Oltukai Conservancy

Category: Wildebeest, general wildlife, water, zebra | Date: Nov 11 2008 | By: oltukaiconservancy

The long awaited short rains have returned to Ol Tukai. For 6 months the dry season has taken its toll on the arid land which makes up the eastern shoreline of Lake Manyara. Fresh water sources had all but dried up months ago and the migratory wildlife had moved off the Conservancy heading southwest to the more permanent water sources in Tarangire National Park. On Nov 7th, the 2-3 week “Short Rains” started to fall turning a once arride landscape into a now green healthy eco-system. Within a couple of days the Wildebeest and Zebra, the largest and most abumdent large mammals in Ol Tukai began to return in great numbers. Fresh green grass has attracted them back to Ol Tukai and water levels in the lake have began to rise bringing back many migratory bird species.