When to Go Many visitors, who come to view game in the parks and game farms of the Transvaal, prefer to visit these places in the drier winter months. With little rainfall at this time of the year, you are more likely to see animals congregating around the waterholes. The grass is shorter in winter, so spotting the game is easier. But the parks are busier in the winter. The game is just as prolific, but perhaps harder to see in summer.
Summer can be unbearably hot specifically in the most northern parts of the game parks.
The vegetation in the game parks of Natal, remain the same all year round, as does the weather generally. Visitors coming to enjoy the unique spring flowerings of the west coast from September to November, usually experience very pleasant weather conditions. The veld is literally covered in carpets of the most beautiful, bright flowers. The Mpumalanga lowveld, Kruger National Park and Zululand in Natal, are all malarial areas. You are advised to use mosquito nets and vapour repellents too.