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The Serengeti migration is not seasonal, it happens 12 months of the year.  All trips are oriented to getting you right in the middle of the amazing migration, and the temperature is basically the same year round (highs 78-82).  On all trips we regularly see 2-3 prides of lions daily; a couple cheetahs each day; a couple leopards on each trip; hundreds of elephants, giraffe and hippos; a couple rhinos; tens of thousands of antelope, wildebeest and zebras; and many of the 500 species of birds including 9 regularly seen species of raptors.

February

 

February is the time when most of the Serengeti migration is in the south of the ecosystem and involves the least amount of driving on bad roads of all the trips.  Since the only lodge in this area is booked years in advance during Feb, we stay in tents in mobile camps for 3 nights.  However, the tents are 16x30 feet with real beds, electricity, running water and airline like toilets.  My clients always rate this camp the highest and usually the food is even rated the best. We spend another 3 nights in the Serengeti National Park as well.

May

 

We arrive in May just after the rainy season, and everything is still green and lush.  Large quantities of cats and other wildlife are still in the south of the ecosystem so we stay in Ndutu Lodge (the one we can not get into in Feb) for 3 nights.  We find the herd in the middle of the Serengeti on our 3 night stay there.

July

 

July is the busiest and driest time and we travel a bit further north to join the herds.  However, it is still an awesome experience seeing it all the species in large quantities. 

General  

The Serengeti ecosystem is approximately twice the size of the state of Connecticut, and now only has 10 main lodges in it. That compares to 29 lodges in the Masai Mara in Kenya which is one eight of the size of the Serengeti ecosystem.  It is only in Kenya that the migration is seasonal (August and September).

 

Why the Ngorongoro Conservation Area? During the times of year that the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) is teeming with wildlife, it is far more photographer friendly than the Serengeti National Park (SNP).  In the NCA, safari cars are permitted to drive off road to get up close and personal to the wildlife that is sighted.  Since many cars go in different directions cross country, it is not uncommon to spend an entire day and see few and sometimes no cars other than those in our group.  In the SNP, cars must stay on the road and often the sightings are distant.  Both are part of the same awesome ecosystem.   During the Feb and May trips we spend three nights in the NCA.
   
   
   
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