Tanzania's highlights
Tanzania is full of exceptional safari highlights but amongst our favourites are:
Serengeti wildebeest migration is a spectacle at any time of year but perhaps most through the dry months of June to October as the herds swarm off the southern plains and make their way north, tackling the crocodiles of the Grumeti, Bologonja and Mara rivers before settling between the Serengeti's northern plains and Kenya's Maasai Mara
Flycamping in the Selous - simple mossie nets, comfortable bedrolls, good food, hot showers, starry skies and miles of wilderness, best enjoyed as a one nighter within a longer stay at Sand Rivers or on the longer 4 or 5nts Selous Walking Safaris, both of which we highly recommend.
Mobile camping safari using the Serengeti Wilderness Mobile camp roaming through the Serengeti and surrounding areas, including Loliondo and the Gol Mountains. These areas are at their absolute best from February through to late April when the seasonal rains turn the plains into a paradise of romping wildebeest, fat & happy predators, an amazing variety of flowers and huge diversity of birdlife including many northern migrants.
Trekking in search of chimpanzees in the forests of Mahale on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Based out of Greystoke camp and combined with fishing and snorkelling in the lake, this has to be one of the most spectacular wildlife experiences in Africa.
Ngorongoro Crater in April and May when the flowers have started to bloom throughout the highlands and most other tourists have headed home. Its a time of sporadic rain but don't be frightened off by it, this is the time to gamedrive in the Crater and walk in the surrounding hills.
Walking and game driving from Chada Camp in Katavi during the late dry season (September & October) when the harsh dryness forces the game to congregate close to the dwindling water sources. Whether it be thousands of buffalo, hundreds of hippo & elephant, crocodiles hiding away in riverbank caves or the brazen lion prides feeding off this plenty, this is a time of epic African game viewing.
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