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Winter in southern Africa offers superb game viewing in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia and the cool, dry weather makes it an excellent time for travelling in Namibia. With the flood waters in the Okavango Delta at their highest in Botswana, July is a wonderful month for exploring the waterways in a mokoro.
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Beyond the Okavango Delta, the waters have begun to recede, concentrating the game at the dwindling water sources. In Zambia, the weather is perfect for a walking safari. The cool and dry weather makes August a wonderful time to tour Namibia. The Great Migration normally spills into the Masai Mara, braving the crocodiles to cross the Sand and Mara rivers.
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We could keep waxing lyrical about Africa (it's a GREAT time to go pretty much across the board in southern and east Africa as well as Indian Ocean islands) but wanted to remind you that September is a prime time to visit British Columbia in Canada. Closer to home, for anyone without school children, there's also a good argument for taking your European summer holiday a little later in September...
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Morocco is now firmly back on the radar for an October holiday - at this time you can expect lovely hot days in Marrakech; the Atlas Mountains are beautiful; snow has yet to fall in the foothills, and Essaouira and the coast are still warm enough to visit for a beach holiday.
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November is a funny month for travel. Most people are aware that the holiday season is coming soon, with breaks for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve, and so they stay put for the rest of the month. But smart travellers know that there are plenty of deals to take advantage of around this time in lovely warm destinations such as the Caribbean, Oman and Mauritius before the Christmas rush and prices spike.
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So here we are again, and it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...If you find yourself torn between the desire to escape the cold of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and the desire to fully embrace it by taking to the slopes, then we have discovered the PERFECT solution!