Tag: Tanzania Safari and Zanzibar

The Wildebeests Migration Season in Tanzania comes every year from late or mid December running through March. This is basically the period when the Wildebeests herds in their hundreds of thousands groups converge at Ndutu Plains making up about the whole million plus Wildebeests herd spreading from the Ndutu Plains to the Southern Serengeti Plains. Why Ndutu Plains for Tanzania Safari Calving Season? The Ndutu Plains is a vast savannah plain located within the Ngorongoro Conservations which make up vast grazing plains for the wildebeests migration herds so they come here every year during that period; December to March for their breeding and calving season. The lush green pastures that grow in this area are rich of essential mineral salts that the wildebeests need during this time of breeding and calving and nature being what it is the herds somehow come here during that time that coincides with their breeding season. The area has rich black cotton soils very fertile but the soil is rich with mineral and the the lakes Ndutu and Lake Masek in this area provides for the much needed water that collects in these lakes during the short rain season of October – November every year. Can I see the wildebeests giving birth, and when should I come to see the calving Season? Ndutu Plains are a great safari season so if you are planning for a Tanzania Safari Tour, you can always request our travel experts to include Ndutu for you in your itinerary. The plains form great herding grounds for big cats especially the lions and cheetahs thus many researches by zoologists have been done and are still being done in these plains to date. The biologists sometimes camp in this area for months to study the lions so don’t be surprised to spot