Khaudum National Park covers 3842km² and is situated in the Kalahari Desert in northeastern Namibia bordering Botswana. The National Park is home to elephants, roan antelopes, giraffes, elands, tsessebes, reedbucks, lions, African wilddogs, leopards, spotted hyaenas, ostriches, blue wildebeests, red hartebeests, kudus, gemsboks, warthogs, side-striped jackals, various other smaller species, as well as to over 320 species of birds. Khaudum Nature Reserve was proclaimed in 1989. In February 2007, the reserve was given National Park status.
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02 November 2016
Namibia: New impalas, elands and wildebeests for Khaudum National Park!
A total of 200 impalas have been relocated to the Khaudum National Park, the Nyae Nyae Conservancy in the south of the National Park and the George Mukoya and Muduva Nyangana conservancies in the north. Another 50 eland and 50 blue wildebeest will follow shortly. The new animals will be free to move between the park and the three conservancies. Some of the 200 impala were relocated come from Von Bach Dam near Okahandja, while the rest came from private game farms. The eland and wildebeest are from the Waterberg National Park south-east of Otjiwarongo, which has surplus populations of both eland and wildebeest.
Khaudum National Park covers 3842km² and is situated in the Kalahari Desert in northeastern Namibia bordering Botswana. The National Park is home to elephants, roan antelopes, giraffes, elands, tsessebes, reedbucks, lions, African wilddogs, leopards, spotted hyaenas, ostriches, blue wildebeests, red hartebeests, kudus, gemsboks, warthogs, side-striped jackals, various other smaller species, as well as to over 320 species of birds. Khaudum Nature Reserve was proclaimed in 1989. In February 2007, the reserve was given National Park status.
Khaudum National Park covers 3842km² and is situated in the Kalahari Desert in northeastern Namibia bordering Botswana. The National Park is home to elephants, roan antelopes, giraffes, elands, tsessebes, reedbucks, lions, African wilddogs, leopards, spotted hyaenas, ostriches, blue wildebeests, red hartebeests, kudus, gemsboks, warthogs, side-striped jackals, various other smaller species, as well as to over 320 species of birds. Khaudum Nature Reserve was proclaimed in 1989. In February 2007, the reserve was given National Park status.
07 August 2012
The "Great Migration" arrives in Kenya
The annual Great Migration of wildebeest from the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania has arrived in the greener pastures of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
The circular migration, driven by the rain and the new grass that follows it, usually starts around end of May/early June in the Serengeti National Park when the first animals start moving to the areas around the Grumeti River. By end of June, the animals are moving further northwards, so that they arrive the Maasai Mara National Reserve via the Mara River by the end of July/early August. In early November, with the start of the short rains, the migration starts moving south to the Serengeti National Park again, usually arriving there in December in plenty of time for calving in February.
The Great Migration is one of the most impressive natural events worldwide, involving some 1,300,000 wildebeest, 500,000 Thomson's gazelles, 100,000 topi, 20,000 elands, and abhout 200,000 zebras.
The circular migration, driven by the rain and the new grass that follows it, usually starts around end of May/early June in the Serengeti National Park when the first animals start moving to the areas around the Grumeti River. By end of June, the animals are moving further northwards, so that they arrive the Maasai Mara National Reserve via the Mara River by the end of July/early August. In early November, with the start of the short rains, the migration starts moving south to the Serengeti National Park again, usually arriving there in December in plenty of time for calving in February.
The Great Migration is one of the most impressive natural events worldwide, involving some 1,300,000 wildebeest, 500,000 Thomson's gazelles, 100,000 topi, 20,000 elands, and abhout 200,000 zebras.
24 October 2011
Wildlife video: Two cheetahs vs. one wildebeest
Shot during the annual "Great Migration" in Kenya & Tanzania, the following video shows how two young male cheetahs are taking down prey much larger than themselves - a wildebeest. Cheetahs are usually solitary creatures living a nomadic lifestyle, but sometimes young male cheetahs, especially litter mates, team up with another cheetah to maintain their territory. Impressive! Kudos National Geographic!
03 December 2010
Video: Hippo rescues wildebeest and zebra foals (Mara River, Tanzania)
This might be the first ever recorded rescue of a baby wildebeest and a baby zebra by the same hippo on the Mara River (Serengeti NP) in Tanzania. Both foals were rescued within 10 min as they were trying to cross the raging river.
The hippo was watching as the wildebeest herd swam past. As soon as the calf jumped in, the hippo swam up to it and pushed it along all the way across until it had reached safety on the other side. It then went back and did the same for a zebra foal just minutes later.
The hippo was watching as the wildebeest herd swam past. As soon as the calf jumped in, the hippo swam up to it and pushed it along all the way across until it had reached safety on the other side. It then went back and did the same for a zebra foal just minutes later.
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