Where to see
Giraffa giraffa
Etosha National Park leads · 14 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Southern Giraffe during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 2 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 4 | Waterberg Plateau Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 5 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 7 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 8 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 9 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 10 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 11 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 12 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 13 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 14 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia |
Etosha National Park
In Etosha National Park, Namibia, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Giraffe sighting on a given day, the highest of the 14 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
uMkhuze Game Reserve and more
After Etosha National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Southern Giraffe are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 70%), Moremi Game Reserve (Botswana, about 70%) and Waterberg Plateau Park (Namibia, about 60%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are June to March in Etosha National Park (about 80%), March, July–August, October and December in uMkhuze Game Reserve (about 80%) and June in Moremi Game Reserve (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Southern Giraffe on a given day. Each park's Southern Giraffe page has the full month-by-month chart.
