Where to see
Pelecanus onocrotalus
Lake Nakuru National Park leads · 6 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Great White Pelican during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 2 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 4 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Lake Nakuru National Park
In Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Great White Pelican sighting on a given day, the highest of the 6 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Amboseli National Park and more
After Lake Nakuru National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Great White Pelican are in Amboseli National Park (Kenya, about 50%), Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania, about 30%) and Lake Manyara National Park (Tanzania, about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are April, July–September and November in Lake Nakuru National Park (about 90%), September in Amboseli National Park (about 70%) and July to September in Ngorongoro Conservation Area (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Great White Pelican on a given day. Each park's Great White Pelican page has the full month-by-month chart.
