Short dry season
Tanzania in December
Warm and green, with the odd shower.
- Season
- Short dry season
- Safari quality
- Very good, and getting better through the month.
- How busy
- Very busy from mid-December
The herds arrive back on the southern plains. Christmas and New Year book out early, and they're the most expensive time of the whole year.
The migration in December
Southern Serengeti & Ndutu
Arriving back on the short-grass plains.
- What is happening
- Back to the calving grounds
- Herd behaviour
- The herds spread out across the southern plains.
- Photography
- Green plains and gathering herds
- Where to be
- Ndutu · Southern Serengeti
Remember, the herds follow rainfall, not a calendar. This is where they usually are this month, based on recent years. Think of it as a planning guide, never a guarantee of what you'll see.
Where we'd go