Where to go on safari in August? These destinations score highest this month on weather, wildlife seasons and crowds.
Africa
- Akagera Rwanda · 28° · mostly dry
Dry season; animals gather around the lakes and wetlands and viewing is at its best.
- Etosha Namibia · 29° · mostly dry
Dry season: animals gather at waterholes, and floodlit waterholes at the camps allow night viewing.
- Hwange Zimbabwe · 28° · mostly dry
Late in the dry season wildlife depends on pumped waterholes and elephants gather in high densities.
- Kruger South Africa · 29° · mostly dry
Dry winter season: vegetation thins and animals gather at water sources, making them easier to spot.
- Lower Zambezi Zambia · 30° · mostly dry
Best viewing as animals come down to the river, with very high temperatures in October.
- Madikwe South Africa · 25° · mostly dry
Winter is dry and sunny with nights near freezing; the best period for viewing around water.
- Mana Pools Zimbabwe · 30° · mostly dry
As inland water dries up, wildlife concentrates on the river floodplains; the best viewing period.
- Nyerere Tanzania · 29° · mostly dry
Dry season; sunny days with little rain, and wildlife gathers around the Rufiji River and lakes.
- Okavango Delta Botswana · 30° · mostly dry
Floodwater from the Angolan highlands peaks in the dry season, channels widen and mokoro trips are at their best.
- Pilanesberg South Africa · 24° · mostly dry
The dry winter gives clearer viewing, with cold mornings.
The Gulf
- Ras Al Jinz Oman · 37° · mostly dry
Peak green turtle nesting; hundreds of turtles can come ashore in a single night.
- Dhofar Oman · 27° · some rain
Khareef, roughly mid-June to mid-September: fog, drizzle and cloud turn the mountains green and Wadi Darbat's falls run, with temperatures of about 20–27°C.