List of national parks in Africa
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This is a list of national parks in Africa. The nature of the parks varies considerably not only between countries but also within some nations – the degree of protection, accessibility and type of environment for which it is intended to deliver protection. Some parks have been cleared of their original human population, others have always been essentially uninhabited, while yet others contain significant population centres.

National parks can be found in a large majority of African countries, being most numerous in Gabon
Gabon
Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...

, Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

 and Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

. Some nations also have considerable areas designated as private parks, game reserve
Game reserve
A game reserve is an area of land set aside for maintenance of wildlife for tourism or hunting purposes. Many game reserves are located in Africa. Most are open to the public, and tourists commonly take sightseeing safaris or hunt wild game....

s, forest reserves, marine reserve
Marine reserve
For the United States Marine Corps Reserve see: Marine Forces ReserveA marine reserve is an area of the sea which has legal protection against fishing or development. This is to be distinguished from a marine park, but there is some overlap in usage...

s, national reserve
National Reserve
A National Reserve is a land designation for protecting conservation values:-National Reserves by country:*National reserves of Chile*National Reserves of New Zealand*National Reserves of the United States...

s and natural parks. These are not included in the list below, even though some of these may resemble some national parks. For more information on such zones, see the individual articles on each country.

Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

  • Abaaba National Park
  • Ahaggar National Park
  • Belezma National Park
  • Chrea National Park
    Chréa National Park
    The Chréa National Park ' is one of the smallest national parks of Algeria. It is located in Blida Province, named after Chréa, a town near this park...

  • Djurdjura National Park
    Djurdjura National Park
    The national park of Djurdjura ' is one of the national parks of Algeria. It is located in Kabylia, named after the Djurdjura mountain chain. Nearby cities include Tizi Ouzou and Bouïra...

  • El Kala National Park
    El Kala National Park
    The national park of El Ka la ' is one of the national parks of Algeria, in the extreme north-east of the country...

  • Gouraya National Park
    Gouraya National Park
    The national park of Gouraya ' is one of the coastal national parks of Algeria. It is located in Béjaïa Province, near the town of Sidi Touati.The park is located 30 kilometers north-east of Jijel...

  • Tassili n'Ajjer National Park
    Tassili n'Ajjer
    Tassili n'Ajjer is a mountain range in the Algerian section of the Sahara Desert. It is a vast plateau in south-east Algeria at the borders of Libya, Niger and Mali, covering an area of 72,000 sq...

  • Taza National Park
    Taza National Park
    The national park of Taza ' is one of the smaller national national parks of Algeria. It is located in Jijel Province, named after Taza, a town near this park....

  • Theniet El Had National Park
    Théniet El Had National Park
    The Théniet El Had National Park is one of the 10 national parks of Algeria. It is located in Tissemsilt Province, named after Théniet El Haâd, a town near this park. It has several forests, and it is located in the foothills of the highest peak of the Ouarsenis, a mountain chain in the Tell...

  • Tlemcen National Park
    Tlemcen National Park
    The Tlemcen National Park ' is one of the more recent national parks of Algeria. It is located in Tlemcen Province, named after Tlemcen, a city near this park...


Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

  • Bicauri National Park
    Bicauri National Park
    Bicauri National Park is a national park in Angola....

  • Cameia National Park
    Cameia National Park
    Cameia National Park is a national park in the Moxico province of Angola, located at about 1100 m above sea level. It shares its name with the nearby municipality of Cameia. The Cameia–Luacano road forms the northern boundary of the park with the Chifumage River forming the southern portion of the...

  • Cangandala National Park
    Cangandala National Park
    Cangandala National Park is a national park in Malanje Province, Angola. It is situated between the Cuije river and 2 unnamed territories of the Cuanza, with the towns of Culamagia and Techongolola on the edges of the park. It is the smallest national park in Angola.-History:The park was created in...

  • Iona National Park
    Iona National Park
    Iona National Park is a National park in Namibe Province of Angola. It is about 200 km from the city of Namibe and, at 5850 sq. miles, the largest in the country. Before the independence of Angola and the Angolan Civil War, Iona was an "animal paradise, rich in big game"...

  • Kisama National Park
  • Longa-Mavinga National Park
    Longa-Mavinga National Park
    Longa-Mavinga National Park is a national park in Angola....

  • Luenge National Park
    Luenge National Park
    Luenge National Park is a national park in Angola....

  • Luiana National Park
    Luiana National Park
    Luiana National Park is a national park in Angola.-See also:...

  • Mucusso National Park
    Mucusso National Park
    Mucusso National Park is a national park in Angola....

  • Mupa National Park
    Mupa National Park
    Mupa National Park is a National Park in Angola's Cunene province. It was proclaimed a National Park on 26 December 1964 while Angola was a Portuguese territory....

  • Quicama National Park
    Quiçama National Park
    Quiçama National Park, also known as Kissama National Park , is a national park in northwestern Angola....


Partial Reservers
  • Namibie Partial Reserve
    Namibie Partial Reserve
    Namibie Partial Reserve is a protected area in Angola, located to the north of Iona National Park, and separated by a narrow strip of occupied land along the Curoca River...

  • Mavinga Partial Reserve
  • Luiana Partial Reserve
  • Bufalo Partial Reserve

Botswana
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

  • Chobe National Park
    Chobe National Park
    Chobe National Park, in northwest Botswana, has one of the largest concentrations of game in Africa. By size, it is the third largest park of the country, after the Central Kalahari Game Reserve and the Gemsbok National Park, and is the most diverse...

  • Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
    Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
    Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is a large wildlife preserve and conservation area in southern Africa. The park straddles the border between South Africa and Botswana and comprises two adjoining national parks: Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in South Africa and Gemsbok National Park in Botswana. The...

  • Makgadikgadi Pans National Park
  • Nxai Pan National Park
    Nxai Pan National Park
    Nxai Pan National Park is a national park in north-eastern Botswana, consisting of Nxai Pan, which is one of the Makgadikgadi Pan salt flats.-Notes:This park is considered for inclusion in the 5 Nation Kavango - Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area....


Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...

  • Arli National Park
    Arli National Park
    Arli National Park often Arly is a national park located in southeastern Burkina Faso. It adjoins Benin's Pendjari National Park in the South and the Singou Reserve in the West....

  • Deux Balés National Park
    Deux Balés National Park
    Deux Balés National Park is a national park located in central eastern Burkina Faso. It is within Mouhoun Province just west of the Black Volta River and at an elevation of 235-310m.-History:...

  • Kaboré Tambi National Park
    Kaboré Tambi National Park
    Kaboré Tambi National Park is a national park in Burkina Faso. It is situated between Ouagadougou and the border with Ghana and follows the course of the Nazinon river. Founded in 1976 as Pô National Park, it has been renamed in honor of a ranger of the park who was killed by poachers in 1991.-...

     (former Pô National Park), existing since 1976.
  • W of the Niger National Park, existing since 1957.

Burundi
Burundi
Burundi , officially the Republic of Burundi , is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura...

  • Kibira National Park
    Kibira National Park
    The Kibira National Park is a national park in northwestern Burundi. Overlapping four provinces and covering 400 km². Kibira National Park lies atop the mountains of the Congo-Nile divide. It extends north from the provincial town of Muramvya to the border of Rwanda where it is contiguous with...

  • Risizi National Park
    Risizi National Park
    Rusizi National Park is a national park in Burundi, next to the Rusizi River. It is 15 km north of the city of Bujumbura and home to hippopotamuses and sitatungas....

  • Rurubu National Park
    Rurubu National Park
    Ruvubu National Park is the largest national park in Burundi covering 508km2....


Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...

  • Bénoué National Park
    Bénoué National Park
    Bénoué National Park is a national park of Cameroon and a UNESCO designated Biosphere Reserve. It is in size. The park has a wide frontage to the Bénoué River, which stretches for over , forming the eastern boundary. The public road to Tcholliré cuts across the northern part of the park...

  • Bouba Njida National Park
    Bouba Njida National Park
    Bouba Njida National Park is a national park of Cameroon. A total of 23 antelope species occur in the park. The Painted Hunting Dog, Lycaon pictus had been observed in Bouba Njida National Park at the turn of the 21st century; this population of the endangered canid is one of the few that remained...

  • Boumba Bek National Park
    Boumba Bek National Park
    Boumba Bek National Park is a national park in extreme southeastern Cameroon, located in its East Province.-History:The park was never logged; according to the World Wildlife Fund's scientific advisor in the region, Paul Robinson Ngnegueu, "poaching is the biggest threat to Boumba Bek." This is a...

