(click on image to view bigger) Our recent ODP Safari to Ngorongoro, Ndutu and Serengeti in Tanzania was one of my personal highlights of my photographic career.East Africa just kept on delivering one unbelievable scene after another. The almost unbelievable migration story unfolds before our eyes as we watch these animals struggle with life on a daily basis.A simple task such drinking water becomes a potential life threatening act for these animals.Here this Wildebeest together with thousands of other animals in the background are in the mix of a stampede as they escape the perceived dangers of a waterhole.Photography at its best..!...
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(click on image to view bigger) Our recent ODP Safari to Ngorongoro, Ndutu and Serengeti in Tanzania was one of my personal highlights of my photographic career.East Africa just kept on delivering one unbelievable scene after another. The almost unbelievable migration story unfolds before our eyes as we watch these animals struggle with life on a daily basis.A simple task such drinking water becomes a potential life threatening act for these animals.Here this Wildebeest together with thousands of other animals in the background are in the mix of a stampede as they escape the perceived dangers of a waterhole.Photography at its best..!...
(click on image to view bigger) The wildebeest crossing the Mara river is a sight to behold. Although we have all seen the numerous documentaries on this subject, actually seeing it with your own eyes is a sight to behold. The unfolding drama is almost unbelievable as these animals are driven to cross this ferocious river. 40 000 Wildebeest die trying to cross each year....! ODP Safaris had a good year this year. We had a total 20 crossings in 2 weeks. Two of these were massive crossings of over an hour long. The big one was a total of an hour and 40 min with thousands of animals crossing the strong flowing Mara. Crocs as big as submarines were having a feast, as the panic stricken Wildebeest fought for their survival. The photography was off the scales and I personally flattened a 32GB CF in this big crossing...
Our Masai Mara safaris have now come and gone... It was with a very sad heart that we left this unbelievable natural spectacle on Saturday afternoon. Two weeks had come and gone in the blink of an eye. The sightings were off the scales and the memory cards all took a thorough beating. I cannot wait to get back...! I will be posting a trip report shortly, but in the interim here is a pic of the chaotic Mara migration. (click on image to view bigger) These Wildebeest were leaping off the vertical banks of the Mara river some 4-5meters up in the air. It was unbelievable to witness. It was as if these animals had lost all fear and were driven by some unnatural force. Our human logic cannot comprehend what we were witnessing. One cannot help becoming part of the chaos that is the Wildebeest Migration of East...
