Where to see
Diceros bicornis
Etosha National Park leads · 10 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Black Rhinoceros during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 2 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 6 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 8 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 9 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Etosha National Park
In Etosha National Park, Namibia, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Black Rhinoceros sighting on a given day, the highest of the 10 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area and more
After Etosha National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Black Rhinoceros are in Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania, about 60%), Lake Nakuru National Park (Kenya, about 40%) and Nairobi National Park (Kenya, about 40%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are November in Etosha National Park (about 80%), June in Ngorongoro Conservation Area (about 70%) and March, August and November in Lake Nakuru National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Black Rhinoceros on a given day. Each park's Black Rhinoceros page has the full month-by-month chart.