  • Campo Ma'an National Park
    Campo Ma'an National Park
    Campo Ma'an National Park is a 264,064 hectare national park of Cameroon. The combined area for the national park and the buffer zone surrounding the park is approximately 700,000 hectares.-References:...

  • Faro National Park
    Faro National Park
    Faro National Park is a national park in Cameroon's North Province. It covers an area of and is close to the Nigerian border, surrounded on the eastern side by several hunting reserves. It is home to cheetahs, black rhinoceros, elephants, and is known for its colonies of hippopotamuses....

  • Korup National Park
    Korup National Park
    Korup National Park is in the Southwest Province of Cameroon and extends over 1,260 km2 of mostly undisturbed primary forest. It is reputedly one of Africa’s oldest and richest rainforests in terms of floral and faunal diversity. It is the most accessible rainforest national park in Cameroon...

  • Lobéké National Park
    Lobéké National Park
    Lobéké National Park is a national park of southeastern Cameroon within the Moloundou Arrondisement of East Province. Located in the Congo Basin, it is bounded on the east by the Sangha River which serves as Cameroon's international border with Central African Republic and the Republic of the Congo...

  • Nki National Park
    Nki National Park
    Nki National Park is a national park in southeastern Cameroon, located in its East Province. The closest towns to Nki are Yokadouma, Moloundou and Lomie, beyond which are rural lands...

  • Waza National Park
    Waza National Park
    Waza National Park is a national park in Far North Province, Cameroon. It was founded in 1934, albeit as a hunting reserve, and covers a total of 1,700 km²...


Central African Republic
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...

  • André Félix National Park
    Andre Felix National Park
    The Andre Felix National Park is a national park found in Central African Republic, contiguous to Radom National Park in Sudan. It was established in 1960 and its area is 951 km²....

  • Bamingui-Bangoran National Park
  • St Floris National Park

Chad
Chad
Chad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...

  • Aouk National Park
    Aouk National Park
    Aouk National Park is a national park in Chad....

  • Goz-Beida National Park
  • Manda National Park
    Manda National Park
    Manda National Park is a national park in Chad....

  • Zakouma National Park
    Zakouma National Park
    Zakouma National Park is a national park, located between Sarh and Am Timan, in the south of Chad. Created in 1963, it was Chad's first national park, and has an area of almost...


Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo , sometimes known locally as Congo-Brazzaville, is a state in Central Africa. It is bordered by Gabon, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Angolan exclave province of Cabinda, and the Gulf of Guinea.The region was dominated by...

  • Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park
    Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park
    Nouabal-Ndoki National Park is a national park in the Republic of the Congo. Established in 1993, north of Congo, it is mostly populated with elephants, apes, ranging from Western Lowland Gorillas to chimpanzees and bongo. It is of pristine tropical rainforest with no human habitation within it...

  • Odzala National Park
    Odzala National Park
    Odzala National Park is a national park in the Cuvette-Ouest Region of Republic of the Congo. Founded in 1935, the park now covers 13,600 km2...


Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

  • Garamba National Park
    Garamba National Park
    Garamba National Park, located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa, was established in 1938. One of Africa's oldest National parks, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. Garamba is the home to the world's last known wild population of Northern White Rhinoceros...

  • Kahuzi-Biéga National Park
    Kahuzi-Biéga National Park
    Kahuzi-Biéga National Park is in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 50 km west of the town of Bukavu in the Kivu Region, near to the western side of Lake Kivu and the Rwandan border....

  • Maiko National Park
    Maiko National Park
    Maiko National Park is a national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It lies in one of the most remote forest areas of the country and covers . The park is divided into three sectors, straddling the states of Nord Kivu, Province Orientale and Maniema...

  • Okapi National Park
  • Salonga National Park
    Salonga National Park
    Salonga National Park is a national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo located in the Congo River basin. It is Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve covering about 36,000 km². Animals in the park include bonobos, Salonga monkeys, Tshuapa red colobus, Zaire peacocks, forest...

     (North and South sections)
  • Upemba National Park
    Upemba National Park
    Upemba National Park is a large park in the Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Located in a lush area dotted by lakes, including the eponymous Lake Upemba, and bordered by the Lualaba River, its 11,730 km² dominates the Kibara Plateau....

  • Virunga National Park
    Virunga National Park
    The Virunga National Park , formerly named Albert National Park, is a 7800 square km National Park that stretches from the Virunga Mountains in the South, to the Rwenzori Mountains in the North, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, bordering Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda and Rwenzori...


Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire
The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

  • Assagny National Park
    Assagny National Park
    Assagny National Park or Azagny National Park is a national park in Côte d'Ivoire.-External links:* http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/sites/pa/0072p.htm* http://www.unep-wcmc.org/wdpa/sitedetails.cfm?siteid=7522&level=nat...

  • Banco National Park
    Banco National Park
    Banco National Park is a national park in Côte d'Ivoire located along Highway North in the district of Attécoubé . Banco National Park covers 30.00 km² and is an example of primary forest, with species become rare wood . Tracks for walkers have been upgraded and many hotels of all categories will...

  • Comoé National Park
    Comoé National Park
    Comoé National Park is a national park in north eastern Côte d'Ivoire as well as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since its inscription in 1983. It is in the Ivoirian Zanzan Region between the towns of Kong to the west of both the park and the Comoé River, and Bouna to the east of the park, and just...

  • Îles Ehotilés National Park
  • Marahoué National Park
    Marahoué National Park
    Marahoué National Park is a national park in Côte d'Ivoire. It was established in 1968, and covers 1000km² . However, it has lost 93 percent of its forest cover in the last six years...

  • Mont Nimba National Park
  • Mont Péko National Park
    Mont Péko National Park
    Mont Péko National Park is a national park in Côte d'Ivoire.-Status of Great Apes:A recent census carried out by Herbinger and Lia found a significant population of chimpanzees in this park. The census was carried out in April 2001 using four different straight transect lines between 2-4km long...

  • Mont Sângbé National Park
    Mont Sângbé National Park
    Mont Sângbé National Park is a national park in Côte d'Ivoire, considered one of the world's principal national parks. It acquired national park status in 1975....

  • Taï National Park
    Taï National Park
    Taï National Park is a national park in Côte d'Ivoire containing one of the last areas of primary rainforest in West Africa. It was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1982 due to the breadth of its flora and fauna...


Djibouti
Djibouti
Djibouti , officially the Republic of Djibouti , is a country in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east...

  • Day Forest National Park
    Day Forest National Park
    Day Forest National Park is a national park in Djibouti. It protects an important forest island in a sea of semi-desert, with at least four known endemic plant species, which include: Juniperus procera, Olea africana, Buxus hildebrantii, and Tarchonanthus camphoratus...

  • Djibouti National Park
    Djibouti National Park
    Djibouti National Park is a national park in Djibouti....

  • Yoboki National Park
    Yoboki National Park
    Yoboki National Park is a national park in Djibouti....


Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

  • Elba National Park
  • Ras Muhammad
    Ras Muhammad
    Ras Mohammad is a national park in Egypt at the southern extreme of the Sinai Peninsula, overlooking the Gulf of Suez on the west and the Gulf of Aqaba to the east.-History:...

  • St Catherine National Park
  • Wadi el Gamal National Park

Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

  • Abidjatta-Shalla National Park
  • Awash National Park
    Awash National Park
    Awash National Park is one of the National Parks of Ethiopia. Located at the southern tip of the Afar Region, this park is 225 kilometers east of Addis Ababa , with its southern boundary along the Awash River, and covers at least 756 square kilometers of acacia woodland and grassland...

  • Bale Mountains National Park
    Bale Mountains National Park
    The Bale Mountains National Park is a national park in the Oromia Region of southeast Ethiopia. Created in 1970, this park covers about 2,200 square kilometers of the Bale Mountains to the west and southwest of Goba in the Bale Zone...

  • Gambela National Park
    Gambela National Park
    Gambela National Park is a proposed National Park, but the steps needed to fully protect it by the government of Ethiopia have not been completed as of 2002...

  • Mago National Park
    Mago National Park
    Mago National Park is one of the National Parks of Ethiopia. Located in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region about 782 kilometers south of Addis Ababa and north of a large 90° bend in the Omo River, the 2162 square kilometers of this park are divided by the Mago River, a...

