Reading the Serengeti Year

The Serengeti year does not begin in January. It begins when the short rains reach the southern short-grass plains and pull hundreds of thousands of animals onto ground that is only briefly generous.

Understanding that sequence changes how visitors plan, how rangers deploy, and how researchers read a bad year against a merely unusual one.

This note is editorial background, not an operational forecast. Park conditions change quickly and should be confirmed with the managing authority before travel.