This was the driest December for the 20 years we have been in the Mara, that is until the last two days of the month, when we had decent rain.

The rains were sporadic, light and local throughout November, with some areas hardly getting any at all.

There was a heavy rainstorm on the 3rd and an even heavier storm on the 17th.

We had a few days of rain from the beginning of the month, this confused the wildebeest and for a few days we must have had half a million of them in the Triangle.

We had rain from the 3rd to the 15th, with some quite heavy storms along the escarpment and towards Oloololo Gate.

We had a few days of low cloud and drizzle from the 8th, the remainder of the month was dry but cool.

The President visited the Triangle with his family and friends on the 6th and 7th. They had a game drive followed by a picnic lunch at Kiboko Camp on the 7th.

We had two weeks of rain at the beginning of the month. There were some days that were completely overcast, with drizzle for most of the night and day.

We had days of light rain and the occasional thunderstorm before one very heavy storm on the 10th.

March was for the most part dry, with the exception of one or two heavy showers and one very destructive storm at the beginning of the month.

We had a few days of glorious, sunny weather at the beginning of the month before the rains returned on the 6th.

This past year must rank as the most difficult in living memory. Companies destroyed, livelihoods turned upside down, families torn apart – and yet we managed to get through it, and there might be light at the end of the tunnel.

We had some very heavy storms from the 10th, triggering the migration back into the Serengeti. There was a particularly heavy storm on the 16th and then scattered storms throughout the remainder of the month.

We had scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the month, sufficient to keep the grass green and some wildebeest herds around. However, most of them moved off by the 20th.

We had a number of heavy, sustained rainstorms throughout the month, causing some damage to the roads and confusion in the wildebeest herds.

It was very dry until the 13th when we had sufficient rain to settle the dust, we than had some heavy storms intermittently until the end of the month. Sufficient to send the wildebeest into the main Reserve and back into the Serengeti.

July was dry for the most part, with only the occasional shower in the evenings. This meant that the Mara dried out exceptionally quickly and triggered the migration after the 15th.

For the most part June was dry, with a few days of very overcast, drizzly weather around the full moon – 8 -16th and again towards the end of the month.

We have had a fraction under 1,800 mm (70”) of rain between November and the end of April – virtually rainforest levels of rainfall - and approaching twice the annual average for Serena.