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You can visit Tanzania at any time of the year with each season having its own advantage. The peak tourists months from November to March are very busy. However there is another surge of visitors from June to September when the migration is crossing the Serengeti. Due to the popularity of the Ngorongoro Crater year round and limited accommodation early booking is essential to avoid disappointment.

The dry season and especially March and September offer the best trekking condition on Mount Kilimanjaro and for travelling in parts of the country with poor roads.

The wettest months are late April to June and at this time some camps and lodges will close as their access becomes difficult. The lodges that stay open are easily accessed by tarmac roads or by air.

A note on the migration

• The migratory herds of wildebeest and zebra are in the Southern Serengeti, where the grasslands are rich between December and March. Their young are born between Feb and March which encourages dramatic predator action.
• Then in May as the plains of the south and east dry out there is movement to the north and west, where there is more grass and more dependable water.
• In a dry year, the first wildebeest could be near the Mara River bordering Kenya in early July; in a wet year as late as mid August.
• The Migration need not all pass into Kenya and many stay behind or cross and re-cross the border areas.
• This carries on through till October / November, when they will start thinking of heading back south into the Serengeti.
• See our explanatory maps on the migration....

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Last updated 01 December, 2011