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are our 11 Stunning African National Parks you need to visit.
Whatever you decide to do, make sure you travel to Africa and make it a
Place to Remember.
Quicama National Park, Angola
Quicama is the only functioning national park of the country, while others are in disrepair because the Angolan Civil war. This amazing park was once home to an abundance of large game animals but after wide-scale poaching during the Civil war, the animal population was virtually eliminated. The situation has been gradually improving thanks to the ‘Operation Noah’s Ark’ project which transports animals from neighboring countries.
South Luangwa National Park, Zambia
Founded as a game reserve in 1938, this park is one of the best-known national parks in Africa for walking safaris. It hosts large populations of Thornicroft’s Giraffes, elephants and buffalos, while the Luangwa River supports abundant crocodiles and hippos. Unfortunately, the park’s black rhinos were wiped out by 1987.
Kruger National Park, South Africa
Covering an area of over 7,500 square miles, Kruger is one of the largest, oldest and most famous national parks in the world. It boasts of an amazingly abundant wildlife diversity including 150 mammals, over 500 different kinds of birds, 114 reptile and 50 fish species. Visitors to the park are welcome to use its 21 rest camps, 2 private lodge concessions, and 15 designated private safari lodges.
Sehlabathebe National Park, Lesotho
Home to both striking biological diversity as well as important cultural heritage, the park was first established in 1969. Apart from unique Afro-Alpine and Sub-Alpine plants, mammals, avifauna, reptiles, amphibians and fish presence in the park, there is a record number of 65 rock art sites which have been identified here.
Kiang West National Park, Gambia
Located on the south bank of the Gambia River, it is one of the largest and most important wildlife reserves in Gambia. The park is home to abundant game animals, predators and birds but also manatees, dolphins, snakes and fearsome Nile crocodiles. Vegetation types in the park include Guinean savanna and dry deciduous woodlands.
Bazaruto National Park, Mozambique
Situated on the eastern coast of Mozambique, this park also covers a large expanse of ocean and six islands. It hosts several endemic terrestrial gastropods, lizards and water birds. The rich variety of marine life includes humpback whales, marine turtles, spinners, humpback and bottlenose dolphins; and marlins and barracudas.
Ahaggar National Park, Algeria
Dominated by the Ahaggar Mountains, this immense park is 40 times the size of the entire Gambian nation. Despite being in the middle of the world´s greatest desert, Ahaggar National Parkis a surprisingly diverse area, boasting of classic dunes, woodlands, as well as a 9,550 feet high mountain range. The biodiversity in the area is also excellent – number of animal species that have died off in other parts of the Sahara can be still found here.
Niokolo-Kobo National Park, Senegal
Established as a wildlife reserve in 1925, the park is a World Heritage
Site now. Apart from its incredible collection of 1500 plant species,
this park also hosts 20 species of amphibians, 60 species of fishes, 38
species of reptiles, 80 mammal species and around 330 species of birds.
Deux Bales National Park, Burkina Faso
Founded in 1937 as one of the first protected areas in West Africa, this small, unassuming national park in the heart of Burkina Faso might not have the highest concentration of big game animals but it can offer spectacular sceneries. The Black Volta River flowing through the park features hippos, crocodiles and many aquatic birds.
Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo
Located in the Congo River basin, it is Africa’s largest tropical rainforest reserve. There are no roads in the park, most of it is accessible only by the river. Salonga National Park is home to numerous animal species, notably monkeys, leopards, forest elephants, and African slender-snouted crocodiles.
Tai National Park, Ivory Coast
Covering an area of about 1,300 square miles, this park was declared a World Heritage Site in 1982. There over 140 mammal species to be found in the park, including twelve regional endemics and five of the red list threatened species: Pygmy Hippopotamus, Olive Colobus monkeys, Leopards, Chimpanzees and Jentink’s Duike.
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