Best travel time for a beach vacation on the east coast of Tanzania
The east coast of Tanzania on the Indian Ocean is one of the most beautiful vacation spots in the world. The best travel time for your beach vacation in Tanzania is from mid-December to February and from June to October . Plenty of time for your travels. The most popular months for a beach holiday in Tanzania are January and February in the summer dry season. Tanzania trips are most expensive during this main travel season. If you want to spend a cheap vacation, it is best to switch to the other months of the year. The tropical winter prevails in Tanzania between mid-June and August, the great dry season. Tropical winds bring a light breeze and make the beach vacation perfect. In the period between September and November there is the small rainy season in Tanzania. Especially in September and October you can still have a great beach holiday at Msasani Bay or on Zanzibar. With temperatures of 30 degrees Celsius a day and an average of only six to seven rainy days per month, relaxing by the sea is wonderful. If you want to fly specifically to Zanzibar, then check my travel calendar to see when the best time to travel to Zanzibar is.
Best travel time for safaris in Tanzania (Serengeti National Park)
According to programingplease, Safaris in inland Tanzania are the highlight of the East African state. People from all over the world come here to watch the animals live in the wild. Every year around 90,000 tourists visit the Serengeti National Park , which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It extends over an area of 30,000 square kilometers from northern Tanzania to southern Kenya. The best travel time for safaris in Tanzania is from December to February and from July to September. In December there may still be occasional rain showers. However, these are not so huge that they would impair your wildlife viewing. The special in December are the wildebeest and zebras giving birth to their young in the Serengeti’s Southern Corridor. During the great rainy season from March to May, the animals retreat to the Ndutu area in the south of the Serengeti. From mid-July you will again have great conditions to observe the wild animals. Then the great migration of hundreds of thousands of wildebeest and zebras begins . During the river crossings on the Grumeti River, you also have the chance to see crocodiles coming out of their loopholes to catch their prey. From September the majority of the herd will move to the neighboring Masai Mara in Kenya. If you make a safari round trip through East Africa , you can set your travel time so that you follow the animals to Kenya. When is the best time to travel to Kenya you can also find out in my travel calendar.
Best travel time for trekking tours on Kilimanjaro
Another highlight of Tanzania is next to the Serengeti the Kilimanjaro , the highest mountain range in Africa and is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Trekking tours on Mount Kilimanjaro are one of the most popular activities on a Tanzania vacation. The best travel time for this is clearly the two dry periods January to February and June to October. Here the weather is more consistent, it rains less and the temperatures are higher. The main travel season for trekking in Tanzania is from August to October. Fewer travelers use the short dry season from January to February, as more precipitation can occasionally occur here. During the two rainy seasons, a trekking tour on Kilimanjaro is not advisable. The wet weather is not a good prerequisite for hiking, mountaineering or climbing. It can be slippery and therefore dangerous.
My conclusion on the best travel time for Tanzania
Tanzania, the enchanting country in East Africa, is particularly suitable for a vacation in the two dry phases. The best travel time for Tanzania is therefore from mid-December to February and from mid-June to September . Depending on what you want to experience on your Tanzania vacation and in which region you are staying, there are minimal differences as to when the best time to travel to Tanzania is. You can read about the differences above. It should be noted that, due to the climate, the best travel time for Tanzania is in the dry season . The rainy season also has its charms. Above all, traveling in the rainy season is the cheapest. If you want to fly to Tanzania cheaply and still not have too wet days on vacation, the short rainy season from October to mid-December is best for this. I wish you unforgettable Africa trips!
