17th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Follow the Leader

We waited for hours for the wildebeests to cross the Mara River in their annual, circular trek from Tanzania to Kenya and back. We had taken this bucket-list trip in hopes to capture a large and dramatic crossing. As the wildebeests finally entered the water I asked our guide if he could position us where he thought the animals would exit...and, luckily, he was exactly right and I captured them as they exited to safety on the river bank right in front of us.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 03.2019
Date Uploaded: 11.2019
Photo Location: Arusha, Tanzania
Copyright: © Janice Katz