Three Grant's zebras trek across the parched, cracked, dried lakebed of Amboseli in the tortillas region of Amboseli national park in Kenya near sunset.

Zebras’ sunset trek across the dried lake bed

Kenya, Africa

The dried-out pan of Lake Amboseli is a remnant of an ancient Pleistocene lake that only fills during the rainy seasons. It dries out for a prolonged time during the two dry seasons, from June–October and January–February. The cracked, dusty expanse is a direct highway for wildlife migrating between the western, dry, grazing plains, and the spring-fed swamps to the east. There they find water, fresh grass, and mineral-rich, alkaline soils. These swamps are fed year round by underground springs filtering down from Mount Kilimanjaro. This provides the animals a lifeline during dry seasons.

Close to sunset, these Grant’s zebras cross the expansive, dried-out pan, kicking up dust as they go. The wide-open space of the dry lake bed allow herd animals to spot approaching predators from a safe distance.

Photo © copyright by Dr. Edward Mikol.

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