Ndutu - short grass plains of the Serengeti

The short grass plains of the Serengeti around Lake Ndutu is a dry and barren place for most of the year but from January to April they are a verdant green from the rains and this attracts in the migration to feast on the nutrient rich grasses.  Our three days here were filled with good game, beautiful scenery and a wonderfully comfortable camp.  

Some of the highlights were three cheetah brothers, a lovely trio of bull elephant out on the open plains, the obligatory lion and lots of busy dung beetles!  

One impressive and moving sight was on nearby Lake Masik where a herd of wildebeest had effectively committed mass suicide by attempting to cross the lake and getting bogged down in the deep, sticky mud.  Exhausted, many of them did not make it across and the corpses of the dead were being feasted on by hordes of vultures and marabou storks.