Wildebeest: The Great African Migration

    The Great wildebeest migration from the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya to Tanzania's Serengeti National Park is a spectacle of life and death witnessed by few humans...until now. Baron Hugo van Lawick who made the Serengeti his home for over 25 years, filmed this remarkable epic of survival - the greatest migration of land animals on the planet - in vivid, riveting detail. At the start of the migration the wildebeest herd is one and a half million strong. But, the journey is plagued with predators. Cheetahs stalk and chase the strays. Hyenas and wild dogs shadow the herd and attack the calves. Leopards drag their kill into the trees. Lions seem to appear from nowhere - springing from the tall grasses. And crocodiles - monsters over 20 feet long - lurk in the shallows of the Grumeti River waiting for the thirsty herd. But just like every year, the wildebeest complete their great African migration while birthing an incredible half a million young along the way.

    Parent Advisory : Contains scenes of life and death in the wild kingdom.

    The EXPLORE THE WILDLIFE KINGDOM SERIES captures that mystery, adventure and drama of life in the wild like no other animal series. Join a safari to the farthest reaches of the globe. Explore the secrets of nature's incredible design. Journey into the kingdom of creation...to a place where nature tells its own story...and all through the lens of some of the finest wildlife photographers in the world.