🦁 Serengeti

Serengeti, Tanzania

Best time: June to October, the dry season; the river crossings of the Great Migration peak July to September

Endless East African plains where over a million wildebeest and zebra migrate each year to and from Kenya's Maasai Mara, with lions, cheetahs and elephants everywhere.

Good to know

• Safaris start from Arusha; a bush flight saves a long day on the road.
• The river crossings happen near the Mara River in the north, so time it and pick your camp carefully.