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The Migration Timing Guide

Where the herds generally are each month, what has to line up for a crossing to happen, and how to build a trip that is good whether or not one does.

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A month-by-month planner with a crossing-odds tableReal numbers, no fluffNo cost, no obligation

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What the timing guide covers

Where the herds generally are each month, what has to line up for a crossing to happen, and how to build a trip that is good whether or not one does.

  • The migration as a loop, not a date — the mental model that makes planning work
  • Month by month: where the herds usually are and what that means for you
  • What a river crossing actually requires, and why nobody can schedule one
  • Crossing odds by month, stated as odds rather than promises
  • Reserve or conservancy in crossing season — the trade, priced
  • How many nights you need, and why three is the floor
  • The five mistakes that ruin migration trips
  • A worksheet for picking your fortnight
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Yes. No payment, no card, no trial. We publish it because people who plan well are better to work with, and because some of them come back to us when they are ready.

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No. It is written to be useful even if you plan the whole trip yourself or book elsewhere. It would be a poor advertisement if it were not.

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