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The Serengeti
Ngorongoro Crater conservation area
Lake Manayara National Park
  Tarangire National Park
  Arusha
  Tanzanian Coast and Zanzibar Island
  Selous Game Reserve
  Ruaha National Park
Off the Beaten Track
Suggested itineraries
Hartley's Safaris
The Old Chapel
Chapel Lane
Hackthorn
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
LN2 3PN
United Kingdom
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Tanzania

WHEN TO GO

July to August
Excellent game viewing, zebra and wildebeest migration crossing the Grumeti River in the Western Corridor of the Serengeti, best time to visit Mahale Mountains, can be cold in July at higher altitudes especially Ngorongoro

August to October
Excellent game viewing, some showers early morning or late afternoon from October, warm to hot

November
Good game viewing although a little dispersed, zebra and wildebeest migration in Northern and Central Serengeti, light short rains with afternoon thunderstorms, short grass plains become green, warm to hot, beautiful photographic light

December
Excellent game viewing, zebra and wildebeest migration moving from Northern to Southern Serengeti

January to March
Excellent game viewing, zebra and wildebeest migration in Southern Serengeti dropping young, Ruaha is a carpet of flowers!

April to June
Long rainy season and many camps and lodges close


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