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The world's greatest destinations for seeing incredible animals in their natural habitat.

Serengeti National Park
Tanzania · Africa

Serengeti National Park

The Serengeti is synonymous with African safari. Spanning 14,750 km2 of savanna, it hosts the Great Migration — the largest overland animal movement on Earth — where over 2 million...

Best time: June - October · 8 key species
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Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya · Africa

Masai Mara National Reserve

The Masai Mara is Kenya's most celebrated wildlife reserve, forming the northern extension of the Serengeti ecosystem. It offers some of the most reliable big cat sightings in Afri...

Best time: July - October · 6 key species
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Kruger National Park
South Africa · Africa

Kruger National Park

Kruger is one of the largest game reserves in Africa, covering nearly 20,000 km2. It offers an accessible, affordable safari experience with excellent infrastructure. All Big Five ...

Best time: May - September · 9 key species
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Pantanal
Brazil · South America

Pantanal

The Pantanal is the world's largest tropical wetland and the single best destination on Earth for jaguar sightings. This 150,000 km2 ecosystem hosts an extraordinary concentration ...

Best time: July - November · 1 key species
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Galapagos Islands
Ecuador · South America

Galapagos Islands

The Galapagos Islands are the birthplace of evolutionary biology, where Charles Darwin developed his theory of natural selection. This volcanic archipelago hosts species found nowh...

Best time: June - December · 1 key species
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Borneo
Malaysia / Indonesia · Asia

Borneo

Borneo is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet, home to orangutans, pygmy elephants, proboscis monkeys, and the world's largest flower (Rafflesia). The island's ancient ...

Best time: March - October · 1 key species
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Churchill, Manitoba
Canada · North America

Churchill, Manitoba

Churchill is the "Polar Bear Capital of the World", where up to 1,000 polar bears gather each autumn waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze. This remote subarctic town also offers beluga...

Best time: October - November · 1 key species
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Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Uganda · Africa

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to roughly half the world's remaining mountain gorillas. Gorilla trekking here is one of the most profoun...

Best time: June - September & December - February · 2 key species
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Ranthambore National Park
India · Asia

Ranthambore National Park

Ranthambore is India's most famous tiger reserve, where Bengal tigers roam among the ruins of a 10th-century fort. The park's relatively open terrain and habituated tigers make it ...

Best time: March - June · 1 key species
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Komodo National Park
Indonesia · Asia

Komodo National Park

Komodo National Park encompasses several volcanic islands in eastern Indonesia and is the only place on Earth where Komodo dragons live in the wild. The surrounding waters boast wo...

Best time: April - December · 2 key species
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Ningaloo Reef
Australia · Oceania

Ningaloo Reef

Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia is the world's most reliable destination for swimming with whale sharks. This UNESCO World Heritage fringing reef stretches 260 km along the coas...

Best time: March - July · 3 key species
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Kangaroo Island
Australia · Oceania

Kangaroo Island

Kangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island and one of its premier wildlife destinations. A third of the island is protected in conservation parks, supporting koalas, kanga...

Best time: Year-round · 1 key species
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Okavango Delta
Botswana · Africa

Okavango Delta

The Okavango Delta is one of the world's largest inland deltas and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where the Okavango River fans out across the Kalahari Desert to create a lush, wild...

Best time: May - October · 6 key species
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Ngorongoro Crater
Tanzania · Africa

Ngorongoro Crater

The Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest unbroken volcanic caldera and one of Africa's most spectacular wildlife destinations. This natural amphitheatre, roughly 20 km across a...

Best time: June - October · 8 key species
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Amboseli National Park
Kenya · Africa

Amboseli National Park

Amboseli National Park is one of Kenya's most iconic wildlife destinations, famous for its large elephant herds set against the dramatic backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's hig...

Best time: June - October · 6 key species
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South Luangwa National Park
Zambia · Africa

South Luangwa National Park

South Luangwa National Park is one of Africa's finest wildlife sanctuaries, located in eastern Zambia along the winding Luangwa River. Often called the birthplace of the walking sa...

