These are the places you imagine when you think of Africa, wildlife paradises that invite you to travel at least once in your life through the continent where nature holds the best surprises. What follows is a tour of the top ten National Parks in Africa.
Serengeti National Park (Tanzania)
Located in Tanzania, Serengeti National Park is famous for its migrations of animals in African-scale volumes, and also for being home to large populations of Africa’s big five: the lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and cape buffalo. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 1981.
Tsavo National Park (Kenya)
Tsavo National Park is one of the largest in Kenya, near the village of Vou. Divided into its two eastern and western sections, it is mostly made up of semi-arid grasslands and savannahs, in which one of the most important biodiversity in the world resides, with a large amount of fauna to photograph.
Kilimanjaro National Park (Tanzania)
Mount Kilimanjaro is so representative of Africa and its natural environment is so spectacular, that it deserves its own namesake National Park, in Tanzania. With its three craters and its eternal snows, it is the highest peak on the continent and many of Africa’s representative animals live in its surroundings.
Virunga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Formerly known as Albert National Park, today’s Virunga Park on the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site and included in the list of threatened heritage in 1994. Despite the ravages of poaching, the landscape of grassy plateaus, mountains, and active volcanoes has earned its fame thanks to mountain gorillas, who struggle to survive under conservation programs.
Rwenzori National Park
Ruwenzori National Park (Uganda) Located in the Ruwenzori Mountains and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Uganda’s Ruwenzori Park is the scene of stunning landscapes, with numerous waterfalls, lakes and glaciers, including Africa’s third highest peak, Mount Stanley.
Etosha National Park (Namibia)
Located in Namibia, Etosha National Park is one of the largest in the world. With a landscape dominated by forest and savannah, dry lagoons and large depressions, 114 species of animals coexist, as well as birds, reptiles, and large mammals such as lions, rhinoceroses, and elephants.
Moremi Wildlife Reserve (Botswana)
The Moremi Reserve, in the eastern part of Botswana’s Okavango Delta, is one of the most beautiful in all of Africa. Between acacia forests, floodplains and lagoons with a unique diversity of life, it has gained fame all over the world.
Kruger National Park (South Africa)
Kruger National Park is South Africa’s most famous hunting ground. Due to its variety of species and biological richness, it has been recognized as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. It is one of the most visited in the entire continent.
Lake Malawi National Park (Malawi)
Malawi is a lake that stars in a National Park, in the south of Malawi. With numerous islands in its southern area, it is one of the largest African lakes within the Rift Valley, populated by endemic species.
Tsingy de Bemaraha Integral National Reserve (Madagascar)
In the province of Mahajanga, in Madagascar, is the Tsingy de Bemaraha Integral Nature Reserve, with unique geological formations between areas of mangrove forest and typical fauna of the island. It was because of its beauty and geological richness declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
