Wildlife in 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 o...

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 reli...

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...

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage forest in south-western Uganda and one of two landscapes where mountain gorillas live. Ug...

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...

Ngorongoro Crater

The Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest unbroken volcanic caldera and one of Africa's most spectacular wildlife destinations. This natural amphit...

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 M...

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 th...

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 ...

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 hea...

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...

Madagascar

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

Safari Game Drives

A game drive uses a vehicle to explore protected landscapes with a guide or, where rules allow, as a self-drive visitor. It is the most…

Gorilla Trekking

Gorilla trekking is a guided forest visit to a habituated gorilla group under a permit system. The walk may be short or may involve hours on…

Orangutan Trekking

Orangutan trips range from guided walks near rehabilitation landscapes to multi-day rainforest journeys and river-based wildlife expeditions.…

Whale Watching

Whale watching can mean a short coastal boat trip, a shore-based migration watch, or several days at sea in a remote region. Success depends on…

Whale Shark Snorkeling

A whale shark swim is usually a boat-based snorkelling encounter in a place where seasonal feeding or movement makes sightings possible. The…

Manta Ray Snorkeling & Diving

Manta encounters take several distinct forms: snorkelling beside a natural feeding aggregation, observing a cleaning station while scuba diving,…

Loxodonta africana

Savanna, forest, desert, marshland

Panthera leo

Savanna, grassland, open woodland

Panthera pardus

Savanna, rainforest, mountain, desert

Acinonyx jubatus

Open savanna, grassland

Gorilla beringei beringei

Montane and bamboo forest

Giraffa camelopardalis

Savanna, woodland

Rhinocerotidae — five living species

Savanna, shrubland, floodplain grassland, wetland, and tropical forest

Hippopotamus amphibius

Rivers, lakes, wetlands

Syncerus caffer

Savanna, swamps, floodplains

Lycaon pictus

Savanna, open woodland

Equus quagga

Savanna, grassland

Rhincodon typus

Tropical and warm temperate oceans

Megaptera novaeangliae

Open oceans, coastal waters

Carcharodon carcharias

Temperate and subtropical coastal waters

Mobula alfredi and Mobula birostris

Productive tropical, subtropical, and warm-temperate seas, including reef cleaning stations, coastal feeding areas, island slopes, and open ocean

Pan troglodytes

Tropical rainforest, woodland savanna

Connochaetes taurinus

Savanna, grassland, open woodland

Gorilla gorilla gorilla

Lowland tropical rainforest, swamp forest

Crocuta crocuta

Savanna, grassland, woodland, semi-desert

Chelonia mydas

Tropical and subtropical oceans, coral reefs, seagrass beds

Tursiops truncatus

Temperate and tropical oceans, coastal waters, estuaries

Sphyrna mokarran

Tropical and warm temperate coastal waters, open ocean

Phoenicopterus roseus

Alkaline and saline lakes, mudflats, coastal lagoons

Family Manidae — eight living species

Species-dependent tropical and subtropical forest, woodland, savanna, grassland, and scrub with suitable prey and shelter

Lemur catta

Dry deciduous forest, gallery forest, spiny forest