Right time, right place for the calving in the Serengeti

Normally rain is not what you wish for, when you are on a holiday. But in our case it was more than welcome. The area where the wildebeest prefer to have their young, on the foot of the Ngorongoro Crater, had been unusually dry for the time of the year. Therefor the big herds had wandered off to the central Serengeti, to find permanent water sources. The calving had stopped, awaiting the rain. Only a few days before we arrived, clouds began to build. The wildebeests, who follow the rain, began to stream back to the fertile grounds, which nourish the grass they need to gather strength after birthing and to feed their young. So there we were at the right time, at the right place, to see the calves and for the calving to continue …