Best Time For a Safari In Kenya

Best Time For a Safari In Kenya : Kenya is the top tourist safari destination that offers the travelers with the stunning attractions together with the amazing safari activities that makes Kenya the right elusive safari destination to be explored by everyone on a Kenya safari. But before anything the time to explore Kenya is the best thing that you should first think before doing anything like selecting the destination, transport, activities to carry and packing the clothing’s, and among others.

Best time for a safari in Kenya.

Kenya has got its basic best time for example if you rill want to enjoy the Kenya safari. And that best time to explore the beautiful landscapes of Kenya is during the period between Julys to October. That’s the period when there is less rain and that’s when the daytime temperatures are not too hot. The park trails can easily passable.

Most of the Kenya safari destinations are visited during the months of January and towards the end of March, that’s when the climate mild and mostly dry and game viewing can be such gorgeous. The rainy season in Kenya do happen from mid-March to June and again between November and December. This is also known as the low season when there are less tourists in the Kenyan parks and reserves.

Month by month guide for travelling to Kenya.

Visiting Kenya in January and February.

January. January is the perfect time to visit Kenya for super game viewing. Though January has ‘long’ and ‘short’ rain periods which is the good time for the beach safaris on the Kenyan coast with the cool temperatures.

February. February is also a good month to go on a Kenya safari. During the month that’s when there are less precipitation in Kenya’s best safari destination Maasai Mara National reserve, compared to the rest of the year, and that’s when the wild species tend to concentrate the watering holes hence easy spotting. Again that’s when it’s the perfect time to explore and hike Kenya’s highest mountain.

Visiting Kenya in March to May.

March. That’s when the country receives weather transitions quite quickly from hot and dry and wet and rainy. As rain is the common thing and in most of the parts of the country, and the savannah becomes muddy. And some parts cannot be visited due to impassable roads.

April. This is the wettest and rainiest month in Kenya. Though with parts like Nairobi and central highlands can be hot in the day and suitable in the night, as Mombasa can be hot both in the day and night. Game driving can be impossible to be done due to muddy roads. But during the period it can be better for photographers to go on a safari. The parks can be having the beautiful landscape which is lush, green together with the skies offering moody backdrops for stunning wildlife images.

May. That’s when the long rains have been settled to explore African plains. And at the coastline, the beaches are longer sunshine paradise which is not an ideal time for the ocean escape.

Visiting Kenya June to October.

June to October marks the long dry season that is known as the best time to go on a Kenya safari for the magical ‘out of Africa’ safari experience. During the season that’s when the various animal species congregate around the water sources, this is right time where you except to watch the natural wonders entering Maasai Mara national reserve.

During the month of July that’s when the herds of mother nature’s greatest spectacle do arrive in Maasai Mara National Reserve and this when it needs you book your first seat in the reserve such that you can have the nature watching of what takes on the planet the great migration coming from Serengeti national park in Tanzania while crossing Mara river entering Maasai Mara.

August. That’s when the Great Migration is at its height, the temperatures can be pleasant where you witness the millions if wildebeest, thousands of zebras do perform their death-defying crossing Mara River, with hungry crocodiles waiting and predators at the same time. And in September the weather can be dry hence game viewing taking place.

October.Thats the period when the migratory herds start leaving Maasai Mara National Reserve. But still Kenya keeps offering you its resident wildlife that will keeps  your Kenya safari the most delight one from big cats to big five mammals and among others.

Visiting Kenya November and December.

November. This is the period of short rains and best camping especially for camps in the Laikipia plateau, this is the best time to explore Kenya a less crowded Kenya safari at lower prices.

December. This is the last month of the year that can be very hot and potential rain, this is the period perfect for wildlife. Again during the period that’s the best time for bird lovers to go on a Kenya safari that’s when the bird numbers increase rapidly during this period of time.