Olive Baboon

Where to see

Olive Baboon

Papio anubis

Akagera National Park leads · 23 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

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

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~80%
2 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~80%
3 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~80%
4 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~80%
5 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~80%
6 Bale Mountains National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
~70%
7 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~70%
8 Samburu National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
~70%
9 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~60%
10 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~60%
11 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~60%
12 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~60%
13 Awash National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
~60%
14 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~60%
15 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
~60%
16 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~60%
17 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~50%
18 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~50%
19 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
~40%
20 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
~40%
21 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
~40%
22 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
~30%
23 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see an Olive Baboon?

Akagera National Park

In Akagera National Park, Rwanda, about 80% of wildlife watchers report an Olive Baboon sighting on a given day, the highest of the 23 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see an Olive Baboon?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are May, July and October in Akagera National Park (about 90%), July in Arusha National Park (about 90%) and March in Lake Nakuru National Park (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an Olive Baboon on a given day. Each park's Olive Baboon page has the full month-by-month chart.