When to hunt Mozambique Short Answer

[Rattler1]

I am scheduled to hunt northern Mozambique November 2025, hear it's hot, possibly wet, and end of season. Looking for short answer on when you hunted and related weather. The safari operator had some cancellations might be able to reschedule for August/September.

Any input appreciated. Short answer will help elaborate if you desire!

Thanks!!

 

[Killo]

Following.

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

August will be even less hot than September, so if that was the only consideration, then you know what to choose.

I would talk to the operator and ask if there'd be any difference in the hunting. Where I hunted in Mozambique by August, things are good and September I think would just mostly be more of the same. It depends on the water situation. But that's where I hunted, I'm not sure one could compare the Niassa, and specifically the L9 block, to where you'll be hunting.

 

[IvW]

Who are you hunting with?
What are you hunting?

I would not hunt the north after September the latest....
Rain there normally starts in october.....
It will also be blisteringly hot in November....

 

[Rattler1]

Thanks Phil. I hear it's hot not "here it's hot". Had to correct myself! I have a note to the operator on the differences in hunting between to two times. Looking for objective opinions from guys like you that have been there. Much appreciated!

 

[Rattler1]

Who are you hunting with?
What are you hunting?

I would not hunt the north after September the latest....
Rain there normally starts in october.....
It will also be blisteringly hot in November....

MWA Safaris Marangira concession area. Buffalo maybe Sable and a few other PG. Working on everything now. We had a group going some dropped out and the Operator had some cancellations. I get blistering hot all summer on my 400 acre KY farm (playground) putting food plots in. Don't need it in November in Africa.........

 

[IvW]

Temps in Nov will be 85 to 105, typically clouds will gather during day followed by thunderstorms in the afternoon.....

If buffalo is on the menu I would go aug max sept otherwise your buffalo hunt will turn into a oportunistic affair as there will be water all over....

Aug sept is dry and not so hot so buff tracks will be checked at availible water sources checked and tracked from there...

 

[Caveman]

I’ve hunted Niassa twice, once in July and once in early October. October was very hot (days upwards of 40C/105F) and dry (the rains start sometime early November). Most of the leaves had fallen off the trees and game was close to the river and other water sources. July was much more comfortable with highs 28C/83F range. Humidity was not bad, trees still had good foliage and game was more spread out. Personal preference, when I go back, I’ll go in July/August.

 

[DLSJR]

I haven’t yet hunted Mozambique, but will be hunting Coutada’s 9 & 14 in 2026. Temperatures were a big consideration when I booked. Originally, I was booked for this October and told it’d be very hot, with highs between 100-110.

A friend decided to join me and we had to push hunt back to 2026. We got September dates for 2026, and I’ve been told to expect high in the 80’s to low 90’s toward the end of our dates. Should be warm, but not really hot.

 

[Rattler1]

Kudos to IvW/Caveman/DLSJR for the responses above. This is perfect info just what I needed to hear.

 

[ftrovato]

I am scheduled to hunt northern Mozambique November 2025 here it's hot, possibly wet, and end of season. Looking for short answer on when you hunted and related weather. The safari operator had some cancellations might be able to reschedule for August/September.

Any input appreciated. Short answer will help elaborate if you desire!

Thanks!!

Winds die down in Sept and water is dried up!

I've been told late August through Sept. Be ready for some heat the later you go.

All of this provided that you have access to several dry season water holes!

 

[Andrew62]

I’ve not hunted Mozambique yet, but I did hunt in the Zambezi valley in November one year, never again. Too damn hot!! It was [emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]-[emoji6] during the heat of the day. Many days we stopped hunting by [emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]–[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]am.

