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January
Good time to visit gorillas and chimps; dry season in East Africa (inc. migration) and Costa Rica; gorgeous climate in India . . .
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February
Prime time for Antarctica and Patagonia; excellent for India and Nepal; Galapagos Islands are warm and calm; green season in southern Africa . . .
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March
Generally great wildlife viewing in Latin America; excellent tiger viewing; it’s still dry season in Bhutan and Burma/Myanmar; Victoria Falls is in peak flow . . .
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April
Easter in Costa Rica? Beaches and wildlife in eastern South Africa; a very pleasant month for exploring Ecuador and the Indian subcontinent . . .
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May
Madagascar is a good idea from now until about October; great weather in Peru and Ecuador; Zambia’s Liuwa Plains are wonderful this month . . .
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June
The annual flood reaches Botswana’s Okavango Delta; the dry season begins in Zambia (until about October); great trekking in Peru . . .
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July
Great for jaguars in Brazil’s Pantanal (until October); East Africa for safari and beach holidays; chimp & gorilla trekking in Rwanda or Uganda . . .
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August
The height of the migration in Masai Mara or northern Serengeti; explore Peru or Ecuador; Madagascar’s peak month . . .
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September
Festivals in Bhutan; lively macaw and parrot-licks in Peru’s Amazon; try a walking safari in Zambia; a different beach holiday on Lake Malawi . . .
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October
Chill out on beaches in India, Brazil or Africa; combine Galapagos Islands and either Ecuador or Peru mainland; carmine bee-eaters are in Zambia . . .
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November
Botswana’s green season starts but still a good time to visit.
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December
Costa Rica’s season starts again; migration in Zambia’s remote Liuwa Plains; Gir NP in India is great now; head for Cape Town, South Africa . . .
