Where can you see the Walrus?
Some of the best places to see the Walrus in the wild include South Spitsbergen National Park (Norway), Pembrokeshire Coast National Park (United Kingdom) and North York Moors National Park (United Kingdom) — among 12 wildlife hotspots across 6 countries, including Norway, the United Kingdom, Russia and Germany. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska, United States
+391 birds+58 mammals
Where the North Pacific collides with Alaska's rugged coastline, a sprawling archipelago of islands, rocky outcrops, and coastal headlands forms one of North America's most remote…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYForlandet National Park
Vera, Norway
+38 birds+12 mammals
Windswept Arctic tundra meets jagged coastal cliffs where the Barents Sea crashes against Norway's northernmost wilderness. This sliver of protected terrain on the Nordkapp Peninsula comprises…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKLower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park
Norderney, Germany
+193 birds+12 mammals
Where the North Sea meets the German coast, a vast expanse of tidal mudflats, salt marshes, and shallow waters creates one of Europe's most dynamic estuarine…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNorth York Moors National Park
North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
+234 birds+32 mammals
Across the high moorlands of North Yorkshire, where heather and bilberry sprawl beneath vast skies, the landscape rises and falls in gentle undulation—a patchwork of open…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNortheast Greenland National Park
Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland
+34 birds+10 mammals
Where granite peaks plunge into the Arctic Ocean and pack ice dominates a landscape of incomparable vastness, one of Earth's most remote wildernesses reveals itself. Spanning…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNorthern Isfjorden National Park
Norway
+40 birds+12 mammals
Where the Arctic fjord system cuts deep into Svalbard's northwestern coast, Northern Isfjorden National Park protects a landscape of stark geological drama—towering cliff faces, tidewater glaciers,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNorthwest Spitsbergen National Park
Norway
+58 birds+17 mammals
Where the High Arctic converges with the Norwegian mainland, Northwest Spitsbergen National Park sprawls across one of Earth's most extreme and pristine wildernesses. Crowned by jagged…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPembrokeshire Coast National Park
Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom
+250 birds+41 mammals
Where the Cambrian coastline meets the Celtic Sea, cliff-top moorland and hidden coves define a landscape carved by 300 million years of geological drama. Pembrokeshire Coast…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKRussian Arctic National Park
Russia
+23 birds+3 mammals
Across the stark tundra of Russia's northwestern Arctic, where permafrost defines the land and sunlight dictates the rhythm of life, lies a landscape sculpted by ice…
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