WHICH WEATHER SHOULD I EXPECT ON MY AFRICAN SAFARI

WHICH WEATHER SHOULD I EXPECT ON MY AFRICAN SAFARI

Africa is a very large continent with ever changing climates, ranging from Mediterranean to equatorial. Low lying areas are always hotter with more humid that the high lying areas.

The geographical set up of Africa features lakes, mountains, and seas that affect weather patterns through lowering the high temperatures to bring in some rain and wind.

On any African safari, the weather greatly impacts on what travelers are likely to do, see and what to pack. So it is highly recommendable that trotters get to study Africa’s climate and know which weather to expect.

The fact that African safaris are costly vacations, it is always wiser to plan before in order to get the most of your money. However planning a trip to Africa can be somewhat complicated, whether you are familiar to the continent or not, you need to know the best time to travel to Africa, that time that will perfectly suit your lifetime safari desires.

For trotters planning to travel to the East African countries of Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania, here is a simple guide on the weather that any travelers needs to study before embarking on any safari to Uganda or any of the mentioned countries.

The countries being close to the equator, expect a generally warm weather, although temperatures sometimes fall significantly after the falling rains, at night and even in the hilly and mountainous places. Without the rains in the lowland areas, expect the temperatures to vary from 20 degrees to 40 degrees Celsius.

Africa has two climate seasons, the wet and dry season. The dry season runs from December to February and June to July, and this one is considered drier than the first one as the wet season is in September to November and March to May.

The best time for a trip in Africa is the generally from July to October because here animals are always easy to find and in huge numbers. During the dry season it is very easy to spot some of Africa’s most beautiful animals in the wild looking for shade and drinking water.

Here in the dry season, travelers on afternoon launch cruises on some of the most famous lakes, rivers and channel in Africa are exposed to countless wildlife species. An afternoon cruise on Kazinga channel, probably the world’s longest channel, furnishes the best sights for the world’s largest concentration of Hippos. Travelers also spot the elephants, warthogs, sea birds, buffaloes and other unique features that always merge there for water.

Even if the dry season is the best time to travel to Africa, the rainy season also doesn’t have a lot of impact on the travel plans, it might only be your packing that would be bothered. The fact that Africa is located near the equator, it is hot all year round. And even in the dry rainy seasons, it doesn’t rain all day long.

For travelers with beaching needs, can come anytime throughout the year, coastal areas are always hot and humid with December and march being strikingly hot.

So holding all other factors constant, every day, every week and every month is appropriate time to travel to Africa, expecting the best of the weather that you ever imagined.