Serengeti sounds - Lions and hippos calling in the African savanna

Описание: Night falls in the Serengeti-Mara savanna. The deep calls of lions resonate through the plains while a hippo lazily moves in the water hole nearby. A thick insect chorus creates a constant background while distant Eagle and Scops owls can be heard occasionally. This is the typical sound of the African savanna at night. Oh, and of course you can also hear the hippos pooping.

When I traveled to East Africa I didn't really know what to expect. Finding suitable spots to set up my recording equipment proved difficult in the savanna as there aren't many places to hide microphones. After a lot of trial and error I found out that there's good potential at water holes surrounded by vegetation. I had identified several of these in the savanna, plus I also had access to the river Mara so I set up a few rigs by water.

Besides lions, hippos, antelope and other big game, the African savanna is also home to roving gangs of baboons. They found my equipment more than once and tore open my dry bags, destroying microphones, power banks and other bits in the process. I can't blame them though, I was just a guest in their part of the world. Fortunately I had plenty of spare kit and always managed to recover my media so it was all good in the end.

This part of Africa is incredibly beautiful, biodiverse and complex. It's the most well-known animal sanctuary in the world, and is probably home to the most dense populations of big wildlife on Earth. The Mara river is the lifeblood of the plains, snaking along Masai Mara and Serengeti national parks. It was truly a breathtaking experience to immerse myself into this landscape and to record these soundscapes so I can share them with you.

Recorded with Sony PCM A10 and Lom mikroUsi in the Mau-Mara-Serengeti area in East Africa. Enjoying the videos I upload on here? Feel free to support me by:

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