Great Migration

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Serengeti - Great Migration

 

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Our camp at Moru Kopje overlooks the savanna.  The night is full of sounds of the mooing of wildebeest and the barking of zebra -- so loud it seems like they're right outside our tents.

 

The horizon of the morning sky is obscured with a thick haze -- dust -- and that's the sign that something big is coming.

 

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We leave camp at sunrise, and just minutes away ...

 

... we witness one of the legendary spectacles of Africa, a Great Migration.

 

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Wildebeest and zebra flow in tidal waves over the savanna ... the muffled beat of hoofs ... and dust ... awesome!

As the morning draws on, the dust settles and the herds settle down for some quiet grazing.

 

Zebra families regroup and rest but  keep an eye out for ...

 

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... predators looking for an easy breakfast .

 

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