Where to see
Stigmochelys pardalis
Awash National Park leads · 24 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Leopard Tortoise during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | |
| 2 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Waterberg Plateau Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 9 | Lake Nakuru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 10 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 11 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 12 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 13 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 14 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 15 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 16 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 17 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 18 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 19 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 20 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 21 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 22 | Samburu National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 23 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 24 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Awash National Park
In Awash National Park, Ethiopia, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Leopard Tortoise sighting on a given day, the highest of the 24 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
uMkhuze Game Reserve and more
After Awash National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Leopard Tortoise are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 70%), Tsavo West National Park (Kenya, about 50%) and Ruaha National Park (Tanzania, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July and September–October in Awash National Park (about 80%), April–June and October–December in uMkhuze Game Reserve (about 80%) and December and January in Tsavo West National Park (about 70%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Leopard Tortoise on a given day. Each park's Leopard Tortoise page has the full month-by-month chart.
