Safari Journal
Wildlife encounters, destination guides and travel inspiration from Masonda African Adventures.
The Serengeti is spectacular year-round — but timing your visit around the Great Migration or the short/long rains changes everything. Here is exactly what to expect, month by month.
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There are fewer than 1,100 mountain gorillas left on Earth — and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda is home to the largest population. Here is everything you need to know about trekking to meet them.
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At 5,895 metres, Kilimanjaro is the highest peak in Africa and one of the world's Seven Summits. No technical climbing skills are required — just determination, the right preparation, and a good guide. Here is everything you need to know.
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Half safari, half paradise — Zanzibar is the perfect complement to any Tanzania safari. Swahili architecture, spice-scented air, white sand beaches and turquoise Indian Ocean waters await.
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The Ngorongoro Crater holds the densest concentration of wildlife in Africa. Within a 260km² caldera formed 2.5 million years ago, approximately 25,000 animals live in perpetual residence — including one of Tanzania's last wild black rhino populations.
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The Maasai are among the most recognised indigenous peoples in Africa — but most visitors on safari see them only as a photographic opportunity. Here is a deeper understanding of who the Maasai are and how to engage respectfully.
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At 1,708 metres wide and 108 metres tall, Victoria Falls is the largest waterfall in the world by total area of falling water. Standing in the spray, looking up at 550 million litres of water per second crashing down — it is pure, overwhelming, elemental Africa.
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After decades guiding safaris across East Africa, Jumanne Masonda has watched guests arrive with over-packed suitcases full of the wrong things and under-prepared for the African sun. Here is the definitive list.
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The Maasai Mara is Kenya's most famous national reserve and the northern half of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. Home to the largest lion population in East Africa, the highest density of big cat species anywhere, and the dramatic final act of the Great Migration.
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Planning your first African safari is exciting and overwhelming in equal measure. A thousand operators, three continents, seven countries, price ranges from budget to ultra-luxury — here is how to cut through it all and make the right choices.
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