"JJ" wrote:

My father and I are planning a trip to Kenya in March.

Jelena,

a wonderful idea!

One little problem is that the rains are usually increasing in
March until they reach their height around April. Visiting
Kenya's nature reserves during the rainy season carries the risk
of week-long rainy weather.

Of course this can never be predicted with any certainty, so the
weather may just be fine, but there is a risk.

My recommendation would be to

a) try to go earlier, like very soon now,

b) try to go as early as possible in March,

c) try to pospone the trip until June, which is a very good moth
for a Kenya visit,

d) if you can't shift the time, go anyway and hope for
relatively good weather. After all, the weather in March may
still be fine or bearable, and, as we've seen in the last few
weeks, it can very well rain in Kenya outside the rainy seasons
as well.

That said, the youth hostels safari seems to be one of those
truck and camp tours. They are relatively cheap, but they are
much more problematic than the classic lodge and minibus
safaris, because you're always in a biggish group of mostly
young people and always camping out. If you can bear that, go
for it, but otherwise it would be better to pay more and go for
a more normal (i.e. also more luxurious) safari.

Hans-Georg

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