Where can you see the Lion?
Some of the best places to see the Lion in the wild include Makgadikgadi Pans National Park (Botswana), Serengeti National Park (Tanzania) and Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda) — among 28 wildlife hotspots across 8 countries, including Botswana, Kenya, Namibia and Uganda. 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 PARKBale Mountains National Park
Ethiopia
+126 birds+29 mammals
Where volcanic plateaus rise above 4,000 meters and alpine meadows give way to Afromontane forest, one of Africa’s most pristine […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBwabwata National Park
Namibia
150+ birds+23 mammals
Where the Kavango and Zambezi rivers converge across northeastern Namibia, a vast wilderness of 14,249 square kilometres unfolds in layers […]
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 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 PARKGir National Park
Asundrali, India
150+ birds+12 mammals
Where granite ridges rise above dense deciduous forest and seasonal rivers carve through sandstone cliffs, a remarkable refuge persists in […]
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 […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKhaudum National Park
Botswana
+57 birds+18 mammals
Where the Kalahari’s red dunes roll into dense mopane woodland and riverine thickets, a raw and unforgiving landscape rewards those […]
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