This morning we wake up early, as usual, we are in Ndutu, in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania; during this time of the year, in the months from December to March, the Great Migration of wildebeests and zebras is here.

Tonight we heard the lions roar all night long, one was particularly close, who knows where it was.

After breakfast we leave and do a last safari in this area of ​​the park, before driving North to go to Seronera.

As we descend from the hill, where our tented camp is located, we see wildebeests herds as far as the eye can see, what a sight!

We continue our safari and go along the river, where yesterday we saw the lions, but today there are giraffes, hartebeests, zebras, impalas and some marabou storks; there are no traces of the lions, they have certainly moved in the night, maybe they were the ones we heard tonight.

We try to find them in the bush but we do not succeed, instead we find some elands, on this trip we had not seen them yet, and then other giraffes, among the acacia trees, and still impalas, we also see one different from the others: it's a male but it has no horns, it is very rare to see it, probably it has a genetic mutation.

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We also see some birds of prey such as the pale chanting goshawk, the dark chanting goshawk, the long-crested eagle and the augur.

At about 10.00 am it is time to leave Ndutu and head North to go to Seronera; we loved this area of the park this season and the Great Migration is, as always, a show.

We follow the same road, on the border between the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the Serengeti National Park, that we drove when we arrived; fortunately, the mud has dried a little and we can proceed at a higher speed.

Around us, as far as the eye can see, there are wildebeests and zebras and a few Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelles; it is an indescribable and exciting show.

Some are seated, the wildebeests ruminate and the zebras are resting, here there are not many lions because it is an immense prairie and they would not find shelters, so the herds are quieter and can afford to relax; other specimens instead walk North in single lines, sometimes creating columns of 40 or 50 km and walk one behind the other.

The few Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelles instead are sitting or, if they are not browesing, they run a bit everywhere without a destination; they have to pay a little more attention because this is a land for cheetahs and gazelles are their favorite prey.

We travel for about 30 km surrounded by herds; the road ends on the main road that goes right into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and leads to the Ngorongoro Crater, while on the left it enters the Serengeti National Park; we turn left and continue.

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In this area it must have rained less, the grass in fact here is less green and there are fewer herds, that usually move continuously following the rains, that revive the pastures.

Shortly after we arrive at the entrance of the Naabi Hill, since it is also lunchtime, we park and sit at the picnic tables to have lunch; there are many people, some are entering like us, others are coming out.

After lunch we take a stroll while our guide pays the entry fee and then get in the car and leave again, it drizzles but then it stops almost immediately, while it must have rained a lot in the past hours because the road is a whole puddle.

It is the first time we come to this part of the park in this season and we cannot wait to reach Seronera to see how different it is from the dry season.