Where to see
Crocodylus porosus
Daintree National Park leads · 5 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Saltwater Crocodile during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Tanjung Puting National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
Daintree National Park
In Daintree National Park, Australia, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Saltwater Crocodile sighting on a given day, the highest of the 5 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary and more
After Daintree National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Saltwater Crocodile are in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (Malaysia, about 80%), Kakadu National Park (Australia, about 80%) and Sundarbans National Park (India, about 80%). Outside Oceania, the best options are Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in Southeast Asia (about 80%) and Sundarbans National Park in Asia (about 80%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are October to August in Daintree National Park (about 90%), May, July and September–October in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (about 90%) and July, September and November in Kakadu National Park (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Saltwater Crocodile on a given day. Each park's Saltwater Crocodile page has the full month-by-month chart.
