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Not a blog in the marketing sense. These are the answers we give on the phone, from the people who walk the route and drive the circuit, written out once so you can read them before you ask.

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Safari19 September 20263 min readNorthern Serengeti: the crossing season, honestlyThe most photographed corner of East Africa for three months of the year, and largely empty for the other nine. What it…Read it →Safari19 September 20262 min readCentral Serengeti: why most first trips should stay hereSeronera and the central plains are what people picture when they say the word safari, and for a first visit they are al…Read it →Safari19 September 20263 min readThe Ngorongoro Crater: six hours, planned properlyThe most reliable wildlife day in Tanzania, the most expensive per hour, and the one most easily wasted by arriving at t…Read it →Safari19 September 20263 min readTarangire: when to go, and what you will actually seeThe first park on almost every itinerary we build, and the one guests most often say they wish they had given another ni…Read it →Safari19 September 20263 min readSafari in Tanzania in August: what you are paying forThe busiest, most expensive month in the Tanzanian calendar, and the one almost everyone asks about first. What the mone…Read it →Safari19 September 20263 min readSafari in Tanzania in February: the calving season tripFebruary is the best wildlife month in Tanzania and it is not the one people book. Here is what actually happens on the…Read it →Safari18 September 20262 min readWhere the migration actually is, month by monthThe herds move in a loop, roughly, and the loop is roughly predictable. What it is not is a timetable, and most of the d…Read it →Safari18 September 20263 min readWhat a safari day actually costsSafari pricing is opaque in a way that climbing is not, and the reason is that the daily rate bundles at least six separ…Read it →Safari18 September 20263 min readWhy we put Tarangire first and Ngorongoro lastPark order looks like a detail. It is the decision that determines how many hours of your week are spent driving and how…Read it →Safari18 September 20263 min readWhat a game drive day actually looks like, hour by hourSafari brochures show you the animals. They rarely show you the shape of the day, which is what you will actually experi…Read it →

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