Where to see
Acinonyx jubatus
Serengeti National Park leads · 19 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Cheetah during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 5 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 8 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 9 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 11 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 12 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 13 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 14 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 15 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 16 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 17 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 18 | Waterberg Plateau Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 19 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana |
Serengeti National Park
In Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Cheetah sighting on a given day, the highest of the 19 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Masai Mara National Reserve and more
After Serengeti National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Cheetah are in Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya, about 60%), Samburu National Reserve (Kenya, about 50%) and Liwonde National Park (Malawi, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are February and October in Serengeti National Park (about 80%), October in Masai Mara National Reserve (about 80%) and June in Samburu National Reserve (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Cheetah on a given day. Each park's Cheetah page has the full month-by-month chart.
