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Field notes, planning advice and wildlife writing from the Oloitiko team.

Why we send people to Ndutu in February

Great Migration · 2 min read

The best three weeks of the Tanzanian year happen outside the peak season, and hardly anybody books them.

8 Days Serengeti Calving Season

Safari guide

Practical advice for planning a first or fifth safari.

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A scene photographed on safari in Tanzania.

What a safari day actually looks like

Safari guide 3 min read

Nobody describes the shape of an ordinary day, so people arrive with the wrong expectations. Here it is, hour by hour.
A Rüppell’s vulture, one of the vultures that follows the migration herds.

Binoculars: the best money you will spend on safari

Safari guide 2 min read

People spend thousands on a camera and then share one pair of binoculars between two. It is the wrong way round.

Planning

Money, timing, visas and logistics.

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A Cape buffalo, one of the big five.

Where the money actually goes on a Tanzanian safari

Planning 3 min read

Park fees, vehicles, guides and camps — and what a very cheap quote leaves out.
Central to Northern Serengeti – Migration Tracking Begins

Why we will not sell you a five-day Serengeti trip

Planning 2 min read

The most common request we turn down, and the arithmetic behind it.
Wildlife photographed on safari in Tanzania.

In defence of the green season

Planning 2 min read

Everyone sells June to October. Here is the case for the months nobody recommends.

Great Migration

Following the herds through the Serengeti.

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Mara River Crossings

What to know about river crossings

Great Migration 2 min read

Nobody can promise you one. Here is how to give yourself the best realistic chance.

Wildlife

What the animals are actually doing, and when.

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An antelope on open grassland.

Reading the ground: what your guide is actually looking at

Wildlife 2 min read

Most of what a good guide finds, he finds by looking down. Here is some of what he is reading.

Destinations

Park by park, in detail.

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Nyerere National Park

The southern circuit is where we send people the second time

Destinations 2 min read

Fewer animals per hour, a fraction of the vehicles, and boat safaris. Why Ruaha and Nyerere reward a return visit.

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