Where can you see the Golden Jackal?
Some of the best places to see the Golden Jackal in the wild include Kerkini Lake National Park (Greece), Kanha Tiger Reserve (India) and Bandhavgarh National Park (India) — among 14 wildlife hotspots across 7 countries, including India, Sri Lanka, Greece and Tanzania. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Bandhavgarh National Park
Garhpuri, India
+285 birds+17 mammals
Where granite ridges rise dramatically above sal and bamboo forests, one of India's most pristine tiger reserves unfolds across the Vindhyan plateau. Ancient rock formations tower…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDanube Delta Biosphere Reserve
Tulcea, Romania
+277 birds+27 mammals
Where the Danube surrenders to the Black Sea, a vast labyrinth of channels, reed beds, and freshwater lakes sprawls across nearly 13,400 square kilometers of eastern…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGir National Park
Asundrali, India
+258 birds+13 mammals
Dry deciduous forests cloak the rolling hills of western Gujarat where the Gir landscape rises as a final sanctuary for one of the world's rarest felids:…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKanha Tiger Reserve
Kanha Kisli F.V., India
+321 birds+23 mammals
Where sal forests give way to emerald meadows and crystalline streams carve through ancient valleys, one of India's finest wilderness reserves unfolds across the Maikal Range.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKeoladeo National Park
Shreenagar Rural, India
+326 birds+14 mammals
Where shallow wetlands shimmer beneath vast Rajasthani skies, one of Asia's finest bird sanctuaries pulses with extraordinary life. This former maharaja's hunting reserve, now spanning 29…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKerkini Lake National Park
Serres, Greece
+291 birds+18 mammals
Where the Strymon River widens into a sprawling freshwater lake hemmed by the Rhodope Mountains, Kerkini National Park unfolds across northern Greece as one of southeastern…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKhao Yai National Park
Prachantakham District, Thailand
+377 birds+46 mammals
Evergreen dipterocarp forest blankets the rolling terrain of this national park in eastern Thailand, where limestone hills rise abruptly from the forest floor and seasonal streams…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLunugamvehera National Park
Sri Lanka
+204 birds+14 mammals
Dry scrubland and shallow wetlands converge in Sri Lanka's southeastern lowlands, where Lunugamvehera National Park anchors one of the island's most ecologically vital landscapes. The park's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMinneriya National Park
Sri Lanka
+158 birds+9 mammals
Across the dry zone of Sri Lanka's North Central Province spreads a landscape of shallow tanks, grassland margins, and scattered dry forest—a mosaic of water and…
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