Among other continents of the planet, Africa is considered the record holder for the number of national parks - there are more than three hundred of them. The varied landscape, climate and relief allows the traveler to get to know the many wildlife in their natural habitat. And also the reserves of Africa are unique and ancient archaeological sites, because the black continent is considered the birthplace of human civilization.
To the meeting of the "Big Five"
In this conservation area in Africa, the five largest land-dwelling mammals on earth are more common than anywhere else. Leopards and lions are not very peaceful, but nevertheless they coexist here with rhinos and buffaloes, and elephants look down on their predatory relatives. The Kruger National Park in South Africa is extremely popular with tourists: excursions and photo safaris to the habitats of the "Big Five" are scattered among tourists like hot cakes.
Who do you like?
All reserves in Africa can boast of their exotic inhabitants, but each of them has a special kind of animals that are much easier to see here than anywhere else on the planet:
- Elephants form the largest population in Chobe National Park in Botswana. According to observers, there are at least fifty thousand of them here. It is easiest to see African giants of different sexes and ages during the dry season, which begins in April. At this time, the reservoirs begin to dry up and until mid-autumn the animals gather for watering near the banks of large rivers.
- Black rhinos are rare and almost endangered, but in northern Namibia they are protected and help giants survive. Etosha National Park is also famous for its salt lakes, which form huge plains sparkling in the sun - the visiting cards of this African reserve.
- Travelers go to Tanzania to meet giraffes in the Serengeti National Park. These tall handsome men live in the local savannah and their graceful silhouettes gracefully and picturesquely decorate the local landscape in the rays of the setting sun.
Bushmen in the Kalahari
The vast territory of the Kalahari Nature Reserve in Botswana is home to dozens of animal species and home to the Bushmen. Nomadic African hunters have preserved their traditions to this day and an excursion to the Bushmen tribe is one of the most purchased from travelers in the reserves of Africa.
