Enjoying the Wildebeest Crossing in Masai Mara | Divine Experience and Tips

I posted a note the day before yesterday, sharing my divine experience of witnessing the 'decade's largest' wildebeest crossing in Masai Mara a few days ago. Such a scene is rare, but I have summarized some tips based on my experience and the information from the guide, which you are welcome to refer to if needed. ❗️This is just a personal experience sharing, not guaranteed to be 100% correct, and sometimes you may need a bit of luck in addition to experience. 🟤Hotel: This time we stayed at a hotel called Entim Masai Mara, right next to the Mara River, a very niche Boutique Camp with only 15 tents. The hotel faces a crossing point, but it's relatively non-mainstream, and there has never been such a spectacular crossing scene before (there was no large-scale crossing in the days after we left), this time was a real luck. However, this crossing point is the hotel's private territory, ordinary people cannot enter, only guests can have such an experience. I estimate that after this time, Entim will be hard to book, and you need to book a long time in advance. If you are staying at other hotels, I strongly recommend staying in the park! Because it takes an hour and a half to drive from the entrance of Masai Mara, if you stay outside the park, you will waste 3 hours on the road every day, which is not cost-effective. 🟤Crossing Point: In addition to the niche crossing point in our hotel, most people go to a few large main crossing points, where the probability of seeing the crossing is also higher. But whether you can see the wildebeest crossing, where to see it, and what the scale is, no one can guarantee. 🟤Season: Normally, the wildebeest migration takes place every year in July and August, with the highest probability in mid-August. This year's migration was delayed due to drought, and it wasn't until the recent rains that they were brought over. It was still raining in Mara a few days ago, so there is still a good chance of seeing the wildebeest crossing in the next two weeks, and it's not impossible during the National Day holiday. 🟤Time: Wildebeest usually choose to cross the river when the water is warmer, which is in the mid to late afternoon. However, we saw it at sunrise for two consecutive days, so no one can be sure about this. I would suggest leaving early, we left at five thirty on the first day and saw the crossing at six, animals are always more active in the early morning. 🟤Patience: To see exciting scenes on a game drive in Mara, you often need to wait, sometimes for several hours or even half a day, so patience is important. If the guide suggests waiting, then it's worth waiting a bit longer, it's part of the game (provided the guide is excellent and responsible). 🟤About the River Crossing: Wildebeest crossing ≠ River crossing. The latter must be in the Mara River, and the difficulty is higher, it needs to meet many harsh conditions, such as dust, crocodile predation, migration, rapid water flow... Recently because it often rains, the ground is wet, it is difficult to meet the condition of dust, no matter how large the scale is, it is just a wildebeest crossing, not the 'River Crossing' level.