The array of wildlife-watching opportunities in Africa is dizzying. So how do you pick your perfect safari? BBC Wildlife asked the experts.
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
The blue wildebeest isn’t the most aesthetically pleasing of creatures. Looking like a drab, skinny cow with a
mournful face and scraggy beard, it’s certainly no pin-up.
Pench National Park, India
This part of
India was reputedly the inspiration for Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, and this reserve’s undulating teak forests are classic tiger-tracking territory.
Kafue National Park, Zambia
Bigger isn’t always better, of course, but Kafue is the poster-boy for plus-sized safari destinations.
Zambia’s largest national park – also among the world’s heftiest – covers 22,400km2; in international scientific units that’s about one Wales, with an array of habitats and animal inhabitants to match.
Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
There’s one main reason to beat around the bush in Yala: leopards. Densities of the big
cat are among the highest in
the world, and early morning or evening trips into the park claim healthy success rates.
Amboseli, Kenya
Want to get close to wild
elephants? Then this could be your best bet.
With a population of about 1,500 individuals in just under 400km2, the photographic opportunities here are plentiful.
