Safaris and Wilderness Travel
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Every year in mid February roughly a million wildebeest gather on the short grass plains of the Southern Serengeti to give birth. Extraordinarily all 400,000 calves are born in the space of a single week.
The plains cover many thousands of square miles, so the sense of space is overwhelming. You can drive for hours off road, and never be out of sight – or sound - of wildebeest.
For many people, safaris are synonymous with the dry season, but the scale of this event puts most wildlife spectacles in the shade. And compared to the harshness of the dry, this is a time of vivid green, and plenty.
Aside from the newborn wildebeest calves, the plains are literally alive with young animals of all kinds from plains game, to the numerous predators that follow the migrating herds; lion, leopard, cheetah and in particular hyenas that thrive at this time of year.
Catherine's long experience of, and enthusiasm for Africa, makes her a mine of travel information. Add to the mix her vivacious character and inscrutable attention to detail and there are few people you'd rather have plan your holiday.
