Where can you see the Black-backed Jackal?
Some of the best places to see the Black-backed Jackal in the wild include Makgadikgadi Pans National Park (Botswana), Serengeti National Park (Tanzania) and Waterberg Plateau National Park (Namibia) — among 30 wildlife hotspots across 6 countries, including Namibia, South Africa, Botswana and Kenya. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Addo Elephant National Park
Sundays River Valley Local Municipality, South Africa
+129 birds+30 mammals
Where granite outcrops pierce acacia woodland and dense thicket smothers the Eastern Cape landscape, one of Africa’s most biodiverse reserves […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAmboseli National Park
Etonet/Lenkism ward, Kenya
+124 birds+30 mammals
Dawn breaks over a vast volcanic plain where Mount Kilimanjaro dominates the horizon, its snow-capped peak floating above the Tanzanian […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAwash National Park
Didiga, Ethiopia
+134 birds+29 mammals
Where the Ethiopian Rift Valley carves through volcanic plateaus, a ribbon of riverine forest winds through acacia scrubland and grassland, […]
VIEW NATURAL PARKCamdeboo National Park
Camdeboo Local Municipality, South Africa
+124 birds+30 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through semi-arid plateaus, ancient dolerite formations rise like sentinels above the Sundays River valley. Sprawling across […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCederberg Wilderness Area
Cederberg Local Municipality, South Africa
+106 birds+26 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through weathered sandstone mountains, the Cederberg’s dramatic topography reveals a landscape shaped by ancient geological forces. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChobe National Park
Botswana
+122 birds+30 mammals
Where the Zambezi River cuts through northern Botswana, one of Africa’s greatest concentrations of large mammals gathers across flood plains, […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDorob National Park
Henties Bay, Namibia
+118 birds+30 mammals
Where the Skeleton Coast’s haunting dunes surrender to gravel plains and rocky outcrops, an extraordinary expanse of Namibian wilderness unfolds […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEtosha National Park
Namibia
+62 birds+30 mammals
Brilliant white salt pans stretch endlessly beneath Namibian skies, interrupted by scattered acacia woodlands and mopane scrubland that characterize this […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKhaudum National Park
Namibia
+46 birds+16 mammals
Where mopane woodland gives way to sudden waterhole clearings and ancient elephant paths cross calcrete plains, one of southern Africa’s […]
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