Where to see
Kobus kob
Murchison Falls National Park leads · 5 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Kob during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Queen Elizabeth National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 3 | Niokolo-Koba National Park | 🇸🇳 Senegal | |
| 4 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 5 | Virunga National Park | 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Murchison Falls National Park
In Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Kob sighting on a given day, the highest of the 5 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Queen Elizabeth National Park and more
After Murchison Falls National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Kob are in Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda, about 70%), Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal, about 70%) and Kidepo Valley National Park (Uganda, about 60%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are January, March, May–September and November in Murchison Falls National Park (about 80%), June, September and December–March in Queen Elizabeth National Park (about 80%) and January and June in Niokolo-Koba National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Kob on a given day. Each park's Kob page has the full month-by-month chart.
