Holiday Ideas in December: Migration herds start calving, Serengeti, Tanzania

Imagine vast expansive plains with endless horizons, seas of pale yellow grass rippling in the warm breeze, gnarled acacias twisting to the sky and vultures circling on thermals overhead. Now imagine all of that plus thousands upon thousands of baby wildebeest and zebra.

Zebra and wildebeest in the Ngorongoro CraterWildebeest infront of Ikoma BushcampWildebeest in the sunset, Selous Game Reserve

The migrating herds generally start calving (giving birth to their young) in this month, so the plains are full of baby wildebeest, baby zebra and baby gazelles. This will happen in the far south of Tanzania, in the Serengeti National Park.

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Serengeti National Park

Subject of countless documentaries, the Serengeti is perhaps most famous for the Great Migration, which each year sees up to two million wildebeest cross the plains in search of good grazing.

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