Canary Islands Holidays

If you are thinking of catching the February wildlife great migration in the Serengeti national park, now is the time to book.The Serengeti played host to our honeymoon and 40 of our friends from around the world. It was the second half of February and we timed it just right.
The plains were full of gnu and zebra on the move in the most spectacular scene I have ever seen, it was like I had been transported into a David Attenborough wild life documentary. With the great migration comes the calving season and I remember at first light all around us there were animals being born, the mothers hardly stopping to give birth, some calves half in and half out as the mothers continued the march.
Mothers were giving birth to their calves right in front of us and within minutes of the birth the calves were stretching their long legs staggering as quickly as they possibly could to join the herd. With mixed feelings we watched animals being born, nurtured and encouraged to get up and move off with the herd while others were chased and eaten by stronger predators, not able to take our eyes away from the dreadful scene we knew this was the survival of the fitest.
We went deep into the Serengeti where the scenery was spectacular, but the biggest concentration of game we saw was near lake Ndutu. Lake Ndutu is a beautiful setting that is surrounded by giant, flat-topped acacias, the Lake Ndutu shimmering in the sunlight providing precious water to the wild life as it migrates through the Serengeti.
We stayed two nights at Ndutu Safari Lodge which is quite small (I think we filled it) but was full of old style game lodge charm and is the only lodge where you can sit and watch the migration of the wildebeest as they give birth and feed on the grass. Soon it was time to turn homeward bound ourselves, it was then that we realised that leaving Ndutu safari lodge, the lake Ndutu and Serengeti was going to be the hardest thing we have done because at some point of our Tanzania safari, Africa had captured our hearts