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Kidepo Valley National Park leads · 13 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Hartebeest during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 4 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 5 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 6 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 7 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 8 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 9 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 11 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 12 | Liwonde National Park | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 13 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Kidepo Valley National Park
In Kidepo Valley National Park, Uganda, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Hartebeest sighting on a given day, the highest of the 13 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Nairobi National Park and more
After Kidepo Valley National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Hartebeest are in Nairobi National Park (Kenya, about 80%), Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda, about 70%) and Tsavo East National Park (Kenya, about 70%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are March in Kidepo Valley National Park (about 90%), February–March, May, July–August and December in Nairobi National Park (about 80%) and January, August–September and November in Murchison Falls National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Hartebeest on a given day. Each park's Hartebeest page has the full month-by-month chart.
