Kenya: game is easy to spot on the Masai Mara
much as a third, and – in already low-volume destinations – it becomes even less crowded. In Botswana, thousands of flamingos descend on the Makgadikgadi Pans, and visitors who head to the Zambia/Zimbabwe border in March and April will see the spectacle that is Victoria Falls in full flow. In the Kalahari, which stretches over Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, clients can see the desert burst into flower. However, this area does become very hot. In Zambia’s South Luangwa, river flooding can cause road closures, with game drives becoming boat rides instead. In Namibia, prices tend to
fluctuate less, and game viewing is often just one part of a wider, more landscape-focused itinerary. Rainy season visitors can see the desert in bloom,
though December to February does get very hot and humid, and more striking photographs of the red and orange sand dunes of Sossusvlei can be taken at times without cloud. However, Visions of Africa’s Lucy Cook says any negative effects have little influence on the market. “Namibia is so popular right now it is hard to get clients into their first-choice accommodation.”
l EAST AFRICA Kenya and Tanzania have not one but two periods of rainfall. The ‘long rains’, which tend to last between March and May in Tanzania and from April to
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Botswana: elephants at Savute Game Reserve
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