Safari destinations offering hiking in Africa and the Gulf (16), with the best time for each.
- Addo South Africa · best: October to March
Large elephant herds that are easy to see
- AlUla Saudi Arabia · best: November to March
Safaris in Sharaan Nature Reserve, about 1,500 km²
- Bwindi Uganda · best: June to August and December to February
About 459 mountain gorillas, nearly half the world population
- Dhofar Oman · best: July to March
Wadi Darbat's lakes and waterfalls during khareef
- Edge of the World Saudi Arabia · best: December to February
Views from the top of the Tuwaiq Escarpment over the plain below
- Empty Quarter Saudi Arabia · best: December to January
The largest continuous sand sea on Earth
- Hatta United Arab Emirates · best: December to February
Kayaking on Hatta Dam among the mountains
- Lake Nakuru Kenya · best: June to October and December to March
Kenya's first government rhino sanctuary, with black and white rhino
- Mleiha United Arab Emirates · best: December to February
Mleiha Archaeological Centre and its Bronze Age Umm an-Nar tomb
- 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
- Sossusvlei Namibia · best: January to March
Red dunes among the highest in the world
- 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
- White Desert Egypt · best: January to March
White chalk formations shaped by wind