don't really know anything about what times the parade passes different locations in the park; maybe someone else might know that? As far as direction: if I remember corretly, the parade both starts and finishes in Africa. we watched the start of the parade from in front of the restaurant in Harambe(can't remember the name of the rest.) It came from the direction of the Kilamenjaro Safari past us, out of africa, continuing in a circular motion around the tree of life, around close to Asia and then back toward Africa....hope this helps