Where can you see the Spotted Hyena?
Some of the best places to see the Spotted Hyena in the wild include Makgadikgadi Pans National Park (Botswana), Lake Mburo National Park (Uganda) and Serengeti National Park (Tanzania) — among 30 wildlife hotspots across 7 countries, including Uganda, Kenya, Botswana and Ethiopia. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Abijata-Shalla Lakes National Park
Ethiopia
+135 birds+22 mammals
Where two soda lakes mirror the Ethiopian highlands, a landscape of stark volcanic beauty unfolds across the Rift Valley floor. […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKAddo 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 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 PARKBwindi Impenetrable National Park
Kanyashogi, Uganda
+132 birds+29 mammals
Steep valleys plunge through a tapestry of montane forest where mist clings to ancient trees and the undergrowth thrums with […]
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 […]
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