What time of year is the best time to go on an African safari?
This is a question for which there is no exact answer. For most visitors, an African safari is a once in a lifetime experience and they want to of course maximize their game viewing experience in the time they have allotted. However, Africa and the African safari areas have their own true seasons and the benefits of traveling during one time of year versus another must be weighed by the individual guest. We will not try to sway someone into booking in a specific time of year; rather, we offer some of the characteristics of the different seasons on an African safari. Generally speaking, the Southern Africa game viewing safari areas (Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa) have a rainy season (which falls during the southern hemisphere’s summer months of November – March) and a dry season (during the winter months of May-September). Most visitors who research this aspect of African safari travel by reading up in books or website’s are steered to the dry, winter months for the best g