  • Nechisar National Park
    Nechisar National Park
    Nechisar National Park is one of the National Parks of Ethiopia. Located in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region immediately to the east of Arba Minch, its 514 square kilometers of territory include the "Bridge of God" , and the Nechisar plains east of the lakes...

  • Omo National Park
    Omo National Park
    Omo National Park is one of the National Parks of Ethiopia. Located in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region on the west bank of the Omo River, the park covers approximately 4,068 square kilometers, about 870 kilometers southwest of Addis Ababa; across the Omo is the Mago National...

  • Semien Mountains National Park
    Semien Mountains National Park
    Simien Mountains National Park is one of the National Parks of Ethiopia. Located in the Semien Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, its territory covers the Simien Mountains and includes Ras Dashan, the highest point in Ethiopia....

  • Yangudi Rassa National Park
    Yangudi Rassa National Park
    Yangudi Rassa National Park is one of the National Parks of Ethiopia. Located in the Afar Region, its 4730 square kilometers of territory include Mount Yangudi near the southern border and the surrounding Rassa Plains, with altitudes from 400 to 1459 meters above sea level. Sandy semi-desert and...


Gabon
Gabon
Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...

President Omar Bongo
Omar Bongo
El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba , born as Albert-Bernard Bongo, was a Gabonese politician who was President of Gabon for 42 years from 1967 until his death in office in 2009....

 established a national park
National park
A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...

 system in Gabon
Gabon
Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...

 in 2002, setting aside just over 10% of the national patrimony for conservation within 13 National Parks.
  • Akanda National Park
    Akanda National Park
    Akanda National Park is one of 13 National Parks in Gabon set up in 2002 by President Omar Bongo after a two year study by the DFC, WCS and WWF. The 13 national parks are designed to represent the biodiversity of the country and encourage tourism...

  • Batéké Plateau National Park
    Batéké Plateau National Park
    Batéké Plateau National Park is a national park in the Bateke Plateau, southeastern Gabon covering . Due to its purported universal cultural and natural significance, it was added onto the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on October 20th, 2005....

  • Birougou National Park
    Birougou National Park
    Birougou National Park, also known as the Monts Birougou Wetlands, is a national park in central Gabon. It protects rain forest in the Chaillu Massif and is one of the two parks where the endemic sun-tailed guenon, first described in 1988, can be found. It is named after Mount Birougou, 975 metres...

  • Crystal Mountains National Park
    Crystal Mountains National Park
    Crystal Mountains National Park is a national park in northwestern Gabon. It is situated in the Crystal Mountains, between Equatorial Guinea and the Ogooué River.- External links :* *...

  • Ivindo National Park
    Ivindo National Park
    Ivindo National Park is a national park in east-central Gabon in west central Africa. It is bisected by the equator. Ivindo National Park was completed in 2004. It contains the famous Kongou Falls.- External links :**...

  • Loango National Park
    Loango National Park
    Loango National Park is a national park in western Gabon. It protects diverse coastal habitat, including part of the 220 km² Iguéla Lagoon, the only significant example of a typical western African lagoon system that is protected within a national park....

  • Lopé National Park
    Lopé National Park
    Lopé National Park is a national park in central Gabon. Although the terrain is mostly rain forest, in the north the park contains the last remnants of grass savannas created in Central Africa during the last Ice Age, 15,000 years ago. It was the first protected area in Gabon when the Lopé-Okanda...

  • Mayumba National Park
    Mayumba National Park
    Mayumba National Park is a national park in southwestern Gabon. It is a thin tongue of beach, dunes, savanna, and rainforest in the extreme south of the country, between Mayumba and the Congo border...

  • Minkébé National Park
    Minkébé National Park
    Minkébé National Park is a national park in the extreme northeast of Gabon. It covers an area of 7,570 km². The WWF recognized it as an area needing protection as early as 1989 and has been actively working towards protecting the forest since 1997...

  • Moukalaba-Doudau National Park
  • Mwangné National Park
    Mwangné National Park
    - External links :*...

  • Pongara National Park
    Pongara National Park
    Pongara National Park is a national park in Gabon near the capital Libreville along the Komo estuary and the Atlantic Ocean. It covers an area of 929 km². - External links :*...

  • Waka National Park
    Waka National Park
    Waka National Park is a national park in central Gabon. Waka protects over 1,000 km² of rain forest in the Chaillu Massif.- External links :* *...


The Gambia
The Gambia
The Republic of The Gambia, commonly referred to as The Gambia, or Gambia , is a country in West Africa. Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, surrounded by Senegal except for a short coastline on the Atlantic Ocean in the west....

  • Abuko National Park
  • Bijilo National Park
  • Kiang West National Park
    Kiang West National Park
    Kiang West National Park is one of the largest and most important wildlife reserves in The Gambia. It was declared a national park in 1987 and is managed by The Gambia Department of Parks and Wildlife Management.- Geography :...

  • Niumi National Park
    Niumi National Park
    Niumi National Park is a national park in The Gambia.-General information:The Niumi National Park occupies the coastal strip of The Gambia north of the river. The park is approximately 4,940 ha in extent. Apart from being an important fish breeding ground, it constitutes one of the last untouched...

  • River Gambia National Park
    River Gambia National Park
    River Gambia National Park is a national park in The Gambia.- Topography :Established in 1978, River Gambia National Park is located in Niamina East district of Central River Division. It lies on the left bank of the Gambia River. The park includes the Baboon Islands archipelago, which consists of...


Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

  • Ankasa Game Reserve & Nini-Suhien National Park
  • Bia National Park
    Bia National Park
    Bia National Park is a national park in the Western Region of Ghana. It is also a biosphere reserve with a 563 square kilometer resource reserve. It has some of Ghana's last remnants of relatively untouched forest complete with its full diversity of wildlife...

  • Boabeng Fiema Monkey Sanctuary
  • Bui National Park
    Bui National Park
    The Bui National Park is found in Ghana. It was established in 1971. This site is 1820 km². The reserve is notable for its Hippopotamus population in the Black Volta. The endangered black and white colobus monkey and a variety of antelopes and birds are also present. Part of the park will be...

  • Digya National Park
    Digya National Park
    Digya National Park is the second largest national park and the oldest protected area in Ghana. It is located in the Brong-Ahafo Region. It was created in 1900 and given national park status in 1971...

  • Gbele Game Production Reserve
  • Kalakpa Game Production Reserve
  • Kakum National Park
    Kakum National Park
    Kakum National Park is a 375 square km national park located in the Central Region of Ghana. The park was first established in 1960. It is located 30km north of Cape Coast and Elmina near the small town of Abrafo. The entire area is covered with tropical rainforest.In the park gamekeepers are...

  • Kogyae Strict National Reserve
  • Mole National Park
    Mole National Park
    Mole National Park is Ghana's largest wildlife refuge. The park is located in northwest Ghana on grassland savanna and riparian ecosystems at an elevation of 150 m, with sharp escarpment forming the southern boundary of the park. The park's entrance is reached through the nearby town of...


Guinea
Guinea
Guinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures...

  • Haut Niger National Park
    National Park of Upper Niger
    The National Park of Upper Niger is a recently gazetted national park in Guinea in northwestern Africa. The park covers around 6000 square km of in the north-eastern area of the country, of which 600 square km comprise the core area...

  • Niokolo-Badiar National Park

Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau
The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west....

  • Cacheu River National Park
  • João Vieira Marine Park
  • Orango Islands National Park
    Orango Islands National Park
    The Orango Islands National Park is found in Guinea-Bissau. It was established on the 1st of December 2000. This site is 1582km² and 94,235.00 km² .-External links:*...


Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

  • Aberdare National Park
    Aberdare National Park
    - External links :* * * *...

  • Amboseli National Park
  • Arabuko Sokoke National Park
    Arabuko Sokoke National Park
    The Arabuko-Sokoke Forest is located on the coast of Kenya, 110 km north of Mombassa and is protected as a national Forest Reserve. The Arabuko-Sokoke National Park is only a small portion of the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve, a few square kilometres in size and is located on the north-western...

  • Central Island National Park
  • Chyulu Hills National Park
  • Hell's Gate National Park
    Hell's Gate National Park
    Hell's Gate National Park lies south of Lake Naivasha in Kenya, north west of Nairobi. Hell's Gate National Park is named after a narrow break in the cliffs, once a tributary of a prehistoric lake that fed early humans in the Rift Valley. It was established in 1984. A small national park, it is...

  • Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park
    Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park
    Kisite-Mpunguti Marine National Park is situated on the southern coast of Kenya near Shimoni and south of Wasini Island in Kwale District near the Tanzanian border...

  • Lake Nakuru National Park
  • Malka Mari National Park
  • Malindi Marine National Park
  • Marsabit National Park
    Marsabit National Park
    The Marsabit National Park is a national park and nature reserve located at Mount Marsabit in northern Kenya, near the town of Marsabit. It is located 560 km north of Nairobi in Marsabit District in Eastern Province and its reserve is noted for its zebra population and bird sanctuary.- Flora...

  • Meru National Park
    Meru National Park
    Meru National Park is a Kenyan Game park located east of Meru, 350 km from Nairobi. Covering an area of 870 km², it is one of the most famous known parks of Kenya. It has abundant rainfall, 635–762 mm in the west of the park and 305–356 mm in the east. The rainfall results in...

  • Mombasa Marine Park
  • Mount Elgon National Park
    Mount Elgon National Park
    Mount Elgon National Park is a national park 140 km North East of Lake Victoria. The park covers an area of 1279 km² and is bisected by the border of Kenya and Uganda. The Ugandan part of the park covers 1110 km² while the Kenyan part covers 169 km²...

  • Mount Kenya National Park
    Mount Kenya National Park
    Mount Kenya National Park, established in 1949, protects the region surrounding Mount Kenya. Initially it was a forest reserve before being announced as a national park. Currently the national park is within the forest reserve which encircles it. In April 1978 the area was designated a UNESCO...

  • Mount Longonot National Park
  • Nairobi National Park
    Nairobi National Park
    Nairobi National Park is a national park in Kenya. Established in 1946, the national park was Kenya's first. It is located approximately 7 kilometres south of the centre of Nairobi, Kenya's capital city, with only a fence separating the park's wildlife from the metropolis. Nairobi's skyscrapers...

  • Ol Donyo Sabuk National Park
  • Ruma National Park
  • Saiwa Swamp National Park
    Saiwa Swamp National Park
    Saiwa Swamp National Park is located near Kitale, Rift Valley Province, Kenya. It is the smallest national park in Kenya, only 3 km², and was created as habitat for the Sitatunga, a rare aquatic antelope.-External links:*...

  • Sibiloi National Park
    Sibiloi National Park
    Sibiloi National Park lies on the northeastern shore of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Established in 1973 by the government of Kenya for the protection of wildlife and palaeontological sites there, it covers 1570 km² and is internationally known for its fossils...

  • Tsavo National Park
    Tsavo National Park
    Tsavo National Park may refer to:* Tsavo East National Park, a national park in Kenya on the eastern side of the A109 road.* Tsavo West National Park, a national park in Kenya on the western side of the A109 road....

     (East and West sections)
  • Watamu Marine National Park
    Watamu Marine National Park
    Watamu Marine National Park and Reserve is located in Kenya. Established in 1968, it was one of Kenya's first marine parks. It is located about north of Mombasa, Kenya's second largest city. Its coral gardens are merely from the shore and are home to approximately 600 species of fish, 110...


Lesotho
Lesotho
Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave, surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is just over in size with a population of approximately 2,067,000. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The name...

  • Sehlabathebe National Park
    Sehlabathebe National Park
    The Sehlabathebe National Park is located in the Maloti Mountains in Qacha's Nek District, Lesotho, and is part of the larger Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation Area. Home to both striking biological diversity as well as important cultural heritage, the park was first established on May...

  • Ts'ehlanyane National Park
    Ts'ehlanyane National Park
    The Ts'ehlanyane National Park is Lesotho's Largest National Park and is located in the Maloti Mountains in Botha-Bothe District, Lesotho, and is part of the larger Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation Area...


Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...

  • Amber Mountain National Park
    Amber Mountain National Park
    Amber Mountain National Park is a National Park in the Diana Region of northern Madagascar. The park is known for its water falls and crater lakes and is located 1000 km north of the capital, Antananarivo...

  • Andohahela National Park
    Andohahela National Park
    Andohahela National Park, in southeast Madagascar, is remarkable for the extremes of habitats that are representened within it. The park covers 760 square kilometers of the Anosy mountain range, the southernmost spur of the Malagasy Highlands...

  • Andringitra National Park
    Andringitra National Park
    Andringitra National Park is National Park in the Haute Matsiatra Region of Madagascar, 47 km south of Ambalavao. Approximately 140 km of the Tropic of Capricorn crosses the park....

  • Ankarafantsika National Park
    Ankarafantsika National Park
    Ankarafantsika National Park is a National Park in the Boeny Region of Madagascar. The closest city is Majunga 115 km north of the park. Ankarafantsika is mostly tropical in climate type. The Sakalava people are the predominate ethnic group in the park. The rodent Macrotarsomys ingens occurs only...

  • Baie de Baly National Park
    Baie de Baly National Park
    Baie de Baly National Park is a national Park of Madagascar....

  • Bemaraha National Park
    Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park
    The Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park is a national park located in Melaky Region, Madagascar. The national park centers on two geological formations: the Great Tsingy and the Little Tsingy...

  • Isalo National Park
    Isalo National Park
    Isalo National Park is a National Park in the Ihorombe Region of Madagascar. The park is known for its wide variety of terrain, including sandstone formations, deep canyons, palm-lined oases, and grassland. The closest town is Ranohira, and the closest city is Toliara. A local guide is required...

  • Kirindy Mitea National Park
    Kirindy Mitea National Park
    Kirindy Mitea National Park is a national Park of Madagascar. It is situated in the Menabe Region.- External links :*...

  • Mantadia National Park
  • Marojejy National Park
    Marojejy National Park
    Marojejy National Park is a national park in the Sava Region of northeastern Madagascar. It covers and is centered around the Marojejy Massif, a mountain chain that rises to an elevation of . Access to the area around the massif was restricted to research scientists when the site was set aside as...

  • Masoala National Park
    Masoala National Park
    Masoala National Park, in northeast Madagascar, is the largest of the island's protected areas. Most of the park is situated in Sava Region and a part in Analanjirofo. Created in 1997, the park protects 2,300 square kilometres of rainforest and 100 square kilometres of marine parks. The Masoala...

  • Midongy du sud National Park
    Midongy du sud National Park
    Midongy du sud National Park is a national park of Madagascar....

  • Namoroka National Park
    Tsingy de Namoroka Strict Nature Reserve
    Tsingy de Namoroka Strict Nature Reserve, also known as Namoroka National Park, is a strict nature reserve located in the northwestern part of Madagascar in the Mahajanga Province, specifically, the Soalala District.- Climate and geography :...

  • Ranomafana National Park
    Ranomafana National Park
    Ranomafana National Park is located in the southeastern part of Madagascar in Haute Matsiatra and Vatovavy-Fitovinany. With more than 41,600 hectares of moist forest climate, the park is home to several rare species of flora and fauna such as the lemur...

  • Tsimanampetsotse National Park
    Tsimanampetsotse National Park
    Tsimanampetsotse National Park also spelt Tsimanampetsotse, and known as Tsimanampetsotsa Nature Reserve is a national Park of Madagascar. It lies on the southwest coast, south of Toliara. It contains Lake Tsimanampetsotsa, an important wetland and a Ramsar site. The Ramsar site has a total area of...

  • Zahamena National Park
    Zahamena National Park
    Zahamena National Park is a national Park of Madagascar. It is part of the World Heritage Site, Rainforests of the Atsinanana....

  • Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park
    Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park
    Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park is a national Park of Madagascar....


Malawi
Malawi
The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...

  • Lake Malawi National Park
    Lake Malawi National Park
    Lake Malawi National Park is a national park located in Malawi at the southern end of Lake Malawi. It is the only national park in Malawi that was created to protect fish and aquatic habitats. Despite this, Lake Malawi National Park does include a fair amount of land, including several small...

  • Kasungu National Park
    Kasungu National Park
    Kasungu National Park is a national park in Malawi. It is located west of Kasungu, about 175 km north of Lilongwe, extending along the Zambian border....

  • Lengwe National Park
    Lengwe National Park
    Lengwe National Park is a national park in Malawi....

