Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park
Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park is only three kilometers from Livingstone, which is a relaxing town and lies 11 kilometers from the Victoria Falls in Zambia. The lodging and restaurants here are tremendously tempting, which attracts tons of adventure and cultural activities.
There are a variety of wild animals here such as elephant, buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, and giraffe and beautiful birds such as Livingstone’s turaco and Livingstone’s flycatcher. It’s quite easy to watch them because the park is very compact. You can drive through the park, which will take you a few hours. You can also see the white rhinos, which are the only ones in Zambia.
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Serengeti National Park is in the north-central of Tanzania. It is famous for the vast herds of plains animals there, such as gnu, gazelles, and zebras. It is the only place in Africa where vast land-animals still migrate there. The park is an international tourist attraction. In 1981, it was kept in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
There are nearly 1,300,000 gnu, 60,000 zebras, 150,000 gazelles, and numerous other animals in the park. The wet season here is from November to May and the dry season is from May to November, during the former period the herds graze in the southeastern parts within the park. At the beginning of the dry season, one major group moves westward, where the park’s woodland savanna locates and then northward into the grasslands, which is beyond the Kenya-Tanzania border. This area is Masai Mara National Reserve. Another group migrates directly to the north. At the end of the dry season, the herds return to the southeast in November.
Kruger National Park, South Africa
Kruger Park is the most pleasant place for the safari in South Africa; it has vast landscapes and dramatic African wildlife. The area of the park is 7,523 square miles, which lies in Limpopo and Mpumalanga province. The two regions are in northeastern South Africa. It is 220 miles from north to south and 40 miles from east to west. In 1898, the government of the South African Republic first protected the park areas. In 1926 it was turned into the first national park in South Africa.
White lions are well known in Timbavati Private Game Reserve. They supply a South African safari trip in an excellent colonial style.
At Manyeleti Game Reserve, you can enjoy exquisite style lodge or luxury tented camps, excellent dining, expert trackers, and a private reserve with very few lodges, etc. Thornybush Private Game Reserve is a fantastic safari destination where elegant living is combined with superb game viewing, and a relaxing spa and a romantic ambiance also make it awesome.
You can also experience other marvelous activities nearby, such as elephant-back safari, hot air balloon flight, horseback riding, blissful spa treatments, and golf, etc.
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
One of the ancient and dearest safari places in Kenya is the Masai Mara National Reserve. It covers nearly 600 square miles. Wildebeest migration happens here every fall. Wildlife here is plenty, including some 300 species of birds, the sought-after “big five,” and so much more.
This is the Maasai’s land. They have an ancient pastoralist culture known for their warriors. The warriors should kill a lion to prove their strength and manhood. The Maasai always change their dwelling place because they have to look for water sources and new pastureland. They are still in red robes and beaded jewelry.
Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Ngorongoro Crater is an extinct volcanic caldera in the Eastern Rift Valley, northern Tanzania. It covers 102 square miles, and scientists believe that after a massive active volcano erupted and collapsed inward, this crater then was formed about 2.5 million years ago. Its forested edge is 200 feet higher than its floor.
The caldera’s floor is mainly open grassland. A variety of animals such as lions, elephants, black rhinoceroses, leopards, buffalo, zebras, warthogs, gnu (wildebeests), Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelles live here. What’s more, the population of lions here is the densest in the world. Many flocks of pink flamingos also live here in Lake Magadi, which is a shallow soda lake surrounded by extinct volcanoes. In 1979, the caldera was listed in a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa
The distance between Addo Elephant National Park and Port Elizabeth is 72km. The park, which is the third-largest in South Africa, offers a variety of game viewing and outdoor activities such as horseback and horse-riding, guided walking and hiking, etc.
More than 280 of Cape buffalo, 350 of elephants, a wide variety of Antelope species, black rhino, and the rare flightless dung Beetle live here.
This area is a must for any holidaymaker who wants to experience the sounds, sights, Big 7 (elephant, black rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard, great white shark, and sperm whale) and the friendliness of Africa. A park is also a place of verdant citrus trees that stretch mile after mile, bearing fruit all winter and scenting the air with their blossoms in springtime. If you are a bush lover, this is the best resort for you.
Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
Tarangire National Park covers approximately 1100 square miles just south of Lake Manyara in the northern region of Tanzania. The park is famous for its vast herds of elephants, buffalo, and big cats. There are enigmatic giant baobab trees also. You can find the African wild dog, kudu, oryx, and gerenuk, which are rarely found in other parks in the northern circuit.
The park is part of the Tarangire ecosystem. The park is named after the Tarangire River that runs through the park north to south. Because the river remains the only permanent water source in the dry season, which is from August to October, it attracts an incredible range and concentration of games during this period. Besides medium and tall grassland here, there are also bushland, riverine woodlands, wetlands and seasonal flood plains, rocky hilltop vegetation, and deep gully vegetation. This wide variety of habitats supports a diverse range of species.
Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Amboseli National Park was first established as a game reserve in 1948. It covers an area of 1,259 square miles. It locates at the northwest of Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Open plains, acacia woodland, lava-strewn thornbush country, swamp, marshland, the Amboseli lake bed, and the slopes of Oldoinyo Orok are the seven distinct habitats here. This place used to be home to the Maasai and their cattle herds.
Many wildlife lives in the habitats. Baboons, lions, cheetahs, elephants, black rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, Maasai giraffes, buffalo, oryx, wildebeests, gerenuk, impalas, and gazelles are the remarkable fauna here. The park is set to protect these animals.
Sabi Sands Game Reserve, South Africa
Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve is the best location for having an excellent wildlife safari. The Sabi Sands is particularly famous for its incredible leopard sightings. When you drive in reserve, you can always see the lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and Cape buffalo, which are referred to as the Big 5. Besides that, you can also spot more than 300 bird species. It’s the best touring place for wildlife enthusiasts, photographers and bird watchers alike.
The reserve has many different lodges. Some of them are tremendously luxurious, and some are quite cheap. If you stay in such a hostel, are not only the meals included in the rate but also the safari activities. It’s better to be on safari with one of the rangers because they are allowed to drive off-road, which is strictly prohibited here. So you can follow a leopard with your guard in the bush.
Chobe National Park, Botswana
Chobe National Park is known as‘The Land of The Giants’ because it is home to Africa’s largest elephant population. It covers 4,500 square miles and lies in the north of Botswana.
The ideal location to see elephants in Chobe National Park. There are about 120,000 elephants in total and large herds of buffalo here. You can also see lions and leopards on the plains and hippos and crocodiles in the river and a variety of birds.
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