Where can you see the Great Knot?
Some of the best places to see the Great Knot in the wild include Fitzgerald River National Park (Australia), Bako National Park (Malaysia) and Kakadu National Park (Australia) — among 18 wildlife hotspots across Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Russia. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Bako National Park
Kuching, Malaysia
+210 birds+17 mammals
Weathered sandstone cliffs rise dramatically from the South China Sea, their ochre faces sculpted by millennia of wind and tide into a landscape of extraordinary geological…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBribie Island National Park
Brisbane, Australia
+284 birds+20 mammals
Across tidal flats and shallow waterways north of Brisbane, Bribie Island National Park spreads across nearly four hundred square kilometres of subtropical coastal wilderness—a patchwork of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCape Range National Park
Australia
+159 birds+15 mammals
Where arid limestone ridges plunge toward turquoise waters, Cape Range National Park frames one of Australia's most dramatic desert-ocean interfaces. The park's spine—a stark, weathered range…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCoffin Bay National Park
Australia
+143 birds+5 mammals
Across South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, where limestone headlands rise above turquoise shallows and eucalypt woodland gives way to coastal heath, lies a 1,319-square-kilometre sanctuary shaped by…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCoorong National Park
Australia
+217 birds+15 mammals
Where the Murray River meets the Southern Ocean, a chain of shallow lagoons stretches across the South Australian coast, separated from the sea by a ribbon…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDaintree National Park
Dedin, Australia
+362 birds+37 mammals
Daintree National Park is one of the world’s oldest and most biologically diverse tropical rainforests, protecting an extraordinary landscape where ancient forests meet the Great Barrier…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEndeavour River National Park
Philadelphia, Australia
+203 birds+1 mammals
Where the Endeavour River winds through northeastern Queensland's tropical lowlands, a compact mosaic of rainforest, open woodland, and riverine corridor creates one of Australia's most ecologically…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFitzgerald River National Park
Fitzgerald River National Park, Australia
+209 birds+11 mammals
Where granite peaks rise above windswept heathlands and pristine river systems carve through untamed wilderness, one of Australia's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across the southwestern corner…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGheebulum Kunungai National Park
Moreton Island, Australia
+168 birds+7 mammals
Sand dunes rise and fall across Moreton Island's eastern shore, a landscape sculpted by wind and ocean currents into one of Australia's most dynamic coastal ecosystems.…
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