When to go

When to go on a Masai Mara Trip

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january

Dry Season — a good time to visit

  • Temperatures are reasonably high, with moderate humidity and a handful of rainy afternoons.

  • Game viewing is good throughout the year with impressive numbers of resident game and plenty of predators.

  • Migratory birds such as bee-eater, rollers, eagles and huge flocks of swallows and swifts soar through the skies.

  • A beautiful time of year with Mocker and Green Banded Swallowtail butterflies flitting from flower to flower.

  • The Masai Mara can get crowded with tourists during this month.

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