The Travel Butlers Blog
The annual wildebeest Great Migration is well and truly underway now. The animals began their 1,800 mile round adventure back in January, on the Southern Serengeti Plains, when over half a million calves were born. The last few months have seen the herds slowly and steadily progress northwards up through the vast Serengeti National Park. […] Read More
It is happening as I type. What is, I hear you ask? The next landing on the Moon? The Paralympics have started a day early? Summer has finally arrived in the UK? Well, the last answer is close, in that it is about something finally arriving. Not Summer in the UK (I have given up […] Read More
The wildebeest have gathered. The calves have been born. It is about to start …. Yes, we are talking about the famous Great Migration, which every year sees over 1.5 million wildebeest, 200,000 zebras and 350,000 gazelles follow the rains en mass from the Serengeti Plains in Tanzania up to Kenya’s Masai (also spelled Maasai) […] Read More
You may think that all elephants, zebras and giraffes look the same … but if you take a closer look you will see that zebras all have slightly different stripey markings; the same applies to the markings on giraffes; but you have to look at an elephant’s footprint to notice the difference between individuals.
5 things you may or may not know about zebra : 1. The way to tell whether a zebra is male or female from behind (aside from the obvious, of course) is to look under their tail – females have a broader black ‘stripe’ between their back thighs than males. 2. When males fight each […] Read More
The last in our folklore series … I do hope you have enjoyed these stories ! Why the Zebra has a Stripy Coat The Creator originally made all the animals the same. After a while, the animals became bored with all looking alike, and asked if The Creator could do something to help them. The […] Read More
