| All Trips |
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. To minimize bumpy road travel time, we fly to the western
corridor where a major portion of the herd is crossing the
Grumeti River while dodging huge Crocs Our guides meet us
at the air strip with our heavy bags. We break the return
from the western corridor into several legs. Another
portion of the herd can be found in the
middle of the Serengeti and this is by far the best time of year
to take the balloon ride in the Serengeti. 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. |
July |
July is the
busiest time of year and finds the Mega Migration along
the Mara River to the far north. Some will be crossing
heading north and others will cross to the south at this time of
year. To prevent 12 hours of awful road travel just to get
to the Mara River, we fly and have our drivers meet our plane
with our bags. We then break the return trip into a few
legs so that we are not spending a lot of road time just getting
to the next lodge. |
| September
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September finds
the herds crossing the Mara River heading south. It is at the
end of the dry season and as a result is the dustiest. To
prevent 12 hours of awful road travel just to get to the Mara
River, we have our drivers meet us with with our bags at the
Kogatende Air Strip for our stay at the Mara Wedge.
We then break the return trip into a few legs so that we are not
spending a lot of road time just getting to the next lodge. |
| 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).
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| 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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