  • Liwonde National Park
    Liwonde National Park
    Liwonde National Park is a national park in Malawi. It is located on the upper Shire River plain, east of the river, 140 km north of Limbe. Its southern gate lies about 6 km from the town center of Liwonde, and is accessible by bicycle taxi or walking...

  • Nyika National Park
    Nyika National Park
    Nyika National Park is Malawi’s largest national park, with an area of 3200 km² .-Location and road access:The park covers practically the whole of the Nyika Plateau in northern Malawi, about 480 km north of Lilongwe and 60 km north of Rumphi by road...


Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

  • Bafing National Park
    Bafing National Park
    The Bafing National Park lies in southern Mali. It was established on the 1st of July 2000. This site is 5000 km². Bafing National Park is the only protected area for chimpanzees within the Manding Plateau area. Woodlands dominate most of the landscape. Both Korofin and Wongo National Park ...

  • Boucle du Baoulé National Park
    Boucle du Baoulé National Park
    The Boucle du Baoulé National Park lies in western Mali, in Kayes Region and Koulikoro Region, set up in 1982. It has an area of 25,330 km² but has little large wildlife...

  • Kouroufing National Park
    Kouroufing National Park
    The Kouroufing National Park is found in Mali. It was established on the 16th of January 2002. This site is 557km²....

  • Wongo National Park
    Wongo National Park
    The Wongo National Park is found in Mali. It was established on the 16th of January 2002, and covers 534km² ....


Mauritania
Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...

  • Banc d'Arguin National Park
    Banc d'Arguin National Park
    The Banc d'Arguin National Park lies in Western Africa on the west coast of Mauritania between Nouakchott and Nouadhibou. The World Heritage Site is a major breeding site for migratory birds. A wide range of species include flamingos, broad-billed sandpipers, pelicans and terns. Much of the...

  • Diawling National Park
    Diawling National Park
    The Diawling National Park lies in south west Mauritania around the Senegal River delta. During the rainy season, much of the park consists of large lakes...


Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...

  • Black River Gorges National Park
    Black River Gorges National Park
    Black River Gorges National Park is a national park in the hilly south-western part of Mauritius. It was proclaimed on June 15, 1994 and is managed by the National Parks and Conservation Service. It covers an area of 67.54 km² including humid upland forest, drier lowland forest and marshy...

  • Pigeon Rock National Park
  • Ilot Vacoas National Park
  • Ile d'Ambre National Park
  • Ile aux Oiseaux National Park
  • Ilot Fous National Park
  • Ilot Fouquets National Park
  • Ile aux Flamants National Park
  • Rocher aux Oiseaux National Park

Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

List of national parks of Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

  • Al Hoceima National Park
    Al Hoceima National Park
    Al Hoceima National Park is a national park, outside the town of Al Hoceima in Morocco. It covers an area of 470 square kilometres.-External links:**...

  • Eastern Atlas National Park
  • Dakhla National Park
  • Golf of Khnifiss National Park
  • Ifrane National Park
    Ifrane National Park
    Ifrane National Park is a national park in the Moyen Atlas mountain range, in Morocco. It covers an area of 500 km2. Much of the park is forested with Atlas cedar...

  • Merdja Zerka National Park
  • Souss-Massa National Park
    Souss-Massa National Park
    The Souss-Massa National Park is a 33,800 hectare national park on the Atlantic coast of Morocco which was created in 1991. It lies between Agadir to the north and Sidi Ifni to the south and its centre is at 9o 40' West 30° 5' north...

  • Toubkal National Park
    Toubkal National Park
    Toubkal National Park is a national park in the High Atlas mountain range, 70 kilometres from Marrakech in central-western Morocco. Established in 1942, it covers an area of 380 km2...

  • Talassemtane National Park
  • Tazekka National Park
    Tazekka National Park
    The Tazekka National Park of Morocco was created in 1950 with an initial area of 6.8 km². It was to created to protect the natural resources at the top from Jbel Tazekka, particularly the grove of cedars , which are isolated on this peak in the Middle Atlas range...


Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

  • Banhine National Park
    Banhine National Park
    Banhine National Park is a protected area in the district of Chigubo, northern Gaza Province, Mozambique.The park was proclaimed on 26 June 1973.-Location:...

  • Bazaruto Archipelago National Marine Park
  • Gorongosa National Park
    Gorongosa National Park
    Gorongosa National Park is at the southern end of the Great African Rift Valley in the heart of central Mozambique. The 3,770 square kilometer park includes the valley floor and parts of surrounding plateaus...

  • Limpopo National Park
    Limpopo National Park
    The Limpopo National Park was born when the status of Coutada 16 Wildlife Utilisation Area in Gaza Province, Mozambique, was changed from a hunting concession to a protected area....

     (part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park
    Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park
    Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park is a 35,000 km² peace park that is in the process of being formed. It will link the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique, Kruger National Park in South Africa, Gonarezhou National Park, Manjinji Pan Sanctuary and Malipati Safari Area in Zimbabwe, as well as the...

    )
  • Quirimbas National Park
    Quirimbas National Park
    The Quirimbas National Park is a protected area in the Cabo Delgado Province of Mozambique, encompassing the southern part of the Quirimbas Islands.-Location:The park was established in June 2002...

  • Zinave National Park
    Zinave National Park
    The Zinave National Park is a protected area in Inhambane province, Mozambique, created by decree on 26 June 1973.-Land:The park extends to the south of the Save River in Inhambane province, covering an area of ....


Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...

  • Ai-Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park
    Ai-Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park
    The ǀAi-ǀAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park is a peace park straddling the border between South Africa and Namibia. It was formed in 2003 by combining the Namibian ǀAi-ǀAis Hot Springs Game Park and the South African Richtersveld National Park....

     (see also Fish River Canyon
    Fish River Canyon
    The Fish River Canyon is located in the south of Namibia. It is the second largest canyon in the world and the largest in Africa, as well as the second most visited tourist attraction in Namibia. It features a gigantic ravine, in total about long, up to 27 km wide and in places almost 550 metres...

     and Ai-Ais Hot Springs
    Ai-Ais Hot Springs
    Ai-Ais Hot Springs meaning 'burning water' in the local Nama language, refers to the sulphurous thermal hot water springs found in the area. Pronounced "eye-ice", the natural hot-spring oasis is situated at the base of the mountain peaks at the southern end of Fish River Canyon, in the Karas Region...

    )
  • Etosha National Park
    Etosha National Park
    Etosha National Park is a national park in the Kunene Region of northwestern Namibia. The park shares boundaries with the regions of Oshana, Oshikoto and Otjozondjupa....

  • Mamili National Park
    Mamili National Park
    Mamili National Park is a national park in Namibia.Mamili is centered on the Nkasa and Lupala islands on the Kwando and Linyanti rivers in the south-western corner of East Caprivi...

  • Namib-Naukluft National Park
  • Skeleton Coast National Park
    Skeleton Coast National Park
    Skeleton Coast National Park is a national park located in northwest Namibia, and has the most inaccessible shores, dotted with shipwrecks. The park is , and possibly the least visited park in the world...

  • Waterberg National Park
    Waterberg National Park
    Waterberg National Park is a national park in central Namibia on the Waterberg Plateau, 68 km east of Otjiwarongo.The Waterburg Plateau is a particularly prominent location, elevating high above the plains of the Kalahari of Eastern Namibia. Waterburg Park and some 405 km² of surrounding land were...


Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

  • Chad Basin National Park
    Chad Basin National Park
    The Chad Basin National Park is a national park in northeastern Nigeria, with a total area of about 2,258 km².The park is fragmented, with three sectors.The Chingurmi-Duguma sector is in Borno State, in a Sudanian Savanna ecological zone....

  • Cross River National Park
    Cross river national park
    The Cross River National Park is a national park of Nigeria, located in Cross River State, Nigeria.There are two separate sections, Okwangwo and Oban ....

     (Okavango and Oban sections)
  • Gashaka-Gumti National Park
  • Kainji National Park (Borgu and Zugurma sections)
  • Kamuku National Park
    Kamuku National Park
    The Kamuku National Park is a Nigerian national park in Kaduna State, Nigeria, with a total area of about 1,120 km².The park has a typical Sudanian Savanna ecology.-Location and history:...

  • Okomu National Park
  • Old Oyo National Park
    Old Oyo National Park
    Old Oyo National Park is one of the National parks of Nigeria, located across northern Oyo State and southern Kwara State, Nigeria.It is rich in plant and animal resources including buffaloes, bushbuck and wide variety of birds....

