07/08/2026
el Nino is topical currently and it's potential influence on the safari industry bears thinking about. Well ... we thought so anyway.
“We can expect that the lushness of the summer season will give way to the dry season of 2027 earlier than has been the case in 2025 and 2026. This is where we will begin to see the effect of the below-average summer rainfall in a way that is noticeable in a safari or game viewing sense,” Roche said.
“What this means is that the so-called shoulder season of May and June, at the beginning of the usual dry season, and the month of November, at the end of the usual dry season, are going to experience game viewing more akin to the typical peak of July to October.”
Read more at: https://www.tourismupdate.com/article/is-el-nino-a-safari-sales-opportunity