{"id":1602,"date":"2018-07-12T10:17:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T08:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exoticca.travel\/blog\/?p=1602"},"modified":"2018-10-23T10:30:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T08:30:54","slug":"the-great-migration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exoticca.com\/us\/blog\/the-great-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Migration"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Great Migration is a feat of nature that can only truly be experienced first-hand. Every year, at the end of the rainy season, the millions of animals that inhabit the Serengeti in Tanzania head north. They travel in search of more fertile grazing land, with abundant vegetation and water. They usually depart in December and arrive at the lush plains of the Maasai Mara by mid-summer the following year. The Great Migration never ends, but it is a cyclical movement that repeats itself every year. The only thing to keep in mind if you want to witness it is the whereabouts of the animals at the time of your visit to the region.<\/p>\n
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The dry season signals the movement of more than 1.5 million wildebeest, zebras, gazelles, and other herbivorous animals in search of more plentiful grazing lands. The journey begins in the north of the Serengeti, Tanzania’s National Park, declared a World Heritage Site in 1981. By the end of March, they reach northern Ngorongoro, where these creatures must be on guard to avoid the predatory animals who stalk the area, such as tigers and leopards. Assuming survival, they continue to move through the central plains of the Serengeti until they reach the corridor of the park in early summer, at which point the herds are divided into two groups: those that take the path through the Grumeti reserve, and those that dare to cross Lake Victoria, where hungry crocodiles await them.<\/p>\n
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It is amazing to see how these creatures form their groups, in order to defend themselves from predators. Knowing the dangers that await them, they form rows, kilometers in length. Pasture land is distributed carefully, to avoid running out of subsistence. Once the resources of one area are spent, they set off again in search of a new patch.<\/p>\n