Where to see
Cercopithecus mitis
Arusha National Park leads · 15 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Blue Monkey during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arusha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Volcanoes National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Aberdare National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Nyungwe National Park | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 5 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 6 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 7 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 9 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 12 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 13 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 14 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 15 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Arusha National Park
In Arusha National Park, Tanzania, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Blue Monkey sighting on a given day, the highest of the 15 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Volcanoes National Park and more
After Arusha National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Blue Monkey are in Volcanoes National Park (Rwanda, about 80%), Aberdare National Park (Kenya, about 70%) and Nyungwe National Park (Rwanda, about 70%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July to September in Arusha National Park (about 90%), September–October and December–January in Volcanoes National Park (about 90%) and April–May, August and October–December in Aberdare National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Blue Monkey on a given day. Each park's Blue Monkey page has the full month-by-month chart.
