Discover Africa, the safari operator, has launched a new app. It’s the world’s first migration tracker and allows animal lovers to trace the movement of the planet’s most spectacular species. In real time. From the comfort of their own sofa / bed / coffee shop / pub / work desk / local park. You get the idea.
HerdTracker is a real-time Google map, which shows instant updates of the migration’s precise location. This is coupled with a map, which publishes accurate monthly migration predictions, based on data from the Serengeti.
Real-time updates are sourced weekly from pilots who fly over the Serengeti and Masai Mara, safari guides on the ground, Tanzania National Parks Authority rangers and lodges in the Masai Mara in Kenya.
The map allows those planning their safari to see a month-by-month prediction, ensuring travellers are in the right place at the right time.
HerdTracker was started by Carel Verhoef, a qualified safari guide who has lived in the Serengeti for ten years. Between 2003 and 2011 Carel led more than 300 migration safaris, and developed a deep understanding of the annual wildebeest migration. While living in Tanzania, Carel also climbed Kilimanjaro nine times. He’s going to do it for the tenth time in August.
Meanwhile, Conrad, the world’s first tweeting wildebeest who’s probably in this picture, spreads the word at @HerdTracker.
