by nomad
23 December 2005
The rains in parts of the Serengeti have been delayed which has in turn affected the Migration patterns. The herds are very spread out with quite a few tail-enders still in the Mara River area on the border, with good herds of zebras and plenty of cats around the Lobo area. The adventurous ones have made it down to the Seronera area, parts of the western corridor and north of Moru where there are good sized herds. Others have congregated in the Maswa Game Reserve/Simiyu south of there.
The short grass plains, which is the area the herds want to be for the calving, still remains dry and dusty. There have been a couple of showers over the last 10 days but not enough to sustain the Migration. Cats and resident game are very good around the southern short grass plains/Ndutu area, and the Migration is within game drive reach. The northern short grass plain area, Gol Mountains, southern Loliondo is still dry.