Best time: May - October · 5 key species
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Chobe National Park
Botswana · Africa

Chobe National Park

Chobe National Park in northern Botswana is home to the largest elephant population in Africa, with an estimated 120,000 elephants moving through the park and surrounding areas. Th...

Best time: May - October · 6 key species
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Etosha National Park
Namibia · Africa

Etosha National Park

Etosha National Park is Namibia's premier wildlife destination, centred around a vast, shimmering salt pan that stretches 120 km across the park's heart. Covering 22,270 km2, Etosh...

Best time: May - October · 6 key species
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Hwange National Park
Zimbabwe · Africa

Hwange National Park

Hwange National Park is Zimbabwe's largest and oldest national park, covering 14,651 km2 of semi-arid bushveld, grassland, and teak woodland. The park is renowned for its enormous ...

Best time: July - October · 5 key species
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Yellowstone National Park
USA · North America

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park is America's first and most famous national park, established in 1872 across 8,983 km2 of volcanic plateau in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. While world-ren...

Best time: May - June & September - October · 3 key species
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica · North America

Costa Rica

Costa Rica is one of the most biodiverse countries on Earth, with over 500,000 species packed into a land area smaller than West Virginia. This Central American nation protects app...

Best time: December - April · 4 key species
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Madagascar
Madagascar · Africa

Madagascar

Madagascar is the world's fourth-largest island and one of the planet's most extraordinary biodiversity hotspots. Separated from mainland Africa over 80 million years ago, the isla...

Best time: April - November · 1 key species
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Svalbard
Norway · Europe

Svalbard

Svalbard is a Norwegian Arctic archipelago located approximately 1,000 km north of mainland Norway, where polar bears outnumber humans. This remote High Arctic wilderness is one of...

Best time: June - August · 2 key species
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Antarctica
Antarctica · Antarctica

Antarctica

Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and most remote continent on Earth, yet its surrounding waters teem with an abundance of marine life that makes it one of the planet's most spect...

Best time: November - March · 4 key species
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Amazon Rainforest
Brazil / Peru · South America

Amazon Rainforest

The Amazon Rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest on Earth, spanning approximately 5.5 million km2 across nine South American countries. This immense ecosystem produces roug...

Best time: June - November · 1 key species
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka · Asia

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a compact island nation in the Indian Ocean that punches far above its weight as a wildlife destination. Despite its small size, the island supports a remarkable diver...

Best time: February - July · 3 key species
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Sumatra
Indonesia · Asia

Sumatra

Sumatra is Indonesia's largest island and one of the last places on Earth where orangutans, tigers, rhinoceros, and elephants still share the same forest. The island's Leuser Ecosy...

Best time: April - September · 1 key species
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Great Barrier Reef
Australia · Oceania

Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, stretching over 2,300 km along Australia's northeastern Queensland coast. Visible from space, this UNESCO World Her...

Best time: June - October · 4 key species
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Denali National Park
USA · North America

Denali National Park

Denali National Park and Preserve in central Alaska encompasses 24,585 km2 of subarctic wilderness dominated by North America's tallest peak, Denali (formerly Mount McKinley), risi...

Best time: June - September · 2 key species
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Torres del Paine National Park
Chile · South America

Torres del Paine National Park

Torres del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonia is widely regarded as one of the most spectacular natural landscapes on Earth. The park's iconic granite towers, glacial lakes, ...

Best time: May - September · 0 key species
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Yala National Park
Sri Lanka · Asia

Yala National Park

Yala National Park is Sri Lanka's most visited and second-largest national park, covering 979 km2 of dry monsoon forest, scrubland, and coastal lagoons in the island's southeastern...

Best time: February - July · 3 key species
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Ladakh
India · Asia

Ladakh

Ladakh is a high-altitude region in northern India, nestled between the Karakoram and Himalayan mountain ranges at elevations between 3,000 and 7,000 metres. This cold desert lands...

Best time: December - March · 1 key species
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