive wildlife safari in Kenya. The wildebeest migration takes place, from Serengeti National Park during the period between July and October to Maasai Mara National Reserve. Maasai Mara National Reserve is the gorgeous destination hosting the great migration.
Every year during the great migration over 1.5 million wildebeest, 400,000 zebras and other thousands of the Thomson’s gazelles, elands migrate from Serengeti national park in Tanzania while crossing Mara River to Maasai Mara National Reserve this is described as the iconic natural phenomenon. The wildebeest do migrate to Masai Mara national reserve in search for the green pastures.
During migration the wildebeest are interrupted by the various predators along the way .The unlucky are eaten by the crocodiles in the Mara River as their prey, then the successful ones can be waited by the big cats like the lions as their next meal, but still the resilient ones can still stand and survive.
January
In this month most of the herds are in Serengeti National park in Tanzania. The are tending to move south from north east to the regions near Lake Ndutu. Although there are millions of wildebeest, zebras and Antelopes in Serengeti National park they don’t tend to move as one group as a single herd but break into herds of thousands to hundreds of thousands moving group of herds at a time.
February and March
This is mostly the calving season everyday thousands of calves are born and they are vulnerable and easy target to the predators. The big cats are the major predators but there are also other hit and run predators such as Hyenas, Jackals and wild dogs adding up to a spectacular hunting skills.
April
This is the beginning of the long rains and most of the herds tend to move less and enjoy the green grasses. This is the action filled rutting season where males are seen to be jostling and fighting for the rights to mate.
May
During this period the herds are seen to be moving move faster in large group sometimes their herds covering up to almost 40 kilometers or more moving up into central Serengeti National park.
June
In May large herds in their numbers are already in Central Serengeti. They are getting ready for their toughest journey, during this period some of the herds may have split up and already crossing the Grumeti river.
July
This is the beginning of the spectacular wildlife behavior because during this period most of the leading pack have already crossed into Kenya.The other packs are all moving north of Serengeti National park heading to Kenya Masai Mara National Reserve.
It is sometimes impossible to predict the exact crossing time or period of the animals because they entirely depend on the rains but sometimes it is just their unexplained unpredictable behavior. To have an exclusive wildebeest migration safari ,it is advisable to book a lodge close to the river or just a mobile safari camp that moves with the migration for proper tracking and ensuring that you are there in the right place at the right time.

August
This is considered the best time to experience the great migration. It is the time to witness the dramatic river crossing phenomenon. If you had tracked the migration right from Tanzania, you’ll need a passport to cross over to Kenya; the wildebeest are exempt. The animals move into Masai mara and other private and community conservancies that join the Masai mara national reserve to form the Mara ecosystem.
September
The herds after crossing over into Masai Mara National Reserve they break into smaller herds. It is during this period that more than half of the herds will have crossed over into Masai Mara but still there will be small herds of wildebeest still seen in the Northern part of Serengeti National park in Tanzania.
October
Masai Mara National Reserve is smaller in size than Serengeti National park but are equally rich in wildlife diversity. The Wildebeest migration can still be watched from the Private Conservancies around Masai Mara. The Conservancies too offer Night game drives and Nature walk safaris which are not permitted in the main National Reserve.
November and December
The herd begin to move into the North Eastern part of Serengeti National park as this is the beginning of the short rains. The Wildebeest start again to migrate from the deprived grasslands of Masai mara into Serengeti National park. The fresh grazing sees the wildebeest move to the south of the Serengeti National park completing a clockwise migration a journey that takes approximately 3000 kilometers, The Best time for wildebeest migration
Best time to visit Maasai Mara National Reserve.
Maasai Mara National Reserve can be visited at any time when the travelers feels like, but it’s best when visited during the dry months. In order to catch the wildebeest migration, the reserve is best visited during the months of July to October that’s when you will enjoy watching the wildebeest in the full flow in the reserve. And again that’s the period when the various wildlife in the reserve tend to accumulate and surround in the various water sources in the reserve hence easy spotting of the different animal species which makes your Kenya safari the best in Maasai Mara National reserve.
How to get to Maasai Mara National Reserve
Maasai Mara national reserve is located in Narok county south west part of Kenya. The reserve can be accessed in two different ways that is by road transport and the air transport from the Nairobi the capital city.
By Road transport
Maasai Mara National Reserve is located in Narok county 280 km from Nairobi. The drive by road takes the tourists around 5 to 6 hours in the safari van or in the land cruiser. During the road transport the tourists explores the best landscape views like the great valley, Mount Suswa, Mount Longonot and among others which makes your journey the most incredible one to the reserve, The Best time for wildebeest migration
By Air transport
Maasai Mara national reserve can be can be accessed by the air means of transport as well, as this is the quickest way to get to the reserve. The reserve can be accessed by the daily flights to Mara from Wilson Airport provided by the companies like the safari link, Governors aviation and Air Kenya. This is the easiest means tourists take less than one hour to Maasai Mara National Park in its various air strips. Some of the airstrips in Masai Mara include Keekorok airstrip, Serena Airstrip, Angama Airstrip, Ngerende Airstrip, Mara North Airstrip, Ngerende Airstrip, Musiara Airstrip, kichwa tembo Airstrip and Siana Airstrip.
