Tanzania Safaris

Tanzania Safaris – Tanzania has destinations to suit everyone. With the county’s striking topography as a backdrop, you can trek through the famous snows of Mt Kilimanjaro, walk along barren volcanic ridges in the beautiful Crate Highlands, hike on the slopes of the Usambara Mountains, canoe past Hippos on Lake Manyara or watch an unforgettable sunrise over the Serengeti.

The Serengeti National Park is one of world’s greatest game parks. Meaning “endless plains” in the Maasai language, the Serengeti continues to be an ongoing source of inspiration to writers, filmmakers and photographers alike.

It is Tanzania’s oldest game reserve and is world-famous for the role it plays in the annual Great Migration, when an estimated two million herbivores – mostly wildebeest – migrate from the Serengeti to Kenya’s Masai Mara Game Reserve. Hundreds of thousands of animals die along the way and the drama of this epic seasonal journey is a gripping, deeply moving experience and a wonderful photographic subject.

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Tanzania Safaris

What Weather to expect on a Tanzania Safari

Tanzania has a generally comfortable, tropical climate year-round, although there are significant regional variations. Along the warmer and humid coast, the climate is determined in large part by the monsoon winds, which bring rains in two major periods. During the “long rains”, from mid-March to May, it rains heavily almost every day, although seldom for the whole day, and the air can get unpleasantly sticky. The lighter “short rains” fall during November, December and sometimes into January.

Inland, altitude is a major determinant of conditions. The central plateau is somewhat cooler and arid, while in the mountainous areas of the northeast and southwest, temperatures occasionally drop below 15°C at night during June and July, and it can rain at any time of year. The coolest months countrywide are from June to October and the warmest from December to March.

Best Time to Go on a Tanzania Safari