 

[Red Leg]

I hunted the second half of October in the Zambezi Delta of Mozambique because I wanted to hit the start of the Livingstone Eland rut which is in November - a month I absolutely did not want to hunt in Mozambique. It was hot and humid during the day, and only a little less hot and humid at night. It rained about half the evenings of the two weeks I was there - mainly toward the latter half. Mosquitoes and serpents were abounded. I was actually excited to lay eyes on the only Gaboon Viper I have ever run across, and it was the singularly most lethal looking creature I have ever seen. We took a wonderful buffalo early in the hunt, and great eland on the morning of the last day. I would do it again I suppose - but very reluctantly.

Gaboon Viper - rather like a Puff Adder on steroids

 

[Ryan Brown]

I hunted the Niassa at the end of October last season. It was 100 - 105 every day but the humidity was low. It was hot but not completely unbearable. The advantage of hunting late in the season is the animals concentrate near the waterholes and the bush is dried out making the animals easier to see.

 

[375Fox]

I hunted the second half of October in the Zambezi Delta of Mozambique because I wanted to hit the start of the Livingstone Eland rut which is in November - a month I absolutely did not want to hunt in Mozambique. It was hot and humid during the day, and only a little less hot and humid at night. It rained about half the evenings of the two weeks I was there - mainly toward the latter half. Mosquitoes and serpents were abounded. I was actually excited to lay eyes on the only Gaboon Viper I have ever run across, and it was the singularly most lethal looking creature I have ever seen. We took a wonderful buffalo early in the hunt, and great eland on the morning of the last day. I would do it again I suppose - but very reluctantly.

Gaboon Viper - rather like a Puff Adder on steroids
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I read your post before seeing your pictures. I thought for sure you had to be mistaken. That’s a beautiful snake to see. I would have been very excited as well.

 

[BRICKBURN]

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It will also be blisteringly hot in November....

This..

 

[cajunchefray]

I hunted the second half of October in the Zambezi Delta of Mozambique because I wanted to hit the start of the Livingstone Eland rut which is in November - a month I absolutely did not want to hunt in Mozambique. It was hot and humid during the day, and only a little less hot and humid at night. It rained about half the evenings of the two weeks I was there - mainly toward the latter half. Mosquitoes and serpents were abounded. I was actually excited to lay eyes on the only Gaboon Viper I have ever run across, and it was the singularly most lethal looking creature I have ever seen. We took a wonderful buffalo early in the hunt, and great eland on the morning of the last day. I would do it again I suppose - but very reluctantly.

Gaboon Viper - rather like a Puff Adder on steroids
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That Gaboon Viper looks too frightful for me. But I don’t like snakes. At all.
What are the Mozambique laws on carrying a revolver sidearm?
Thinking a Ruger .44 special, duplex #9 and #6 shot.
Works well on water moccasins.

 

[375Fox]

That Gaboon Viper looks too frightful for me. But I don’t like snakes. At all.
What are the Mozambique laws on carrying a revolver sidearm?
Thinking a Ruger .44 special, duplex #9 and #6 shot.
Works well on water moccasins.

I don’t know the laws but I know no one is going to consider shooting a snake they could simply quietly step away from while on a long track. You’d also regret the extra 2 lbs after tracking 8 or 10 miles in the hot sun. I can still count the snakes I’ve seen on my fingers after a number of late and a few early season hunts.

 

[Huvius]

Last I checked, Buffalo (or any African game for that matter) don’t hibernate.
So, season by season, the game is still there but the conditions do change.
I guess that it depends on what conditions you are willing to endure to get your trophy.
Is the area you’re looking at have any migratory patterns that would inhibit your hunt at that time of year?

 

[thi9elsp]

I hunted Niassa Province the end of October through the first week of November 2016. Highs were mid 90’s to over 100. We didn’t experience any rain until on our way to Lichinga to fly home. We live in Florida so the heat and humidity was tough but tolerable. Sleeping at night was the worse part. We brought a lot of GU energy gel along and used will tracking chased by water

Here’s my hunt report
https://www.africahunting.com/threads/mozambique-majune-safaris-2016.31691/#post-311001