Where to see
Oryx beisa
Awash National Park leads · 6 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an East African Oryx during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 2 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 6 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Awash National Park
In Awash National Park, Ethiopia, about 70% of wildlife watchers report an East African Oryx sighting on a given day, the highest of the 6 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Tsavo West National Park and more
After Awash National Park, the next-best odds of seeing an East African Oryx are in Tsavo West National Park (Kenya, about 70%), Tsavo East National Park (Kenya, about 60%) and Samburu National Reserve (Kenya, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January–February, May, September and November in Awash National Park (about 80%), April in Tsavo West National Park (about 90%) and February and September in Tsavo East National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an East African Oryx on a given day. Each park's East African Oryx page has the full month-by-month chart.