  • Yankari National Park
    Yankari National Park
    Yankari National Park is a large wildlife park located in the south-central part of Bauchi State, in northeastern Nigeria. It covers an area of about 2,244 km² and is home to several natural warm water springs, as well as a wide variety of flora and fauna...


Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

  • Akagera National Park
    Akagera National Park
    The Akagera National Park covers 1,200km² in eastern Rwanda, against the Tanzanian border. It was founded in 1934 to protect animals and vegetation in three ecoregions: savannah, mountain and swamp. The park is named for the Kagera River which flows along its eastern boundary feeding into several...

  • Gishwati Forest
    Gishwati Forest
    Gishwati Forest is a protected reserve in the north-western part of Rwanda, not far from Lake Kivu. The reserve’s forests were largely intact in 1978, and substantial forest cover still remained in 1986....

  • Nyungwe Forest National Park
  • Volcans National Park

São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two islands: São Tomé and Príncipe, located about apart and about , respectively, off...

  • Obo National Park
    Obo National Park
    Obo National Park is a national park of São Tomé and Príncipe, covering some 235 km² of Sao Tomé in its south and 65 km² of the island of Príncipe. The national park is known internationally amongst conservationists for its biologically rich dense virgin rainforests...


Senegal
Senegal
Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...

  • Basse Casamance National Park
    Basse Casamance National Park
    Located near Oussouye in Ziguinchor, Basse Casamance National Park is one of six national parks in Senegal. It is currently closed.-Characteristics:It encompasses an area of 5000 hectares.The main biotopes are Guinean forests and savannah woodlands....

  • Isles des Madeleines National Park
  • Langue de Barbarie National Park
    Langue de Barbarie National Park
    The Langue de Barbarie National Park is located in northern Senegal about 18 km south of Saint-Louis in the region of Gandiol. The entrance to the park is in a small town called Mouit....

  • Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
    Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
    The Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary lies on the southeast bank of the River Senegal in Senegal, in northern Biffeche, north east of St-Louis. It provides a range of wetland habitats which prove very popular with migrating birds, many of which have just crossed the Sahara. Of almost 400 species of...

  • Niokolo-Koba National Park
    Niokolo-Koba National Park
    The Niokolo-Koba National Park is a World Heritage Site and natural protected area in south eastern Senegal near the Guinea-Bissau border.-National Park:...

  • Saloum Delta National Park
    Saloum Delta National Park
    Saloum Delta National Park or Parc National du Delta du Saloum in Senegal is a 76,000 - hectare national park in Senegal. Established in 1976, it is situated within the Saloum Delta at the juncture of the Saloum River and the North Atlantic....


Seychelles
Seychelles
Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....

  • Baie Ternay Marine National Park
  • Curieuse Marine National Park
  • Ile Coco Marine National Park
  • Morne Seychellois National Park
  • Port Launay Marine National Park
  • Praslin National Park
  • Silhouette Marine National Park
  • Ste. Anne Marine National Park

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...

  • Kuru Hills National Park
  • Lake Mape/Mabesi National Park
  • Lake Sonfon National Park
  • Loma Mountains National Park
  • Outamba-Kilimi National Park
    Outamba-Kilimi National Park
    Outamba-Kilimi National Park is located in northwest Sierra Leone near the border with the Republic of Guinea. The park is divided into two areas, Outamba and Kilimi . The area became a game reserve in 1974, and was made a National Park in January 1986...

     (Kamakwie NP)
  • Western Area National Park

Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

  • Lag Badana National Park
  • Jilib National Park
  • Hobyo grasslands and shrublands
  • Daallo Mountain

South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

  • Addo Elephant National Park
    Addo Elephant National Park
    Addo Elephant National Park is an elephant park situated close to Port Elizabeth in South Africa and is recognized as one of the country's twenty national parks.- History :...

  • Agulhas National Park
    Agulhas National Park
    The Agulhas National Park is a South African national park located in the Agulhas Plain in the southern Overberg region of the Western Cape, about south-east of Cape Town. The park stetches along the coastal plain between the towns of Gansbaai and Struisbaai, and includes the southern tip of...

  • Augrabies Falls National Park
    Augrabies Falls National Park
    Augrabies Falls National Park is a national park located around the Augrabies Falls, about 120 km west of Upington in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. It was established in 1966....

  • Bontebok National Park
    Bontebok National Park
    Bontebok National Park is a species-specific national park in South Africa. It was established in 1961 to ensure the preservation of the bontebok...

  • Camdeboo National Park
    Camdeboo National Park
    The Camdeboo National Park is located in the Karoo and almost completely surrounds the Eastern Cape town of Graaff-Reinet.Camdeboo National Park was proclaimed as South Africa's 22nd National Park under the management of South African National Parks on Sunday 30 October 2005.Following an extensive...

  • Golden Gate Highlands National Park
    Golden Gate Highlands National Park
    Golden Gate Highlands National Park is located in Free State, Republic of South Africa, near the Lesotho border. It covers an area of 340 km² . The park's most notable features are its golden, ochre, and orange-hued deeply eroded sandstone cliffs and outcrops, especially the Brandwag rock...

  • Karoo National Park
    Karoo National Park
    The Karoo National Park, founded in 1979, is a wildlife reserve in the isolated Karoo area of the Western Cape, South Africa near Beaufort West. The area is mostly semi-desert and is well known for its isolation...

  • Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
    Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
    Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is a large wildlife preserve and conservation area in southern Africa. The park straddles the border between South Africa and Botswana and comprises two adjoining national parks: Kalahari Gemsbok National Park in South Africa and Gemsbok National Park in Botswana. The...

  • Knysna National Lake Area
    Knysna National Lake Area
    -References:...

  • Kruger National Park
    Kruger National Park
    Kruger National Park is one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers and extends from north to south and from east to west.To the west and south of the Kruger National Park are the two South African provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga. In the north is Zimbabwe, and to the east is...

  • Mapungubwe National Park
    Mapungubwe National Park
    Mapungubwe National Park is a national park in Limpopo Province, South Africa, located near the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe rivers. It abuts on the border with Botswana and Zimbabwe, and forms part of the proposed Limpopo-Shashe Transfrontier Conservation Area. It was established in 1995...

  • Marakele National Park
    Marakele National Park
    Marakele National Park is a National Park that is part of the Waterberg Biosphere in Limpopo Province, South Africa.-Flora and fauna:...

  • Mokala National Park
    Mokala National Park
    Mokala National Park is a reserve established in the Plooysburg area south-west of Kimberley in the Northern Cape, South Africa on 19 June 2007. The size of the Park is 26 485 hectares. Mokala is the Setswana name for the magnificent camel thorn, a tree species typical of the arid western interior...

  • Mountain Zebra National Park
    Mountain Zebra National Park
    Mountain Zebra National Park is a national park in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa proclaimed in July, 1937 for the purpose of providing a nature reserve for the endangered Cape mountain zebra....

  • Namaqua National Park
    Namaqua National Park
    Namaqua National Park is a South African national park situated approximately 495 km north of Cape Town and 22 km northwest of Kamieskroon. It has an area of more than 700 km2. The park is part of Namaqualand, an area covering 55,000 km2 located within the semi-desert Succulent...

  • Table Mountain National Park
    Table Mountain National Park
    Table Mountain National Park, previously known as the Cape Peninsula National Park, is a national park in Cape Town, South Africa, proclaimed on May 29, 1998, for the purpose of protecting the natural environment of the Table Mountain Chain, and in particular the rare fynbos vegetation...

  • Tankwa Karoo National Park
    Tankwa Karoo National Park
    Tankwa Karoo National Park is a Scientific National Park in South Africa. The park lies about 70 km due west of Sutherland near the border of the Northern Cape and Western Cape, in one of the most arid regions of South Africa, receiving 50 to 70 mm of precipitation in an average year. The mean...

  • Tsitsikamma National Park
    Tsitsikamma National Park
    The Tsitsikamma National Park is a coastal reserve on the Garden Route in South Africa. It is well known for indigenous forests, dramatic coastline, and the Otter Trail. On 6 March 2009 it was amalgamated with the Wilderness National Park and various other areas of land to form the Garden Route...

  • West Coast National Park
    West Coast National Park
    The West Coast National Park lies 120 km north of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is in size. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and the R27 coastal road, and runs from the town of Yzerfontein in the south up to the Langebaan lagoon...

