Each year up to 25,000 zebra migrate through Botswana's Makgadikgadi and Nxai Pan National Parks in what is one of the animal kingdom's most spectacular sights.
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Migrating herd on the move
This seasonal (rain dependant) migration forms in an area which is covered by the Nxai Pan and Makgadikgadi Pans National Parks and then goes in search of the lush grasses and waterholes of the Boteti River, before heading back again - a journey of hundreds of kilometres.
From about March to April the herd - which by now can number around 25,000 animals - moves still further south and crosses into the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans; a place like none other in Africa as it has mile upon mile of shimmering white salt pan, stretching endlessly to the horizon. Of course, as the zebra move so do their predators and a safari to see this event is also likely to encounter lion, hyena, cheetah and the odd leopard as well.
Eventually, around September, the migrating zebra finish up at the Boteti River (which has only just flooded again after nearly two decades of drought). The water and lush grazing here means the herd no longer need to move any further south and from around November they migrate back north again.