Straight answers to the questions travellers ask us most, checked and dated.
When to go and what you are likely to see: the dry and rainy seasons, park by park, and where the wildebeest herds usually are each month.
For classic game viewing, the best time to visit Tanzania is usually the long dry season from June to October, when the grass is short and animals gather near water. January and February are often just as good in the southern Serengeti, where the wildebeest calve. The long rains (roughly March to May) and the short rains (roughly November to December) bring green landscapes and fewer vehicles. Exact timing varies from year to year.
In most years the wildebeest herds spend roughly December to March on the southern Serengeti plains, where calving usually peaks in February. From April to June they move north and west through the central Serengeti and the Western Corridor. From about July to October they are often in the northern Serengeti and Kenya's Maasai Mara, crossing the Mara River. In November they head south again. The herds follow the rain, so timing shifts every year.
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