Where to see
Heterohyrax brucei
Ruaha National Park leads · 11 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruaha National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Meru National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 7 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 9 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 10 | Lake Manyara National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 11 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Ruaha National Park
In Ruaha National Park, Tanzania, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax sighting on a given day, the highest of the 11 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Meru National Park and more
After Ruaha National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax are in Meru National Park (Kenya, about 60%), Tsavo East National Park (Kenya, about 50%) and Tarangire National Park (Tanzania, about 50%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July, September and December in Ruaha National Park (about 80%), January, May, July and September in Meru National Park (about 70%) and September in Tsavo East National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax on a given day. Each park's Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax page has the full month-by-month chart.