  • Wilderness National Park
    Wilderness National Park
    Wilderness National Park, located in Wilderness in the Western Cape, was a South African National Park which was incorporated into the Garden Route National Park when it was proclaimed on March 6, 2009.-External links:*...

  • Ai-Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park
    Ai-Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park
    The ǀAi-ǀAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park is a peace park straddling the border between South Africa and Namibia. It was formed in 2003 by combining the Namibian ǀAi-ǀAis Hot Springs Game Park and the South African Richtersveld National Park....


South Sudan
South Sudan
South Sudan , officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country located in the Sahel region of northeastern Africa. It is also part of the North Africa UN sub-region. Its current capital is Juba, which is also its largest city; the capital city is planned to be moved to the more...

  • Bandingilo National Park
    Bandingilo National Park
    The Bandingilo National Park, sometimes spelled Badingilo, is located in South Sudan's Equatoria region, within the states of Central Equatoria and Eastern Equatoria. It was established in 1992...

  • Boma National Park
    Boma National Park
    The Boma National Park is found in South Sudan close to the Ethiopian border. It was established in 1986. This site is 22,800 km².The park is an important refuge for the white-eared kob the Tiang and the Mongalla Gazelle...

  • Nimule National Park
    Nimule National Park
    The Nimule National Park is found in South Sudan. It was established in 1954, and extends over an area of 410 km²....

  • Southern National Park
    Southern National Park
    The Southern National Park is found in South Sudan. It was established in 1939. This site is 23,000 km²....


Sudan
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...

  • Dinder National Park
    Dinder National Park
    Dinder National Park is a national park and biosphere reserve in eastern Sudan, on the Sudanese border with Ethiopia approximately 400 kilometers southeast of Khartoum...

  • Lantoto National Park
    Lantoto National Park
    The Lantoto National Park is found in Sudan. This site is 760km² and is a protected region for Elephants and Rhinos. .-References:...

  • Radom National Park
    Radom National Park
    Radom National Park is a biosphere reserve in South Darfur, Sudan, Africa. It is in size. The Adda and Umblasha Rivers form the park’s northern and southern boundaries. Contiguous to Radom is the Andre Felix National Park of the Central African Republic...

  • Suakin Archipelago National Park
    Suakin Archipelago National Park
    The Suakin Archipelago is a large group of islets found in Sudan, that has been classified as a National Park. This site covers 1500 km² ....


Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

  • Arusha National Park
    Arusha National Park
    Arusha National Park covers Mount Meru, a prominent volcano with an elevation of 4566 m, in the Arusha Region of north eastern Tanzania.The park is small but varied with spectacular landscapes in three distinct areas. In the west, the Meru Crater funnels the Jekukumia River; the peak of Mount Meru...

  • Gombe Stream National Park
  • Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park
    Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park
    The Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park is a national park of Tanzania located on the island of Zanzibar. It is the only national park in Zanzibar....

  • Katavi National Park
    Katavi National Park
    Katavi National Park was gazetted in 1974 and is located in Western Tanzania. It is a very remote park that is less frequently visited than other Tanzanian National Parks. The park is approximately in area, which makes it the third largest National Park in Tanzania...

  • Kilimanjaro National Park
    Kilimanjaro National Park
    Kilimanjaro National Park is a national park, located 200 miles south of the equater near Moshi, Tanzania. It is centered on Mount Kilimanjaro, and covers an area of from 2°45'–3°25'S, 37°00'–37°43'E....

  • Kitulo National Park
    Kitulo National Park
    Kitulo National Park is a protected area of alpine grassland and montane forest in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania. The Park covers an area of , lying partly in Mbeya Region and partly in Iringa Region. The protected area includes the Kitulo Plateau and the adjoining Livingstone Forest...

  • Lake Manyara National Park
    Lake Manyara National Park
    Lake Manyara National Park is a national park in Arusha Region, Tanzania. The majority of the land area of the park is a narrow strip running between the Gregory Rift wall to the west and Lake Manyara, an alkaline or soda-lake, to the east....

  • Mafia Island Marine Park
    Mafia Island Marine Park
    Mafia Island Marine Park is a protected area in the vicinity of Mafia Island south of Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean, and part of the country of Tanzania.- External links :*...

  • Mahale Mountains National Park
    Mahale Mountains National Park
    Mahale Mountains National Park lies on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania. Named after the Mahale Mountains range that is within its borders, the park has several unusual characteristics. First, it is one of only two protected areas for chimpanzees in the country...

  • Maziwi Island Marine Reserve
    Maziwi Island
    Maziwi island is a very small unvegetated island surrounded by coral reefs located about southeast of the Pangani River outlet off the northern coast of Tanzania. Historical records indicate that this island used to be significantly larger and was vegetated with palm trees and other shrubs...

  • Mikumi National Park
    Mikumi National Park
    The Mikumi National Park is a national park in Mikumi, near Morogoro, Tanzania. The park was established in 1964, currently covers an area of 3230 km² and is the fourth largest in the country. The park is crossed by Tanzania A-7 highway.-Territory:...

  • Mnazi Bay-Ruvumba Estuary Marine Park
    Mnazi Bay-Ruvumba Estuary Marine Park
    The Mnazi Bay-Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park ' was established on 1 July 2000 under Act No. 29 of 1994 of Marine Parks and Reserves of Tanzania.The park is in the Mtwara district of Southeast Tanzania and extends to the border with Mozambique...

  • Ruaha National Park
    Ruaha National Park
    Ruaha National Park is the largest national park in Tanzania. It covers an area of about 22,000 km². It is located in the middle of Tanzania about 130 km from Iringa...

  • Rubondo Island National Park
    Rubondo Island National Park
    Rubondo Island National park is Tanzania’s only park on Lake Victoria. The island attracts a small number of visitors each year, mainly game fishermen and bird enthusiasts.-Geography:...

  • Saadani National Park
    Saadani National Park
    Saadani National Park is Tanzania's 13th National Park. Tourists can view animals basking along the Indian Ocean shores. It has an area of 1100 km2 and was established in 2005 from an a game reserve which had existed from 1969...

  • Serengeti National Park
    Serengeti National Park
    The Serengeti National Park is a large national park in Serengeti area, Tanzania. It is most famous for its annual migration of over one and a half million white bearded wildebeest and 250,000 zebra...

  • Tarangire National Park
    Tarangire National Park
    Tarangire National Park is a national park in Tanzania.Tarangire National Park is the sixth largest national park in Tanzania after Ruaha, Serengeti, Mikumi, Katavi and Mkomazi. The name of the park originates from the Tarangire river that crosses through the park, being the only source of water...

  • Udzungwa Mountains National Park
    Udzungwa Mountains National Park
    Udzungwa Mountains National Park is a national park in Tanzania. The habitats contained within the national park include tropical rainforest, mountain forest, miombo woodland, grassland and steppe. There is a vertical height range of 250–2,576 metres , which incorporates the Udzunga Mountains part...


Togo
Togo
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic , is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. Togo covers an area of approximately with a population of approximately...

  • Fazao-Malfakassa National Park
  • Fosse aux Lions National Park
  • Kéran National Park
    Kéran National Park
    Kéran National Park is located in the north of Togo, in the Kara area. There is only one road going through this area. Not many tourists visit Togo as the main national parks are more accessible in Ghana. Many of the elephants found in this national park keep wandering into Ghana....


Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

  • Bou-Hedma National Park
  • Boukornine National Park
  • Chaambi National Park
  • El Feidja National Park
  • Ichkeul National Park
  • Jebil National Park
  • Sidi Toui National Park
    Sidi Toui National Park
    Sidi Toui National Park is an Tunisian national park established in 1993 consisting of grassland. Scimitar Oryx have been introduced....

  • Zembra National Park

Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

  • Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
    Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
    Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located in southwestern Uganda in East Africa. The park is part of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, and is situated along the Democratic Republic of Congo border next to the Virunga National Park and on the edge of the western Great Rift Valley...

  • Kibale National Park
    Kibale National Park
    Kibale National Park is a national park in South Uganda protecting moist evergreen rain forest. It is 766 km^2 in size and is located between 1100 and 1600 meters in elevation. Despite encompassing primarily moist evergreen forest, it contains a diverse array of landscapes . Kibale is one of the...

  • Kidepo Valley National Park
    Kidepo Valley National Park
    Kidepo Valley National Park is a national park in the Karamoja region in northeast Uganda. Kidepo is rugged savannah, dominated by the Mount Morungole and transected by the Kidepo and Narus rivers.-Location:...

