African Safari - 2023-03 day 9 AM pt 1 of 2 - Serengeti National Park, Tanzania (full length)

come on safari with me! this is the full length video of my 2023 day 9 AM (morning) safari part 1 of 2 - at southern Serengeti, Tanzania. highlights: safari starts at sunrise 0:00 wildebeests panic at horizon 0:28 because of lion! 0:45 wildebeest keep eye on lion 3:35 jeep stuck 4:52 slow long drive to plains 7:51 baby wildebeests! 11:09 calving season 15:30 baby licks itself 17:06 calves hang out 22:05 calf play mounting 22:30 adults frolic 22:57 babies clean rumps 24:41 tries to nurse 26:12 zoom out - 27:22 lots of babies grazing 28:27 lickin' 30:21 birds annoying adult 31:22 calves spar 32:26 baby nuzzles friend 33:27 calves graze with moms 34:17 baby sleeps 35:53 herd spread out 36:15 calves hang out 38:06 and spar 39:20 one calf done 41:42 loud bleating 42:25 calves rest 43:10 male calls signals dominance 43:55 babies nap, graze 44:48 sun low, still early 45:16 zebras join wildebeests 45:32 herd always on the move 47:08 babies gotta keep up with moms 48:51 these want to play! 49:43 calf grooms 52:26 baby rests near birds 55:19 another baby checks him out 57:03 for a nuzzle 58:38 and cuddle! 58:58 bat-eared fox pair 59:54 secretary birds get mobbed 1:01:26 dive bombed! 1:02:11 leaves the area 1:03:19 hot air balloon 1:03:51 bat-eared foxes has broken leg 1:04:40 into their den 1:05:25 balloon landing 1:06:08 yellow-throated sandgrouse family 1:07:25 mama and papa 1:08:11 and junior 1:08:24 papa displays 1:09:51 mama flirts back 1:09:58 guide scanning 1:16:37 wildebeest everywhere! 1:17:21 calf tries to nurse 1:17:39 licks own belly instead 1:17:52 has a lay down 1:18:33 everyone relaxes 1:19:45 zebras roll in 1:22:20 curious calf 1:24:17 zoom out 1:25:57 kori bustard courtship display 1:26:23 stops to eat 1:27:03 even wildebeest stop and stare 1:28:06 food! 1:28:18 drive to get ahead of him 1:28:40 he's moving fast! 1:29:43 huge bird unfazed by wildebeest 1:30:20 strikes a pose 1:31:58 good luck! 1:33:14 A lot of people mistakenly think that the wildebeest crossing 'is' the migration event, but actually the 2million wildebeest constantly migrate in a huge loop as they follow the rain/green grass (Serengeti area, Tanzania and Maasai Mara, Kenya) the Mara crossing -- Jul-Oct N.Serengeti and Maasai Mara the calving of 8K babies born/day -- Dec-Mar S. Serengeti the mega-herds moving -- all year round Make sure to check with a neutral travel agent who will represent you - NOT the lodge agent/travel provider (see very last of my 'tips' at end of this to avoid my costly mistake) Good month-event breakdown: climbkilimanjaroguide.com/wildebeest-migration/ thetravelersbuddy.com/2022/01/20/wildebeest-migration-kenya-tanzania/ Tips from my trip: the Serengeti's great but DO NOT book with Asilia Africa! More like Ashitia - crap service from start to finish. After camp management repeatedly failed to address what should have been simple fixes, I asked to leave - yes, that bad & only got worse-despite repeatedly reaching out to Asilia management. They don't have a monopoly on locations, so while the areas I filmed in were good, the camps were not. Book with anyone else but Asilia. Parting gift: COVID! This is a 'short list' of what I experienced: the food: meh meals; the meat/eggs almost always overcooked worst packed lunches ever had on safari Got food poisoning for full review, see:    • birds mobbing secretary birds and bat-eare...