Chapter 1005 Terrified 3/3)
After returning to Amman International Airport, Boeing BBJ3 sets off again. It will cross the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea to the south, and eventually land at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, the East African Plateau country.
The reason why we came here is that Yang Jing and Gege wanted to see the best wildlife reserve in the world. This safari is the famous Masai Mara Wildlife Reserve.
There are countless wildlife reserves all over the world, but in terms of the most complete species, the wildlife reserve with the most beautiful primitive scenery, it is really the Masai Mara Wildlife Reserve.
The Masai Mara Wildlife Reserve is located in the southwest corner of Kenya, which is a wildlife paradise in Kenya and even Africa. In this wildlife reserve with an area of about the size of Huaxiachuan Province, there are about 60 wildlife parks scattered, of which 26 are national-level wildlife reserves.
The entire reserve consists of continuous hillsides, open grasslands, woodlands and riparian forests. In this unparalleled animal kingdom, it is the largest wild maturing animal home in the world. It has 95 maturing animals and 450 bird species. It is the most concentrated habitat and the most colorful wasteland. Therefore, it is considered to be the most famous wild animal reserve in the world. Among the many wild animal reserves in Kenya, it can be called the "crown of the garden".
The four major attractions that are recognized in the world as necessary to visit Africa are the Egyptian Pyramids, the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, and the Masai Mara Wildlife Reserve in Kenya. This reserve is one of them.
After getting off the plane, the group drove six land patrols and started heading west. It took more than five hours to arrive at the small village of Ololaimutiek, about 200 kilometers away from Nairobi.
Ololaimutiek is a small village that cannot be smaller, a village of the Maasai. It is very famous for not missing this village. There are about twenty star-rated hotels and camping sites around this village.
Because this small village is on the edge of the Masai Mara Wildlife Reserve, if you want to drive to the reserve, this is the best starting point and supply place.
It was already evening when Yang Jing and his friends arrived at the village, but they did not stay in those hotels, but stayed at the Maramanyata Campground, the north of the village.
When visiting this kind of place, you will be able to enjoy the original ecology. Only by sleeping in a tent or RV in a campground can you best experience the original style here.
Early the next morning, everyone followed the local guide. The guide named Moussa is a local Marseille who speaks English and is referring to this profession to support his family.
"Our village is close to the border between Kenya and Tanzania. From our village, Lake Victoria is about 180 kilometers west. If you want to see the world's second largest freshwater lake, then you can live in Muhoro, east of the lake tonight, so that you will have plenty of time to visit the big lake tomorrow. But likewise, if you rush tonight, you may not see the most spectacular view of the reserve, which is the spectacular view of the migration of millions of wildebeests." Musa, sitting in the passenger seat, directed the way toward the road, and said to Yang Jing and Princess.
There are no asphalt roads or cement roads in the reserve from the campsite, and they are all dirt roads pressed out by vehicles. Moreover, because tourists have to go to different places to appreciate wild animals, there are many of these dirt roads, and each dirt road goes differently.
Here, you can see small groups of zebras and wildebeests at will. On the African savanna, zebras and wildebeests will always get together, even during the great migration, zebras and wildebeests will also be together.
This situation is very much like a romantic relationship that transcends race...
"Thank you for your reminder, Moussa, but we plan to stay in the reserve for two or three days. After visiting the reserve, we will go to the Great Lakes to take a look."
"Haha, your choice is very correct. If nothing unexpected happens, you will be able to see the spectacular scenery of the wildebeest migration in these few days."
Hearing Moussa say this, Princess asked curiously: "Mussa, did not the migration of wildebeests start in late October every year? It is just now that mid-October, have the wildebeests gathered at this time?"
"You are right, but this year's situation is a bit special." Moussa said. "This summer, our country's rainfall is much less than usual, so the dry season comes more than ten days earlier than in previous years. These cute elves are the most sensitive to climate change, so they have already prepared for a 800-kilometer migration."
Kenya is an unbiased equatorial country, which crosses the central and southern parts of the country. Therefore, in June every year, the Serengeti prairie covering southern Kenya and northern Tanzania will enter the dry season. At this time, millions of wildebeests will start to migrate north in groups.
This vast army of animals is sometimes more than ten kilometers long, and the migration journey is as many as 800 kilometers away. There are many zebras, Thompson's gazelle and African buffalo along the way. The Masai Mara Prairie in June is rainy season, and the water plants are plump and feeding these natural hikers.
