Africa wildlife checklists
Free checklists for 9 destinations in Africa: Kruger, Serengeti, Masai Mara, Ngorongoro, Etosha, Okavango, Chobe, South Luangwa and Bwindi. Together they cover 623 animals to look for, each with tips on where to find them. Print any of them for free, or tick them off in Wilder as you go.
Safari101 animals
Kruger National ParkLimpopo and Mpumalanga · South Africa
Africa's classic safari: the Big Five, wild dogs on the move, and some of the best birdwatching on the continent.
Safari68 animals
Serengeti National ParkMara, Simiyu and Arusha · Tanzania
Endless plains and the great wildebeest migration, with lions on the kopjes and cheetahs hunting in the open grass.
Safari72 animals
Masai Mara National ReserveNarok County · Kenya
Kenya's most famous reserve: big cat country, and the Mara River crossings when the migration arrives from July to October.
Safari53 animals
Ngorongoro CraterArusha Region · Tanzania
A vast volcanic caldera packed with game: the best place in Tanzania for black rhino, with flamingos on the soda lake.
Safari69 animals
Etosha National ParkKunene, Oshana and Oshikoto · Namibia
A great white salt pan ringed by waterholes, where elephants, black rhino and lions come to drink in the dry season.
Safari87 animals
Okavango Delta and MoremiNorth-West District · Botswana
A vast inland delta of lagoons, papyrus and palm islands, explored by mokoro and on foot: wild dogs, lechwe and big cats.
Safari73 animals
Chobe National ParkChobe District · Botswana
Home to some of the largest elephant herds in Africa, best seen drinking and swimming from a boat on the Chobe River.
Safari68 animals
South Luangwa National ParkEastern and Muchinga provinces · Zambia
The home of the walking safari, famous for leopards on night drives and a river crowded with hippos.
National park32 animals
Bwindi Impenetrable National ParkKanungu, Kisoro and Rubanda · Uganda
Steep, misty rainforest that is home to around half the world's mountain gorillas, and to birds found nowhere outside the Albertine Rift.
Photo credits
- Elephants Kruger Park banner by Jacky W https://www.flickr.com/photos/mediatejack/, CC BY 2.0
- Serengeti wildebeest migration JF2 by Wolves201, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Three zebras in Masai Mara National Park, Kenya by Volodymyr Burdiak, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ngorongoro crater landscape by Pavel.shyshkouski, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 174 Male Springbok in Etosha National Park Photo by Giles Laurent by Giles Laurent, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Elefante africano de sabana (Loxodonta africana), delta del Okavango, Botsuana, 2018-07-31, DD 02 by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Elefantes africanos de sabana (Loxodonta africana), parque nacional de Chobe, Botsuana, 2018-07-28, DD 25 by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sunset Luangwa River Wide Zambia Jul23 A7C 05776 by This Photo was taken by Timothy A. Gonsalves . Feel free to use my photos,..., CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 10 by Thomas Fuhrmann, CC BY-SA 4.0
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All photo credits. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, resized.
How the checklists work
Pick where you're going
Each list covers the animals you have a real chance of seeing, plus a few you'll be lucky to find.
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