Chacma Baboon

Where to see

Chacma Baboon

Papio ursinus

Waterberg Plateau Park leads · 19 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Chacma Baboon during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
~80%
2 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~60%
3 De Hoop Nature Reserve 🇿🇦 South Africa
~60%
4 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~60%
5 Golden Gate Highlands National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~50%
6 uMkhuze Game Reserve 🇿🇦 South Africa
~50%
7 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~50%
8 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~50%
9 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
~50%
10 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
~50%
11 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~40%
12 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
~40%
13 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~40%
14 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~30%
15 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~30%
16 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~30%
17 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~20%
18 Namib-Naukluft National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
~20%
19 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Chacma Baboon?

Waterberg Plateau Park

In Waterberg Plateau Park, Namibia, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Chacma Baboon sighting on a given day, the highest of the 19 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Chacma Baboon?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are April in Waterberg Plateau Park (about 90%), February and July in Lower Zambezi National Park (about 80%) and January, June and October in De Hoop Nature Reserve (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Chacma Baboon on a given day. Each park's Chacma Baboon page has the full month-by-month chart.