This is a month-by-month travel calendar to give you ideas of where to go if you are tied to travelling at a certain time.
We hope that the following advice will allow you to get the best from your chosen travels. Whilst it is often true that the best time to go somewhere is when you are able, sometimes there really is a good reason to visit somewhere at a specific time.
Tribes’ co-ordinators always consider the seasons and local events when planning your holidays with you, and will offer you the best advice possible on this, and other matters relating to your travel plans.
The following list is by no means exhaustive, so if the specific destination or event that you want to know about is not mentioned here, please contact us on 01728 685971 or email us at: info@tribes.co.uk. We’d be very happy to help you.
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January is the green season in many African countries, so can be a great for bird watching. It is also a good time to go to the Sahara desert as it is a cooler time. The southern Serengeti is a prime wildlife destination at this time too. Click for specific suggestions.
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Possibilities are similar to January, plus February and March are good trekking in Nepal, and turtle-watching in South Africa is another highlight. Click for specific suggestions.
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Some of the January and February options are still open to you, plus this is a good time to watch wildlife in India, and the weather in Lesotho makes this a lovely country to visit at this time. Click for specific suggestions.
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April is a particularly pleasant month for visiting Morocco, and also the Kalahari is less oppressively hot at this time. If you can cope with the heat, April can be one of the best months to spot tigers in India. Click for specific suggestions.
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May should be the start of the floods reaching the Okavango Delta in Botswana. It is also a particularly gorgeous month for Zambia, and Morocco is still lovely at this time of year. Click for specific suggestions.
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June is the start of the dry season in Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. It is one of the best months for wildlife viewing in Selous and Ruaha in southern Tanzania, and the Okavango Delta is in its prime. Click for specific suggestions.
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Wildlife watching in Brazil's Pantanal is very good at this time, and July see the start of the wildebeest migration reaching Kenya's Masai Mara. Tarangire NP in Tanzania comes into its best season, and Zambia's Busanga Plains should be accessible from about this time. Click for specific suggestions.
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August is probably the best month for seeing the migration in Masai Mara. It is also good for whale watching in South Africa, and a peak month for seeing birds at the rainforest clay licks in Peru and Ecuador. Iguazu Falls is often particularly beautiful at this time. Click for specific suggestions.
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If you want to see elephants, head to Botswana's Chobe River this month! The flowers in South Africa's Namaqualand should be in bloom from later August to early September. Click for specific suggestions.
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Ruaha, Selous and Tarangire in Tanzania are all still excellent places to visit in October. Summer migrants begin to arrive in South Luangwa, Zambia, and it's a good month to spot Cock of the Rock birds in Peru. The good trekking in Nepal begins again this month, and the Galapagos Islands are fabulous - as always. Click for specific suggestions.
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In Botswana the annual zebra migration should be passing through Savuti and also in the Makgadikgadi Pans. The warm weather and calm lake waters makes this one of the best months for Malawi. Birding is great in many places, including South Africa, Peru and Zambia. And Morocco in Autumn is to be recommended. Click for specific suggestions.
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Walking in Morocco's Saghro region and turtle watching off the KwaZulu Natal coast in South Africa are two of the highlights of December. In the Galapagos Islands, the Waved Albatross fledglings can be seen. Click for specific suggestions.