Is It Safe? Destination Safety Guides
Honest, up-to-date safety assessments for every wildlife destination. Know what to expect before you go.
Serengeti National Park
The Serengeti is generally a safe destination for tourists when standard safari precautions are followed. Tanzania relies heavily ...
Read safety guide →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...
Read safety guide →Kruger National Park
Kruger is one of the safest safari destinations in Africa, with excellent infrastructure, well-maintained roads, and reliable cell...
Read safety guide →Pantanal
The Pantanal is a remote wilderness with limited infrastructure, making preparation essential. While violent crime is rare in the ...
Read safety guide →Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos Islands are one of the safest travel destinations in the world. Crime is negligible, the wildlife is uniquely unafra...
Read safety guide →Borneo
Malaysian Borneo (Sabah and Sarawak) is generally safe for tourists, with a well-developed tourism infrastructure in key wildlife ...
Read safety guide →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 ...
Read safety guide →Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Bwindi is safe for gorilla trekking when you follow UWA (Uganda Wildlife Authority) guidelines. Uganda has a stable tourism sector...
Read safety guide →Ranthambore National Park
Ranthambore is a safe and well-managed national park in Rajasthan, India. Tiger safari vehicles are always accompanied by trained ...
Read safety guide →Komodo National Park
Komodo National Park is generally safe but requires respect for both the Komodo dragons and the marine environment. Dragons are th...
Read safety guide →Ningaloo Reef
Ningaloo Reef and the town of Exmouth are extremely safe destinations. Australia has excellent safety standards for marine tourism...
Read safety guide →Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island is one of the safest wildlife destinations in the world. It's a relaxed, family-friendly island with virtually no ...
Read safety guide →Okavango Delta
The Okavango Delta is one of Africa's premier safari destinations, with a strong safety record and well-run luxury camps. Botswana...
Read safety guide →Ngorongoro Crater
The Ngorongoro Crater is a well-managed UNESCO World Heritage Site with excellent ranger patrols and established tourism infrastru...
Read safety guide →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...
Read safety guide →South Luangwa National Park
South Luangwa is a premier safari destination in Zambia, renowned for walking safaris and the concentration of leopards. The park ...
Read safety guide →Chobe National Park
Chobe National Park in northern Botswana is famous for its massive elephant herds and excellent river-based game viewing. Kasane, ...
Read safety guide →Etosha National Park
Etosha is one of Africa's safest safari destinations, with well-maintained roads, fenced rest camps, and excellent self-drive infr...
Read safety guide →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...
Read safety guide →Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone is one of the world's most iconic national parks, with excellent infrastructure and well-maintained trails. The Nation...
Read safety guide →Costa Rica
Costa Rica is one of the safest countries in Central America, with a stable democracy, no military, and a well-developed ecotouris...
Read safety guide →Madagascar
Madagascar is a unique wildlife destination with extraordinary biodiversity but limited infrastructure. Safety concerns include po...
Read safety guide →Svalbard
Svalbard is a safe, well-regulated Arctic archipelago administered by Norway. The main settlement, Longyearbyen, has good infrastr...
Read safety guide →Antarctica
Antarctica is one of the most extreme environments on Earth, but expedition cruises are well-managed and safety standards are high...
Read safety guide →Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon is the world's largest tropical rainforest, spanning multiple countries. Tourism is concentrated in Brazil (Manaus regi...
Read safety guide →Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is a compact, beautiful island nation with diverse wildlife, including elephants, leopards, and marine life. The country...
Read safety guide →Sumatra
Sumatra offers some of the world's best wildlife encounters, including orangutans, tigers, and rhinos in dense tropical jungle. Th...
Read safety guide →Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is one of the safest marine wildlife destinations in the world, with Australia's strict tourism regulations...
Read safety guide →Denali National Park
Denali National Park in Alaska is a well-managed wilderness destination with strict National Park Service safety protocols. The pa...
Read safety guide →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...
Read safety guide →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...
Read safety guide →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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