Know Before You Go: The Masai Mara, Month by Month, From a Camp We Know

Boma fire with canvas chairs at &Beyond Bateleur Camp, South Camp, after dark

Go between July and October if you want the migration in the Masai Mara, and go in December if you want the Mara largely to yourself, which is what we did. The migration window is from the &Beyond Bateleur Camp page; the December answer is our own, from a stay at Bateleur in Dec-2025. For […]

Chobe Game Lodge or Nogatsaa: Riverfront or the Pans

Chobe Game Lodge is the one to book if you want water, comfort and something coming past while you sit still; Nogatsaa Pans Chobe Lodge is the one if you want the remote interior of the park, a hide over a pan and the patience that goes with it. Both are inside Chobe National Park. […]