But in late October, the drought began to fall on the Masai Mara, and the wildebeest army had to rush south to rush back to the Serengeti prairie in Tanzania, waiting for the arrival of the rainy season. The song of prairie wandering, which was regularly staged year after year, is already the largest animal migration activity on earth today.
The great migration of wildebeests in East Africa is definitely the most spectacular animal migration process in the world. Yang Jing and Princess came here for this goal. They originally wanted to live here for more than ten days, but they didn't expect that this year's great migration was ahead of schedule.
In fact, as vehicles continue to move into the reserve, more and more wildebeests, zebras, African buffaloes, gazelle and other animals have appeared in front of them. Some elephants are also gathered together and slowly walking lazily. In the small rivers and lakes that appear from time to time, you can see large animals such as hippos and rhinos at any time. Of course, in these small rivers and lakes, you can also see the looming black figures from time to time. That is the most brutal and insidious hunter on the African savannah - the Nile crocodile!
Of course, how can we miss the king of the African prairie - the lion group?
After driving on the dirt road for more than an hour, the car had already penetrated deep into the reserve. I found a small hill with a slightly higher terrain, and the convoy drove up and the group got out.
Standing here, looking far away, there are vast grasslands that cannot be seen at first sight, including hills, gentle slopes, winding rivers, woods and bushes, and the beautifully shaped Acacia trees unique to Africa. Although the rainy season here has passed and the thatch has begun to turn yellow, it is still colorful in the sun.
On the vast prairie and on the distant hillside, the eyes are full of wildebeests and zebras, and the number is really shocking. It would be nice to have one or two of these animals in domestic zoos, but here, the number of these animals is in units of hundreds. If you hadn't come here, it would be really hard to see such a spectacular scenery.
In fact, there are more than one million wildebeests and hundreds of thousands of zebras in this huge reserve.
Below this small hill is a small lake with an area of about ten acres. Some wildebeests, zebras and a few tall giraffes are drinking water by the lake. And about 200 meters away from the lake, a group of about ten lions are clearly visible.
This lion group may have had a delicious meal just now, so each lion looks lazy and unwilling to move. Some wildebeests and zebras are leisurely eating wild grass less than fifty meters away from this lion group, as if they are not afraid of these lions at all.
"Yang Jing, look, is there a crocodile in that small lake?" Princess covered her mouth and pointed at the small lake below the hill and exclaimed in a low voice. A group of people looked in the direction that Princess pointed, and they could see a black back slowly sinking into the lake. Only a small wave appeared on the lake surface, but then disappeared.
And by the lake, a small Thompson gazelle was drinking water. Obviously, from the direction of the Nile crocodile's head, the fierce big guy had already caught the innocent little antelope...
"Yang Jing, should we remind the little antelope? Oh my God, it's so pitiful..." Princess grabbed Yang Jing's arm tightly.
Yang Jing shook his head slightly and said, "No, we can't do that. This is Africa, and the principle here is to prey on the weak. If this little antelope is smart enough, then the crocodile will not be able to catch it no matter what. On the contrary, we can only leave it to fate. As outsiders, we should not easily destroy the rules of the jungle here."
"But...ah..." Princess wanted to persuade Yang Jing, but the next moment she couldn't help but screamed.
Maybe the gazelle was too thirsty, and it didn't notice the arrival of the Nile crocodile and was still lowering its head and drinking water.
When the little antelope finds out that the crocodile has arrived, it is too late to hide.
The Nile crocodile's speed seemed like a fire, and half of its body suddenly poked out of the water, and its huge mouth was about to hit the gazelle's head in one mouthful. The next moment, no matter how the gazelle struggled, it could not break free from the giant mouth of the Nile crocodile.
Moreover, the Nile crocodile was like a strong man shaking a small bag. Its huge mouth bit the head of the gazelle, and its neck was swung left and right. With just a few strokes, the gazelle completely disappeared - the poor gazelle's neck was completely broken...
This bloody scene made several ladies, including Princess, look pale. This scene that happens on the East African prairie countless times every day really scared them.
PS: The fifth update is 15,000! At the same time, the first leader of the book is the first kiss brother, Lao Mo is very grateful. Lao Mo is a part-time writer, and his writing skills are not high, and he cannot compare with those great gods who often have dozens of alliances, hundreds of alliances or even hundreds of alliances. But this book still has a leader, Lao Mo is really happy.
Looking back at the book "The Grandmaster Superstar", the second-ranked fan list of this book, "Ziyan Tianjiao", also gave the book a leader, who was the first leader in Lao Mo's career in writing. Lao Mo has always remembered it.
Chapter completed!