Seasons and Climate of South Luangwa
The Dry or Peak Season
June and July
Open: All the camps
Walking Mobile Safaris starts mid June
Bush Camping starts 01 June
June is the known as the start of the dry season. It is traditionally when the camps in the remoter areas of the park open (although we have managed to bring this forward to around 20 May at Tena Tena and Nsefu). The smaller lagoons are starting to drop and dry.
In the Nsefu Sector – where Tena Tena and Nsefu Camp are the only camps, there is the spectacular yellowed billed breeding colony. It is thought to be the largest in Southern Africa. At this stage the youngsters are still fluffy but huge and very hungry. The parents feed of the trapped fish in the drying lagoons and return to feed their young one. A great sight. In June the smaller lagoons may even dry up and this attracts large numbers of birds – known as a fishing party. Pelicans fly into the Valley during these months to join the resident storks and herons and these fishing parties move from lagoon to lagoon.
And this is our winter. The nights will get cold and a fleece is needed for the night drives (and early mornings!).
