Epic journey of nearly 2 million wildebeest, gazelle and zebras to Kenya’s Maasai Mara reserve is being tracked online
Murithi Mutiga in Nairobi
Tuesday 29 September 2015 13.53
Every year a million wildebeest, half a million gazelle and 200,000 zebra make the perilous trek from the Serengeti park in Tanzania to the Maasai Mara reserve in Kenya in their search for water and grazing land. It is one of nature’s most spectacular sights – and one that few people are able to see first hand.
But this year the dramatic display is being broadcast live on the web – complete with expert commentary.
Twice daily broadcasts of 10 to 20 minutes will run on Twitter’s Periscope app.
Viewers will need to register on the website of app developers, Herdtracker.
The migration is a remarkable and occasionally gory effort by up to 2 million herbivores to stay alive during a roving round trip that tracks the rains that feed the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem.
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