SAFARI TIPS. - Tips on Planning your safari

ABOUT SAFARIS

WHAT IS THE BEST SEASON FOR A SAFARI?
Just about any time of year (see Climate below). However, the most popular seasons are mid December to mid March and July to mid September. This is because of the demand for Christmas and Winter holidays and the Summer school break timings. An increasing number of visitors are realising that June and October are ideal, benefiting from lower visitor numbers and off peak rates on the airlines.

Moriah African Tours normally offers safaris with lower single supplements in the April/ May/June low season and may well be able to offer some good discounts for larger groups during this period- please contact us for details.

WHEN AND WHERE CAN I SEE THE GREAT MIGRATION?
The millions of wildebeest and zebras are always somewhere, but they are not always in large herds and on the move. Their location is largely dependent on the weather, which can vary considerably from year to year. In general the herds assemble south of the Serengeti during January and February, the season in which they give birth to their young. Starting around March they begin moving North and West in search of fresh grazing through the Serengeti Park. They can move in enormously long single file lines or in huge herds. The bulk of the animals reach the Masai Mara in Kenya, where they tend to remain during August/September/October, before starting their return trek south back through the Serengeti in November.

CAN I HAVE A PRIVATE VEHICLE?
Yes. All safaris can be booked with the exclusive use of a vehicle for your party. A custom safari for two clients is significantly more expensive per person than seats on a similar small group safari. However, on a custom safari with an exclusive vehicle, the cost of the vehicle and driver/ guide are divided by the number of clients sharing the vehicle. Therefore, the per person cost of a custom safari reduces the more clients that are sharing the vehicle (maximum in one vehicle is 7).

CAN I HAVE MY OWN CUSTOM ITINERARY?
If you are arranging an exclusive vehicle safari then you are free to arrange whatever itinerary you choose. Moriah African Tours presents a small selection of proven itinerary favourites in this website but you are not limited to these and we can arrange any required itinerary, subject to practical and logistical considerations. We will be pleased to develop and quote for any feasible plan.

SHOULD I STAY IN LODGES OR TENTED CAMPS?
This is really a matter of personal preference and choice. Most of the vehicle- based set itinerary safaris use lodges, but some include nights at tented camps and some use all tented camps. The majority of flying safaris use tented camp accommodation.

All the accommodation used by Moriah African Tours for their clients is of high standard, but you should be aware that, contrary to many clients' expectations, tented camps are in general more expensive than lodges. The main reason for this is that the tented camps are low capacity, exclusive and luxurious places with a high