WHEN TO GO

January to March
Summer and the rainy season, only a few camps open due to the limited network of graded roads, Tafika operates river safaris from mid Feb, rivers flood and oxbow lagoons fill up, hot weather with afternoon thunderstorms, bush is lush and green and game dispersed, beautiful photographic light, migratory birds, incredible sunsets, few tourists

April to May
Potential rain storms around, warm to hot days, the bush is very green and the grass long, birding is excellent with migrants still around, game viewing is good but limited network of graded roads, Victoria Falls water levels extremely high and impressive

June to July
Start of the dry season and remote bush camps in the South Luangwa open, mid winter so it can be very cold at night and on early morning game drives, with clear, cool to warm days, game viewing is good to excellent

August
Varies from cool to hot but can still have cold spells, bush dry with lagoons obviously shrinking, game viewing excellent and increasing

September
Hot, dry and hazy, trees flower and lose leaves, game viewing is excellent, Carmine bee-eaters nesting through to November, excellent fishing on the Lower Zambezi

October
Very dry with excellent game viewing, should have occasional rain to cool it down and clear the air, can be very hot (40( in the shade!), new growth starts and newborns arrive, end of the dry season with all remote camps in the South Luangwa closing except Tafika, good fishing, Victoria Falls extremely low