Safari journal

Everything here is written by the people who run the trips. Guides, drivers and planners who were in the park last week. We publish when there is something worth saying, which means fewer articles than a content calendar would produce and none of them written to fill a slot.

Most of it answers what guests actually ask us. When gorilla permits go on sale. What the Mara looks like in April. Whether a six year old will cope with a long day in a vehicle.

16 August 20267 minute read

Kenya or Tanzania for the Great Migration?

Tanzania for most of the year — the Serengeti holds the herds through calving, the westward move and the push north. Kenya's Masai Mara comes into its own from roughly August to October, when the Mara River is the herds' primary water source.

By The Mnyansio safari desk

7 August 20268 minute read

Serengeti or Masai Mara: which one, and when

They are one ecosystem split by a border, so the wildlife is broadly the same. Take the Masai Mara for a short trip and the August-to-October river months; take the Serengeti for scale, the calving season and a longer itinerary.

By The Mnyansio safari desk

14 July 20268 minute read

The best time to visit Tanzania

June to October is the dry season across northern Tanzania and the Serengeti–Mara, and the strongest all-round window. January to March is calving season on the southern Serengeti plains, with February the peak. March to May brings the long rains — quieter, cheaper, wetter.

By The Mnyansio safari desk

3 July 20267 minute read

The best time to visit Kenya on safari

Late June to October is the strongest window: it is the Serengeti-Mara dry season, and the herds depend on the Mara River from August to October. January and February run a close second, cost half as much in Mara entry fees and sit outside high season. April and May fall in the long rains.

By The Mnyansio safari desk

11 March 20266 minute read

The Great Migration month by month: where the herds actually are

The migration is a continuous clockwise loop through the Serengeti and Mara, not an event. February for calving in the south, July to October for the northern river crossings.

By The Mnyansio safari desk

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Articles tagged Great Migration

Kenya or Tanzania for the Great Migration?

Serengeti or Masai Mara: which one, and when

The best time to visit Tanzania

The best time to visit Kenya on safari

The Great Migration month by month: where the herds actually are

Reading this because you are actually going