Safari destinations offering birdwatching in Africa and the Gulf (39), with the best time for each.
- Addo South Africa · best: October to March
Large elephant herds that are easy to see
- Akagera Rwanda · best: July to August
Rwanda's only savannah park, with a chance of the Big Five
- Al Areen Bahrain · best: December to February
Arabian oryx, bred here for reintroduction on the Hawar Islands
- Al Marmoom United Arab Emirates · best: December to February
Largest protected area in the Emirate of Dubai, about 949 km²
- Amboseli Kenya · best: July to September
Large elephant herds and the site of the longest-running wild elephant study
- Bwindi Uganda · best: June to August and December to February
About 459 mountain gorillas, nearly half the world population
- Central Kalahari Botswana · best: March to April
One of the largest reserves in Africa
- Chobe Botswana · best: July to October
One of Africa's largest elephant concentrations
- Dhofar Oman · best: July to March
Wadi Darbat's lakes and waterfalls during khareef
- Dubai Desert United Arab Emirates · best: December to February
Arabian oryx and gazelles in a reserve of about 226 km²
- Etosha Namibia · best: August to October
The vast Etosha salt pan
- Hatta United Arab Emirates · best: December to February
Kayaking on Hatta Dam among the mountains
- Hwange Zimbabwe · best: August to October
Zimbabwe's largest national park
- Khor Al Adaid Qatar · best: November to February
Dunes meeting the turquoise water of the inlet
- Kruger South Africa · best: July to September
One of Africa's largest protected areas, home to the Big Five
- Lake Manyara Tanzania · best: June to February
A soda lake that attracts flamingos and pelicans
- Lake Nakuru Kenya · best: June to October and December to March
Kenya's first government rhino sanctuary, with black and white rhino
- Lower Zambezi Zambia · best: August to October
Canoe safaris on the Zambezi River
- Madikwe South Africa · best: July to September
Malaria-free according to tourism sources
- Mana Pools Zimbabwe · best: August to October
UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Masai Mara Kenya · best: June to October
Wildebeest migration and Mara River crossings (roughly July-October)
- Murchison Falls Uganda · best: June to July and December to February
Murchison Falls, where the Nile forces through a narrow gorge
- Ngorongoro Tanzania · best: January to February and June to September
Ngorongoro Crater, the world's largest intact, unflooded volcanic caldera
- Nyerere Tanzania · best: August to October
Boat safaris on the Rufiji River among hippos and crocodiles
- Okavango Delta Botswana · best: July to October
UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Ol Pejeta Kenya · best: June to October and December to March
The last two northern white rhinos in the world
- Pilanesberg South Africa · best: July to September
Malaria-free and close to Johannesburg
- Queen Elizabeth Uganda · best: June to September and December to February
Kazinga Channel boat trip between Lakes Edward and George
- Ras Al Khaimah Desert United Arab Emirates · best: December to February
Al Wadi Nature Reserve and its oryx and gazelle feeding experience
- Ruaha Tanzania · best: August to October
One of Tanzania's largest parks, with low visitor numbers
- Sabi Sand South Africa · best: June to September
Unfenced border with Kruger of about 50 km
- Samburu Kenya · best: July to September
Northern dry-country species: Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk, beisa oryx and Somali ostrich
- Serengeti Tanzania · best: January to February and June to September
The Great Migration of over a million wildebeest with zebra
- South Luangwa Zambia · best: August to October
A pioneer of walking safaris
- Tarangire Tanzania · best: July to October
Large dry-season elephant concentrations
- Tsavo East Kenya · best: August to September
Elephants coloured red by the local soil
- Tsavo West Kenya · best: August to September
Mzima Springs, with hippos and crocodiles in clear water
- Victoria Falls Zimbabwe · best: May to October
World Heritage Site shared by Zimbabwe and Zambia
- Volcanoes Rwanda · best: June to August and December to February
Mountain gorilla trekking in the Virunga range