Durban - The world’s first live web broadcast of the great wildebeest migration across the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, started this week and continues until Monday.
Broadcast via the Periscope app (https://www.periscope.tv) and YouTube Live Streaming, viewers can experience the wonders of a safari and the 7th wonder of the natural world on cellphones, tablets or computers.
The migration is a major event in Kenya and the Mara’s ecosystem, and a unique wildlife experience. The live broadcast allows people all over the world to taste its magnificence, and to experience the luxury of staying in the Mara and viewing nature at its most extreme.
The project is managed by the HerdTracker team in partnership with MakeitKenya.com. It will have two broadcasts morning and evening, which will last 10 to 20 minutes each. Visit discoverafrica.com/herdtrackerlive and register your e-mail address to receive reminders for live broadcasts. You can also follow @herdtracker and @makeitkenya on Facebook and Twitter for notifications on when broadcasts are going live.
Your hosts are Carel Verhoef and Andre Van Kets of DiscoverAfrica.com and co-creators of the HerdTracker migration app, which allows people to track the migration in real time on a Google Map throughout the year to identity the best time of year to view it.
Verhoef has lived and guided safaris in East Africa for 12 years and each morning he will introduce the day’s safari plan, what you as a guest can expect to see, and an insight into the in-lodge experience before heading out.
Each evening you will join the team as they review photos, videos and chat to guests on holiday about their experience, joined by a “special” guest each evening. During the week, you can join them as they take the ultimate view over the Mara plains in a hot air balloon.
If you can’t watch live, visit www.discoverafrica.com/herdtrackerlive.
You will also find stories from Lonely Planet’s Kenya author Stuart Butler on his journey walking with the Maasai, and an interview with tourist Bill Raustow on why he fell in love with Kenya.
Sunday Tribune