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Tourism boom as wildebeest migration roars

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Herds of wildebeests crossing River Mara from Tanzania's Serengeti National Park. There is a tourism boom in Mara as the migration kicks off. [File, Standard]

It is all systems go for this year's wildebeest migration at the Maasai Mara National Reserve as hotels experience up to 95 perc ent bookings.

A spot check by The Standard has revealed that investors are hopeful of reaping big from the phenomenon after devastating floods that wreaked havoc on some camps and lodges along rivers.

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