When To Go On A Tanzania Safari

Tanzania is one of East Africa’s prime safari destinations with many ancient geological features that enrich the superb game viewing within its National Parks and game reserves. The world famous Ngorongoro Crater where game viewing activities actually taken place on the crater floor and where Olduvai Gorge is the site of discovery of tools and fossils of early man – two extraordinary experiences in this unique setting. There is excellent luxury and unique accommodation in the form of Ngorongoro Crater Lodge perched on the very rim of the crater and Tarangire Treetops built high in the canopy of the national park.

When to Go?
The best time to visit Tanzania is the during the months of June to October when one of nature’s most astonishing events takes place in East Africa – the Great Migration. Vast herds amounting to almost two million animals make their historic annual journey northwards through Tanzania following the rains and close by in the wake of the plains game are huge numbers of predators. The vast open plains of the Serengeti National Park, one of the World’s oldest conservation areas, becomes churned to dust by the millions of hooves moving in a constant stream.

Up To June
Ideally visitors should be positioned in the correct places and the right time to witness the most dramatic scenes of this journey and due to the historical and continual patterns fortunately this is predictable. By the time June arrives the herds have arrived in the central Serengeti – fanning out into a great tide when they encounter their first major test – The Grumeti River. The Grumeti River Tented Camp sits close by a bi-water of the river and guests are within easy reach of excellent vantage points. Here there are the iconic images of thousands of Wildebeest plunging themselves into the swirling waters seemingly ignorant of dangerous hippos and the jaws of waiting crocodiles, which are some of the largest in Africa.

Up to September
The months to September see the herds arrive into the lushness of northern Serengeti and the Masai Mara where a further spectacular river crossing ensues as hundreds of thousands of beasts forge on across the Mara River with primeval drive. October sees the Wildebeest herds in Kenya’s Masai Mara where they will remain until their instincts kick in once more and they head south back to the breeding grounds in southern Tanzania.

Undoubtedly, this is the prime peak season for visitors seeking a Tanzania safari, with many excellent safari camps and lodges ideally placed to capture unforgettable memories. However, Tanzania has many diverse areas of game viewing and activities such as The Mahale Mountains National Park which although not strictly speaking a traditional safari destination has a white sand fringed lakeshore and lush mountains supplying the ideal habitat for Tanzania’s densest population of primates.

A short light aircraft flight out of the game reserves to the east lays the exotic island of Zanzibar, whose very name conjurers up the iconic idea of barefoot beach luxury. After an exciting but hot and dusty game safari, on Zanzibar and several other small islands you can enjoy a peaceful respite fanned by the Indian Ocean breezes.

By: Graeme_K

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