National parks in Africa by size
Ahaggar National Park, Algeria - 380 000 sq. km
Wadi Howar, Sudan - 100 000 sq. km
Tassili, Algeria - 80 000 sq. km
Namib Naukluft, Namibia - 49768 sq. km more
Salonga (southern+northern sector), Congo (DRC) - appr. 36000 sq. km.
Kgalagadi, Botswana - 28400 sq. km more
Etosha, Namibia - 23175 sq. km more
Southern, Sudan - 23000 sq. km
Boma, Sudan - 22800 sq. km
Kafue, Zambia - 22400 sq. km more
Kruger, South Africa - 18984 sq. km more
Iona, Angola - 15150 sq. km more
Serengeti, Tanzania - 14763 sq. km more
Hwange, Zimbabwe - 14651 sq. km more
Radom, Sudan - 12500 sq. km
Tsavo East, Kenya - 11747 sq. km more
Chobe, Botswana - 10566 sq. km more
Transfrontier parks in Africa by size
Kgalagadi - 37991 sq. km South Africa, Botswana
Game reserves in Africa by size
Selous, Tanzania - 55000 sq. km more
Central Kalahari, Botswana - 52800 sq. km more
Longa-Mavinga, Angola - 28750 sq. km more
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The Safari Calendar
African wildlife events
January
February
- Migration of Wildebeest, Ndutu Plains, Tanzania
March
- The Zambezi river and the Victoria Falls at their top water level.
April
May
- Angola, dry season begins.
- Angola floodwater arrives Okavango delta, Botswana
- Zambia, wilderness of Liuwa Plains. Africas second largest migration of wildebeest moves northwest
June
- Tanzania, dry season begins.
- Zambia, dry season begins.
July
- In Namaqualand, South Africa, the flower season starts. (if there was enough rain).
August
- Angola floodwater reach the top level in the Okavango delta.
September
- Migration of Wildebeest, Masai Mara, Kenya.
October
- Angola, green season begins.
- Zambia, Liuwa Plains. Africas second largest migration of wildebeest moves south
Kasanka np, Zambia. About 8 million straw-coloured fruit bats arrives from Congo.
Novenber
- Tanzania, green season begins.
- Zambia, green season begins.
- Gabon, marine turtles nests on the beach
December
- Migration of Wildebeest, Serengeti, Tanzania.
Please Note! The dates above must be seen as an approximation, as the amount of rain, when and if it comes and how much decides it all.
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Safari News
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July 2010
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An anti-malaria campaign is going on in Mozambique, near the Gorongosa National Park.
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A new black rhino has come to Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya.
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June 2010
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An enormous crocodile was grinning evilly at us from...
Kafue
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By C. Mcbride, McBrides Camp, Kafue National Park, Zambia
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The black rhino has returned to Fish River Canyon.
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The Bushcamp company of South Luangwa, Zambia, announces that the refurbished Chindeni Bushcamp recently opened.
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A new lodge is under construction by Robin Pope Safaris at the confluence of the Shire river and the Mkulumadzi river in the Majete wildlife reserve, Malawi. The Kapichira falls lies some km downstreams the Shire river from the lodge.more...
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May 2010
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Suddenly we spotted two really big male lions about 100 metres from us...
Kafue
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By C. Mcbride, McBrides Camp, Kafue National Park, Zambia
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The four northern white rhinos at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya are doing well according to Ol Pejetas may newsletter. These rhinos are the only northern white rhinos in Africa.
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Personel at Djuma lodge, South Africa, recently witnessed a very unusual behavior of a warthog, which ate the shell of a dead tortoise.Djuma, South Africa
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The caracal living at the causeway was seen quite a few times and I came upon one right...
Ndutu
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Ndutu Safari Lodge, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
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The Bushcamp company of South Luangwa, Zambia, announces that the refurbished Mfuwe Lodge is reopened to guests.
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April 2010
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According to the april Tuningi newsletter, the number of cape buffalos in Madikwe game reserve, South Africa, increases at a nice and steady rate.Read more..
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We have been working for some years with the African Wild Dog Conservancy...
Norman Carr Safaris
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By Christina Kapani Lodge, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia
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Oh no! Another rather menacing looking hippo is approaching...
Kafue
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By C. Mcbride, McBrides Camp, Kafue National Park, Zambia
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The Pumulani lodge in Malawi is open again, after the rainy season.more...
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The Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya announces another rhino birth. Thus bringing the total number of rhinos at the conservancy to 100! (Black rhinos, southern white rhinos, and northern white rhinos.)
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The april photographic newsletter from Office Africa, (Shenton Safaris, South Luangwa, Zambia,) has arrived.
Source:Shenton Safaris website
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March 2010
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Norman Carr Safaris are now introducing what they call "summer safari super saver".
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According to the the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia, cheetahs are back in Iona national park in southwestern Angola.website
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The rainy season has now finished in Madikwe. The Bush House lodge march newsletter gives many interessting details about the wildlife in South Africa at this time of the year.Read more..
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The Damara Mopane Lodge which is a new lodge is under construction 20 km east of Khorixas.
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The HIde safari camp in Hwange national park, Zimbabwe were recently re-opened after being closed for renovations.
their website
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...some great pics of Norman from the 70's that were new to us. Does anyone recognize the three lovely ladies pictured with... more...
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