Goliath Heron

Where to see

Goliath Heron

Ardea goliath

Lower Zambezi National Park leads · 19 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

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

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~50%
2 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~50%
3 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~50%
4 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~50%
5 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~40%
6 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
~40%
7 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~30%
8 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
~30%
9 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
~30%
10 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
~30%
11 uMkhuze Game Reserve 🇿🇦 South Africa
~20%
12 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
~20%
13 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
~20%
14 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~20%
15 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~20%
16 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%
17 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~20%
18 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
~20%
19 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Goliath Heron?

Lower Zambezi National Park

In Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Goliath Heron 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 Goliath Heron?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are August in Lower Zambezi National Park (about 70%), July and September in Gonarezhou National Park (about 60%) and October and November in Amboseli National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Goliath Heron on a given day. Each park's Goliath Heron page has the full month-by-month chart.