In Zambia’s dry season, 40 000 wildebeest head north to greener pastures in Liuwa Plain National Park before returning with the start of the summer rains. While the migrating herds are smaller than in East Africa, its serene setting is wonderfully remote and has fewer visitors around.
When the summer rains turn the bone-dry Makgadikgadi Pan into a verdant grazing feast, about 25 000 zebras arrive from Botswana’s Okavango Delta. Only roughly half the zebras migrate each year, and scientists still aren’t sure why the rest choose to stay.
Each year, over 1.5 million wildebeest and hundreds of thousands of zebras journey across Tanzania’s Serengeti and Kenya’s Maasai Mara in search of fresh grazing. This constant cycle of movement follows the rains, creating dramatic scenes of river crossings and predator encounters. It’s one of nature’s greatest spectacles — a timeless rhythm of survival and renewal on the African plains.
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