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| Most Safaris in Tanzania are usually based around | | | | the arrival of guests into their homes. |
| the popular northern circuit of National Parks, | | | | Mid July to September are the busy times for |
| which will typically include Tarangire, Ngorongoro | | | | tourists in Tanzania and if at all possible avoid |
| Crater, Serengeti and Lake Manyara. Kilimanjaro is | | | | taking a safari at this time. March to mid June are |
| also in the North of Tanzania and the wonderful | | | | low season and this time luxury safaris can be |
| Western Kilimanjaro area where game viewing is | | | | secured at bargain basement prices. However, |
| on the Kenyan border with Kilimanjaro as a | | | | there is a chance of the long rains at this time; |
| backdrop. Arusha, is in the north and most safaris | | | | although I have known it rain more in January and |
| start and end in this [in every sense of the word] | | | | February in the so called ‘long |
| provincial town. | | | | rains’. |
| Dar es Salaam, one of the great cities of Africa, | | | | You can visit Tanzania at any time of the year |
| is the base for the southern circuit which includes | | | | with each season having its own beauty. |
| wilder and much more exciting parks and | | | | The dry season offer the best trekking condition |
| reserves such as the Selous, Ruaha and | | | | on Mount Kilimanjaro and for traveling in parts of |
| Udzungwa Mountains. Tanzania has Chimpanzees in | | | | the country with poor roads. Tarangire National |
| the western part of the country and here | | | | Park in the north of Tanzania is a must in the dry |
| scattered along the inaccessible west from Lake | | | | season, its year round supply of water act as a |
| Tanganyika to the great Lake Victoria are National | | | | magnet to many animals. Oliver’s Camp |
| Parks every bit as game rich as the Serenegeti; | | | | or Swala Camp are recommended for the |
| but as yet not many tourists know of these | | | | Tarangire. |
| gems. They are difficult to access; with some of | | | | The wettest months are usually late April to June |
| them boasting one lodge to a million hectares of | | | | and at this time some camps and lodges will close |
| park! | | | | as access becomes difficult. The lodges that stay |
| Some people say Tanzania is becoming touristy | | | | open are easily accessed by tarmac roads or by |
| and if you go to Ngorongoro Crater and the | | | | air. |
| Serengeti in August and only safari into the | | | | A note on the migratory herds of wildebeest and |
| Central Serengeti then yes I would agree this | | | | zebra; they are in the Southern Serengeti, where |
| small section of Tanzania, at this time of year, is | | | | the grasslands are rich between December and |
| a little commercialized. | | | | March. Their young are born between Feb and |
| After the safari and Kilimanjaro climb there are | | | | March which encourages dramatic predator action. |
| the beautiful beaches of Zanzibar and the fifty or | | | | Then in May as the plains of the south and east |
| so islands that make up this spiced archipelago. | | | | dry out there is movement to the north and |
| There is also the Swahili Coast of the mainland | | | | west, where there is more grass and more |
| beckoning the exploration of suburb beaches and | | | | dependable water. In a dry year, the first |
| small ancient towns. Tanzania is not famed for its | | | | wildebeest could be near the Mara River bordering |
| food but here on the Swahili coast there is a | | | | Kenya in early July; in a wet year as late as mid |
| magic blend where Africa and the spices of the | | | | August. The Migration need not all pass into Kenya |
| east have met together. | | | | and many stay behind or cross and re-cross the |
| The political situation in Tanzania is very stable, | | | | border areas. |
| the people gentle and peace-loving. Hospitality is an | | | | |