Where to go on safari in June? These destinations score highest this month on weather, wildlife seasons and crowds.
Africa
- Bwindi Uganda · 22° · mostly dry
The driest months; trails are relatively easier and demand for gorilla permits is high.
- Sabi Sand South Africa · 27° · mostly dry
The dry winter offers the best viewing; early mornings and nights are cold on open vehicles, so pack warm layers.
- Serengeti Tanzania · 27° · mostly dry
Herds move north and west; Grumeti River crossings in the Western Corridor often occur around May-June.
- Volcanoes Rwanda · 23° · mostly dry
Main dry season; trails are easier and permit demand is high.
- Akagera Rwanda · 27° · mostly dry
Dry season; animals gather around the lakes and wetlands and viewing is at its best.
- Amboseli Kenya · 25° · mostly dry
Dry season; elephants and other animals gather around the swamps fed by Kilimanjaro groundwater.
- Chobe Botswana · 26° · mostly dry
- Etosha Namibia · 26° · mostly dry
Dry season: animals gather at waterholes, and floodlit waterholes at the camps allow night viewing.
- Hwange Zimbabwe · 25° · mostly dry
- Kruger South Africa · 27° · mostly dry
Dry winter season: vegetation thins and animals gather at water sources, making them easier to spot.
The Gulf
- Ras Al Jinz Oman · 39° · mostly dry
Peak green turtle nesting; hundreds of turtles can come ashore in a single night.
- Dhofar Oman · 31° · mostly dry
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.