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What is worth knowing before you book: when to travel, where the migration is each month, how to get there from Chile and what really moves the price of a safari.
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In East Africa the best months for watching wildlife are July to October and, in a shorter window, January and February: these are the dry seasons, when animals gather around water and the short grass lets you see. From Chile, those windows fall in the winter and summer school holidays respectively.
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The great migration is the continuous movement of around a million and a half wildebeest, joined by some two hundred thousand zebra, on an annual circuit between the Tanzanian Serengeti and the Kenyan Masai Mara. It has no fixed date: it follows the rain and the grass. The Mara River crossings, its best-known moment, happen on the Kenyan side between July and October.
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The Big Five are the lion, the leopard, the elephant, the rhino and the Cape buffalo. The name was not coined by naturalists but by big-game hunters in the early twentieth century: these were the five most dangerous species to hunt on foot. Today the term survives as a sighting reference, and all five can be seen on a single trip by combining parks.
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There is no direct flight between Santiago and East Africa. The usual routes connect in Europe, in the Persian Gulf or in Addis Ababa, with one or two stopovers, and the full journey takes between twenty-four and thirty hours door to door in each direction. The time difference with Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda is six or seven hours depending on the date.
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Earth-toned clothing worn in layers, your own binoculars, sun protection, insect repellent, a British type G plug adaptor and a soft bag if the itinerary includes light aircraft. Avoid blue and black, which attract the tsetse fly, and camouflage, which in several African countries is restricted to military use.
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Five things set the price of a safari: the category of accommodation, the season, how many people are travelling, how many parks the itinerary covers and whether transfers are by road or by light aircraft. Of all of them, accommodation weighs most: two itineraries that look identical on paper can differ several times over in price purely because of where you sleep.
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Naivasha, Nakuru and Samburu
An African safari built to show you Kenya through its landmark parks, its shifting landscapes and a rhythm that balances exploration, rest and wildlife.
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Naivasha, Nakuru and the Masai Mara
An African safari built around the savannah and the Masai Mara, for travellers after the classic safari experience and the densest wildlife in the country.
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