Africa

Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. If you make a booking through these links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. The Best Time to Visit Egypt, in One Sentence I’ll never forget standing on the Giza plateau just after the gates opened in late November, the sandstone glowing gold, the morning air still cool enough for a jacket, and almost nobody around. By midday the tour buses had arrived and the sun had real bite, but that first hour, with the Great Pyramid looming silent above me, was worth getting up at dawn for. I’d deliberately skipped the Christmas crowds and the summer furnace, and Egypt rewarded me for it. ...

Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. If you make a booking through these links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. The Best Time to Visit Morocco, in One Sentence The first thing that hit me in Marrakech wasn’t the heat. It was the smell of orange blossom drifting over the Jemaa el-Fnaa as the call to prayer rolled across the rooftops and the snake charmers packed up for the night. I’d booked late March almost by accident, trying to dodge both the summer furnace and the Christmas crowds, and it turned out to be the smartest thing I did. The days were warm enough for the souks and cool enough to climb to the Atlas foothills without melting. ...

Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. If you make a booking through these links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. The Best Time to Visit South Africa, in One Sentence We pulled up to a waterhole in Kruger on a cold, clear July morning, breath misting, and just waited. Within twenty minutes there were elephants, a tower of giraffe, a nervous herd of impala, and then a leopard slinking down to drink while the whole bush held its breath. Our guide grinned and said the same thing every guide says in winter: this is why you come now. The grass was low, the animals were thirsty, and there was nowhere for anything to hide. ...