Every year, over two million animals — mostly wildebeest, but also zebra and gazelle — embark on a 1,800-mile circular journey across Tanzania and Kenya. It is raw, chaotic, breathtaking, and utterly humbling.
This is the Great Migration — the largest overland migration on the planet, and without question one of the last true wilderness spectacles left on Earth.
The Never-Ending Circle
The Migration follows the rains in a perpetual wheel:
- • Dec–Mar: Calving season in the southern Serengeti — 400,000 babies in 2–3 weeks
- • Apr–May: Movement north through the central and western Serengeti
- • Jun–Jul: First dramatic Grumeti River crossings
- • Jul–Oct: Iconic Mara River crossings (the ones you see on TV)
- • Nov: Short rains bring them south again
Where We Take Our Guests (And Why It Matters)
We don’t do lodges two hours from the action. We do:
- • Mobile private camps that move with the herds
- • Off-grid concessions — no crowds, no minibuses
- • Guides who predict crossings before they happen
- • Dawn hot-air balloon flights over the plains
The crossing is the climax — but the entire journey is the story. Come with us, and we’ll show you the whole film.
Rachel K.
The Magic of the Great Migration: When to Go and Why