  • Lake Mburo National Park
    Lake Mburo National Park
    -Location:Lake Mburo National Park is located in Kiruhura District in western Uganda. The park is situated about , by road, east of Mbarara, the largest city in the sub-region. This location is approximately , by road, west of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city...

  • Mgahinga National Park
  • Mount Elgon National Park
    Mount Elgon National Park
    Mount Elgon National Park is a national park 140 km North East of Lake Victoria. The park covers an area of 1279 km² and is bisected by the border of Kenya and Uganda. The Ugandan part of the park covers 1110 km² while the Kenyan part covers 169 km²...

  • Murchison Falls National Park
    Murchison Falls National Park
    Murchison Falls National Park is a national park in Uganda. The park lies in north western Uganda, spreading inland from the shore of Lake Albert around the Victoria Nile. It is named for the Murchison Falls waterfall, itself named for a president of the Royal Geographical Society...

  • Queen Elizabeth National Park
    Queen Elizabeth National Park
    -Location:The national park is located in western Uganda, spanning the districts of Kasese, Kamwenge, Bushenyi and Rukungiri. Its location is approximately , by road, southwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The town of Kasese lies just outside the northeastern edge of the park,...

  • Rwenzori National Park
  • Semuliki National Park
    Semuliki National Park
    Semuliki National Park is located in Bwamba County, a remote part of the Bundibugyo District in western Uganda. It was made a national park in October 1993, and is one of Uganda’s newest national parks. of East Africa's only lowland tropical rainforest is found in the park. It is one of the...


Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

  • Blue Lagoon National Park
    Blue Lagoon National Park
    Blue Lagoon National Park is a small wildlife haven in the northern part of the Kafue Flats in Zambia's Central Province. It covers about 500 km² and is very accessible, being about 100 km west of Lusaka .-Ecology and wildlife:...

  • Isangano National Park
    Isangano National Park
    Isangano National Park is a national park in the Northern Province of Zambia. It covers an area of 840 square kilometers. The park was declared a national park in 1972. It went into decline due to problems caused by human settlement and lack of funds. This has resulted in little wildlife and game...

  • Kafue National Park
    Kafue National Park
    Kafue National Park is the largest national park in Zambia, covering an area of about 22,400 km² . It is the second largest park in Africa and is home to over 55 different species of animals....

  • Kasanka National Park
    Kasanka National Park
    Kasanka National Park is a park located in the Serenje District of Zambia’s Northern Province. At roughly 390km2, Kasanka is one of Zambia’s smallest national parks. Kasanka’s situation is interesting as it is the first of Zambia’s national parks to be privately managed...

  • Lavushi Manda National Park
  • Liuwa Plain National Park
    Liuwa Plain National Park
    The Liuwa Plain National Park lies in Western Province, Zambia, west of the Barotse Floodplain of the Zambezi River near the border with Angola.-History:...

  • Lochinvar National Park
    Lochinvar National Park
    The Lochinvar National Park lies south west of Lusaka in Zambia, on the south side of the Kafue River.The national park straddles two of Zambia's ecoregions: Zambezian and Mopane woodlands in the south, and Zambezian flooded grasslands over most of the park...

  • Lower Zambezi National Park
    Lower Zambezi National Park
    The Lower Zambezi National Park lies on the north bank of the Zambezi River in south eastern Zambia. Until 1983 when the area was declared a national park the area was the private game reserve of Zambia's president. This has resulted in the park being protected from the ravages of mass tourism and...

  • Luambe National Park
    Luambe National Park
    Luambe National Park is located in the Eastern Province of Zambia. The park is situated north-east of the famous South Luangwa National Park, and south of the inaccessible North Luangwa National Park. Like its neighbours, it is located in the Luangwa River rift valley.The small park lies on the...

  • Lukusuzi National Park
    Lukusuzi National Park
    Lukusuzi National Park is located in eastern Luangwa Valley in Zambia, on the other side of the Luangwa River from the more famous South Luangwa National Park. It lies between the smaller Luambe National Park and the Chipata-Lundazi road. Much of the park is plateau dissected by rocky ridges and...

  • Lusenga Plain National Park
  • Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park
    Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park
    Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park is an UNESCO World Heritage site that is home to one half of the Mosi-oa-Tunya — 'The Smoke Which Thunders' — known worldwide as Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River...

  • Mweru Wantipa National Park
    Mweru Wantipa National Park
    Mweru Wantipa National Park is named after Lake Mweru Wantipa in the Northern Province of Zambia. Once hosting abundant wildlife including lion, elephant, and black rhinoceros, it has had no management and protection for several decades, and lacks visitor facilities...

  • North Luangwa National Park
    North Luangwa National Park
    North Luangwa National Park is a national park in Zambia, the northernmost of the three in the valley of the Luangwa River. Founded as a game reserve in 1938, it became a national park in 1972 and now covers 4,636 km²....

  • Nsumbu National Park
    Nsumbu National Park
    Sumbu National Park lies on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika near its southern extremity, in Zambia's Northern Province...

  • Nyika National Park, Zambia
  • Sioma Ngwezi National Park
    Sioma Ngwezi National Park
    Sioma Ngwezi National Park is a 5000-square-kilometre park in the very south west corner of Zambia. It is undeveloped and rarely visited, lacking roads and being off the usual tourist tracks, but this may change in the future....

  • South Luangwa National Park
    South Luangwa National Park
    South Luangwa National Park in eastern Zambia, the southernmost of three national parks in the valley of the Luangwa River, is a world-renowned wildlife haven. It supports large populations of Thornicroft's Giraffe, and herds of elephant and buffalo often several hundred strong, while the Luangwa...

  • West Lunga National Park
    West Lunga National Park
    West Lunga National Park is a remote wildlife haven in dense forest in the North-Western Province of Zambia. It lies between the West Lunga River and Kabompo River about 10 km north of the gravel road from Solwezi to Kabompo, and covers about 1700 km²....


Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

  • Chimanimani National Park
  • Chizarira National Park
    Chizarira National Park
    Chizarira National Park lies in Northern Zimbabwe. At , it is one of the larger National Parks, and also one of the least known because of its isolated situation on the Zambezi Escarpment. It has good wildlife populations and some majestic scenery....

  • Gonarezhou National Park
    Gonarezhou National Park
    Gonarezhou National Park is a National Park located in south-eastern Zimbabwe. It is situated in a relatively remote corner of Masvingo Province, south of Chimanimani along the Mozambique border. The park is a lowveld region of baobabs, scrublands and sandstone cliffs...

  • Hwange National Park
    Hwange National Park
    Hwange National Park is the largest game reserve in Zimbabwe. The park lies in the west, on the main road between Bulawayo and the widely noted Victoria Falls.It was founded around 1928 by a 22-year-old game ranger, Ted Davidson...

  • Kazuma Pan National Park
    Kazuma Pan National Park
    Kazuma Pan National Park is situated in Zimbabwe's extreme north-western corner.The Park lies on the Botswana border a short distance north-west of Hwange National Park. Some 77,345 acres in area, it provides one of Zimbabwe's few areas of plains scenery, with good visibility and sparse but...

  • Mana Pools National Park
  • Matobo National Park
    Matobo National Park
    The Matobo National Park forms the core of the Matobo or Matopos Hills, an area of granite kopjes and wooded valleys commencing some 35 kilometres south of Bulawayo, southern Zimbabwe...

  • Matopos National Park
  • Matusadona National Park
    Matusadona National Park
    Matusadona is a game reserve park in northern Zimbabwe. The park takes its name from the local Matuzviadonha Hills and is a stunning combination of flat plains and rugged mountain country. The meaning of “Matuzviadonha” is “falling dung” - which was probably a comment on the sight of elephants...

  • Nyanga National Park
    Nyanga National Park
    Nyanga National Park lies in the north of Zimbabwe's Eastern Highlands. One of the first national parks to be declared in the country, it contains the highest land in Zimbabwe, with green hills and perennial rivers. Most of its terrain consists of rolling downland, sometimes lightly wooded, lying...

  • Victoria Falls National Park
    Victoria Falls National Park
    Open to visitors throughout the year, the Victoria Falls National Park in north-western Zimbabwe protects the south and east bank of the Zambezi River in the area of the world-famous Victoria Falls...

  • Zambezi National Park
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