Where to see
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uMkhuze Game Reserve leads · 12 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Cape Crombec during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 4 | Lower Zambezi National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 5 | Waterberg Plateau Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 6 | Mana Pools National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 7 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 8 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 9 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 10 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 12 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
uMkhuze Game Reserve
In uMkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa, about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Cape Crombec sighting on a given day, the highest of the 12 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Kruger National Park and more
After uMkhuze Game Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing a Cape Crombec are in Kruger National Park (South Africa, about 30%), Gonarezhou National Park (Zimbabwe, about 30%) and Lower Zambezi National Park (Zambia, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April and November in uMkhuze Game Reserve (about 60%), January–February and September–November in Kruger National Park (about 40%) and September in Gonarezhou National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Cape Crombec on a given day. Each park's Cape Crombec page has the full month-by-month chart.
