Is It Safe? Destination Safety Guides

Honest, up-to-date safety assessments for every wildlife destination. Know what to expect before you go.

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Serengeti National Park

The Serengeti is generally a safe destination for tourists when standard safari precautions are followed. Tanzania relies heavily ...

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Masai Mara National Reserve

The Masai Mara is one of Africa's safest and most popular safari destinations, with a well-established tourism infrastructure. Ken...

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Kruger National Park

Kruger is one of the safest safari destinations in Africa, with excellent infrastructure, well-maintained roads, and reliable cell...

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Moderate

Pantanal

The Pantanal is a remote wilderness with limited infrastructure, making preparation essential. While violent crime is rare in the ...

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Very Safe

Galapagos Islands

The Galapagos Islands are one of the safest travel destinations in the world. Crime is negligible, the wildlife is uniquely unafra...

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Borneo

Malaysian Borneo (Sabah and Sarawak) is generally safe for tourists, with a well-developed tourism infrastructure in key wildlife ...

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Moderate

Churchill, Manitoba

Churchill is safe in terms of crime — it's a small, friendly community. However, the polar bears that make it famous also make it ...

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Moderate

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Bwindi is safe for gorilla trekking when you follow UWA (Uganda Wildlife Authority) guidelines. Uganda has a stable tourism sector...

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Ranthambore National Park

Ranthambore is a safe and well-managed national park in Rajasthan, India. Tiger safari vehicles are always accompanied by trained ...

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Moderate

Komodo National Park

Komodo National Park is generally safe but requires respect for both the Komodo dragons and the marine environment. Dragons are th...

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Very Safe

Ningaloo Reef

Ningaloo Reef and the town of Exmouth are extremely safe destinations. Australia has excellent safety standards for marine tourism...

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Very Safe

Kangaroo Island

Kangaroo Island is one of the safest wildlife destinations in the world. It's a relaxed, family-friendly island with virtually no ...

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Okavango Delta

The Okavango Delta is one of Africa's premier safari destinations, with a strong safety record and well-run luxury camps. Botswana...

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Ngorongoro Crater

The Ngorongoro Crater is a well-managed UNESCO World Heritage Site with excellent ranger patrols and established tourism infrastru...

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Amboseli National Park

Amboseli is a well-managed Kenyan national park famous for its elephant herds and views of Mount Kilimanjaro. It has excellent tou...

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Moderate

South Luangwa National Park

South Luangwa is a premier safari destination in Zambia, renowned for walking safaris and the concentration of leopards. The park ...

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Chobe National Park

Chobe National Park in northern Botswana is famous for its massive elephant herds and excellent river-based game viewing. Kasane, ...

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Very Safe

Etosha National Park

Etosha is one of Africa's safest safari destinations, with well-maintained roads, fenced rest camps, and excellent self-drive infr...

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Moderate

Hwange National Park

Hwange is Zimbabwe's largest national park, home to enormous elephant herds and a full range of African predators. Safety within t...

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Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone is one of the world's most iconic national parks, with excellent infrastructure and well-maintained trails. The Nation...

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Costa Rica

Costa Rica is one of the safest countries in Central America, with a stable democracy, no military, and a well-developed ecotouris...

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Moderate

Madagascar

Madagascar is a unique wildlife destination with extraordinary biodiversity but limited infrastructure. Safety concerns include po...

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Moderate

Svalbard

Svalbard is a safe, well-regulated Arctic archipelago administered by Norway. The main settlement, Longyearbyen, has good infrastr...

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Moderate

Antarctica

Antarctica is one of the most extreme environments on Earth, but expedition cruises are well-managed and safety standards are high...

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Moderate

Amazon Rainforest

The Amazon is the world's largest tropical rainforest, spanning multiple countries. Tourism is concentrated in Brazil (Manaus regi...

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a compact, beautiful island nation with diverse wildlife, including elephants, leopards, and marine life. The country...

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Moderate

Sumatra

Sumatra offers some of the world's best wildlife encounters, including orangutans, tigers, and rhinos in dense tropical jungle. Th...

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Very Safe

Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the safest marine wildlife destinations in the world, with Australia's strict tourism regulations...

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Safe

Denali National Park

Denali National Park in Alaska is a well-managed wilderness destination with strict National Park Service safety protocols. The pa...

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Safe

Torres del Paine National Park

Torres del Paine is one of South America's most iconic national parks, with well-maintained trails and refugios (mountain shelters...

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Yala National Park

Yala is Sri Lanka's most visited national park and has the highest density of leopards in the world. It is well-managed by the Dep...

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Moderate

Ladakh

Ladakh is a high-altitude desert region in northern India, famous for snow leopard tracking and Buddhist monasteries. The region s...

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