When is the best time to visit Tanzania?
1. Tanzania doesn't really have a 'wrong' time
Tanzania doesn't really have a 'wrong' time. Every month opens a different door, different parks at their best, different stretches of the migration, different rhythms on the coast.
2. The long dry season (June to October) is the easiest…
The long dry season (June to October) is the easiest answer: cool mornings, dust-clear afternoons, animals concentrated around water. It's also the busiest, and the time when the migration river crossings happen in the northern Serengeti.
3. January and February are our quiet favourite, green, warm, and…
January and February are our quiet favourite, green, warm, and the calving season on the southern Serengeti plains. Predator action is at its peak.
4. March to May is the long rains
March to May is the long rains. We don't usually send safari travellers then, but Zanzibar after the rains is luminous, and prices are at their lowest.
5. November and early December bring the short rains, brief afternoon…
November and early December bring the short rains, brief afternoon downpours, dramatic skies, and the parks beginning to green again. We send a lot of photographers in this window.
Naomi Kessy, Senior Planner
Published 12 September 2025
