The Journal
Notes from the field.
Stories, planning guides and seasonal advice — written by our guides between drives.
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Field Notes
Stories from Tanzania
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Safari Guides
Planning your journey
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Seasonal Knowledge
When to experience Tanzania
From the field
Stories worth reading
Tanzania · Journal
Field Notes
Mar 20268 min
A Month-by-Month Guide to the Great Migration
Where the herds will be in January, July, October — and where you should be to meet them.
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Trekking
Feb 202612 min
Choosing Your Route Up Kilimanjaro
Lemosho, Machame, Rongai or the Northern Circuit — what matters and what doesn't.
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Planning
Feb 20266 min
When to Travel to Tanzania
There is no bad month — only better and worse moments for what you came to see.
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Field Notes
Jan 20265 min
What It's Like to Balloon Over the Serengeti
Pre-dawn nerves, an hour of silence at 1,000 feet, and a champagne breakfast on the grass.
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Planning
Jan 20269 min
Northern Circuit or Southern Tanzania?
Wildlife density vs. wilderness. The honest answer is: do both, but here's how to choose.
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Field Notes
Dec 20257 min
Three Days with the Chimps of Mahale
A trek diary from the slopes above Lake Tanganyika — and what to pack for the forest.
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