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Queries after fire delays wildebeest migration to Mara

Wildebeests at the Mara River.

On Monday, the last group of the wildebeest (gnus) trooped back to the northern part of Serengeti National Park, crossing the Mara River in their remaining thousands.

About two million herd together with thousands of zebras, gazelles and eland that often join the migration have been moving back to the Tanzanian park in search of food and water, in a spectacular and scenic sojourn that completes the great wildebeest migration.

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