Everybody who thinks they know what they are talking about will tell you the best time to visit Kenya is between July and September. The reasons for this are firstly that the wildebeest in their hundreds of thousands are arriving from the Serengeti.

This has the very unfortunate side effect of dramatically increasing the number of tourists in the region, and places like the Masai Mara are inundated with them, and this means two things to the prospective tourist. The first is that prices go through the ceiling, and secondly when your minibus driver takes you to see the wildebeest crossing a river, you will be one of dozens of vehicles full to the brim with tourists. This is not my idea of a safari, because I want to be alone with my family in a vehicle, and alone with the animals.

The other time the experts tell you to avoid is between March and June, which is the time of the long rains, and November, which is the time of the short rains.

November may just be the best time to visit Kenya, and go in the first two weeks, because the prices are much less, the tourists have departed, and it is now the wildebeest begin their long march back to the Serengeti, and the sight of miles and miles of them is something you will never forget..

Tropical rain is extraordinary in itself with torrential rain, and the most incredible electrical storms, but not solid rain, just heavy showers of up to a few hours. You now see the golden brown colours in the Masai Mara beginning to go green again, and the speed of the transformation is incredible.

So ignore the wise pundits, and go to Kenya in early November for a much less expensive vacation.