Bandingilo and the Great Migration

East of the Nile, Bandingilo's plains host a spectacle aerial surveys keep confirming among Earth's greatest: white-eared kob, tiang and Mongalla gazelle in seasonal movements counted in the hundreds of thousands - a migration rivalling the famous ones by raw number, crossing grasslands that flood and dry in the Nile's annual breath. Recent conservation partnerships have renewed surveys and protection, and expedition-style visits - light aircraft over the herds, arranged ground camps - open the phenomenon at strict specialist terms within the country's standing travel frame. The sight of the plains moving is the region's superlative.

What you actually see

• The kob columns - white-eared herds crossing by the thousand.
• The aerial spectacle - the moving plains from light aircraft.
• The tiang gatherings - the migration's second great cast.
• The Nile-breath grasslands - flood and dry in annual rhythm.

When to go

January to March concentrates the movements in principle. Check current travel advice before planning, and arrange the trip through specialist local operators.

Honest expectations

State it first and plainly: visits are when-possible expeditions arranged wholly through specialist partners on current conditions. The migration itself follows rain, not calendars - aerial components and flexibility are the honest method.

Nearby

Juba and the Nile's eastern plains.