When to go

September.

The wettest month for Mexico, Florida, Puerto Rico and Central America. Head south of the equator or to Asia: Bali, Borneo, Peru, Brazil, the Daintree.

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South America

Brazil

Two different jungles: the Amazon's flooded forests, and the Mata Atlântica falling straight into the sea.

Best months: Coast: year-round · Amazon: June – November 6 stays in Brazil

Southeast Asia

Bali

Nowhere else builds like this — five-story bamboo houses over river gorges, for the price of a city hotel room.

Best months: April – October (dry season) 6 stays in Bali

Pacific

Hawai‘i

Fern forests growing on fresh lava — the youngest jungle on the planet, and it feels like it.

Best months: Year-round; April – October slightly drier 6 stays in Hawai‘i

South America

Peru

Lowland Amazon, river dolphins and Andean cloud forest, mostly reached by motorized canoe and sold as multi-day packages.

Best months: Dry season May–Oct best for wildlife and trails; wet Nov–Apr cheaper, and Iquitos high water Dec–May improves boat access to flooded forest 6 stays in Peru

South America

Ecuador

Mindo's cloud forest is two hours from Quito; the Amazon is a thirty-minute flight and a canoe ride.

Best months: June – September for Mindo; the Amazon works year round, with high water March – July 6 stays in Ecuador

Southeast Asia

Borneo

Wild orangutans, pygmy elephants and eight kinds of hornbill, in some of the oldest rainforest on Earth.

Best months: March – October (drier); November – February is the wet monsoon 6 stays in Borneo

Oceania

Australia

The oldest rainforest on the planet runs straight down to the reef, and the cassowaries know it.

Best months: May – October (dry, stinger-free seas); December – April is the wet 6 stays in Australia

Shoulder season

Also works, and quieter.

01 Colombia Caribbean side (Minca, Tayrona) driest Dec–Mar and Jul–Aug; Chocó wet year-round but humpback whales Jul–Oct; Leticia no true dry season, easier trails Jun–Nov 6 stays 02 Sri Lanka Southwest rainforest and hill country (Sinharaja, Ella) best Dec–Apr; dry-zone south and east (Yala, Sigiriya) best May–Sep, the opposite calendar 6 stays 03 Panama December – April (dry); Bocas often clears in September and October 6 stays

Wet or storm season

Save these for another month.

01Costa Rica December – April (dry), May – August (green, quieter)

02Tulum & the Maya Jungle November – April

03Puerto Rico December – April (driest), but green year-round

04Florida November – April

05Thailand Islands: January – April · North: November – February

06Belize Late November – May (dry); June – November is green, wet and cheaper

07Guatemala December – April (dry); wettest from September to November

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