01 · The season
Late December is green, busy and expensive, and the herds are arriving back on the southern plains just as you get there.
The short rains have passed, the country is green, and the wildebeest are moving down towards Ndutu. It is a genuinely good time to travel, quite apart from the holiday.
Almost every camp applies a festive supplement over Christmas and New Year, typically from around the 20th of December to the 3rd of January, and many require minimum stays across those dates.
02 · Month by month
What to expect
Green country and building herds
The southern Serengeti and Ndutu fill through the month ahead of calving.
Festive supplements
Charged by the camps, not by us. Amounts and dates vary by property — To confirm against current rates.
Minimum stays
Many camps impose them over the holiday, often four or five nights.
Christmas in camp
Camps make a real effort — a tree of sorts, a long dinner, and staff who are away from their own families to do it.
03 · Practical
