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That
depends on what you want to do. The
flowers are obviously best in August
and September. The best time for game
viewing is late spring (September
and October). The southern right whales
hang around off our coasts from about
mid-June to the end of October.
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The
diving is best in most of the country
outside of summer (ie, from April
through September), and so is the
surfing - but that certainly doesn't
limit either activity to those times.
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River
rafting is better in the Cape at the
end of winter, and in KwaZulu-Natal
in the height of summer (late November
to mid-February). In Mpumalanga and
Limpopo, it's less time-dependent.
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The
"shoulder" seasons - spring
and autumn - are best for hiking,
as summer can be hot over most of
the country. In the Drakensberg, summer
thunderstorms are dangerous, while
there is a good chance of snow in
winter. In the Cape, the winters are
wet, so hiking can be a bit hardcore.
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If
you're a birder, the palaeoarctic
migrants arrive around November and
the intra-African migrants usually
by mid-October.
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Of
course, if you want to lounge around
on the beaches, mid-summer is the
best time - though everyone else will
be there too. And - big bonus - the
beaches of northern KwaZulu-Natal
are warm and sunny even in midwinter
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