Best places to see wildlife
spectacles in Africa


Our Africa Vacations
Gorilla Safari & the Masai Mara
Superb safari and trip to see gorillas
Botswana safari and Victoria Falls
An unforgettable wildlife and scenery experience
Gorilla and game safari in Uganda
The great Silver back Gorilla & wildlife all in one package!
Small group vacations to Madagascar
Experience the best of this enigmatic island continent
Namibia and Botswana camping safari
Camping safari to Namib desert, Caprivi, Etosha & Okavango
South Africa safari vacation, 14 days
Award winning safari in South Africa
Namibia safari and vacation
A fabulous small group guided trip in Nambia
Madagascar in depth, small group tour
Madagascar's unique wildlife and off the beaten track gems
Swaziland wildife and culture tour
Explore Eswatini, one of the smallest countries in Africa
Ten day wildlife safari, South Africa
Award winning wildlife safaris in South Africa
Tanzania Selous safari vacation & Zanzibar
Off-the-beaten track safari experiences & paradise beaches
Classic South Africa self drive vacation
Ideally suited for the first-time visitor to South Africa
Madagascar small group safari
Exceptional journey, expert guides & staggering diversity
Botswana camping safaris
Botswana's premier game parks, Okavango Moremi Savuti Chobe
Uganda wildlife and activity vacation
Experience the Pearl of Africa...true African adventure!
Namibia self drive vacation, big cat conservation
Self drive trip taking in Namibia's highlights
Namibia and Botswana safari vacation
Namibia & Botswana lodge safari Caprivi Etosha Okavango
Uganda gorilla tracking and wildlife safari vacation
A wonderful gorilla and wild life experience in Uganda
Vacation to Namibia
Discover 'The Big 5' in a stunningly diverse landscape
Botswana safari, lodges and mobile camps
Wildlife lodges, mobile tented safaris & Victoria Falls!
Namibia Desert & Caprivi camping safari
Safari covering the highlights of Namibia & Caprivi
Namibia small group vacation, sand dunes & safari
A hidden gem of contrasting landscapes and amazing wildlife
Cape to Windhoek Namib desert camping safari
Camping safari from Cape Town to Namibia, Sossusvlei, Etosha
Botswana and Zimbabwe Ivory Route lodge tour
Classic journey adventure safari Botswana, Zimbabwe Namibia
Family luxury safari & beach vacation, South Africa & Mozambique
Combine a wildlife safari in South Africa with beach time.
Vic Falls to Johannesburg tour, Southern Africa
Soak up the sights and sounds on this African adventure
Botswana wildlife adventure
Fantastic Botswana wildlife adventure to 4 different areas
3 day Rwanda gorilla safari
A gorilla safari taking in some of Rwanda’s iconic locations
Serengeti Trail, Kenya & Tanzania safari
Overland truck safari
The Great Migration, Tanzania & Kenya
Wildebeest migration, Zambia
The huge herds of wildebeest that flow into the Liuwa Plains in Zambia from Angola each November could be known as the Second Great Migration. This is the second largest gathering of these animals in Africa, after East Africa’s celebrated Great Migration, and yet it’s virtually unknown. While you won’t get the drama of the Mara River crossing, you will still see huge numbers of wildebeest – around 45,000 – and barely any other tourists watching them. There are no permanent lodges in Liuwa, which lies in the far west of Zambia, so traveling here is a true expedition to pristine wilderness.Bat migration, Zambia
The Great Migration of wildebeest in the Serengeti and Masai Mara may win the attention and the fancy name, but the largest mammal migration in the world actually takes place in Zambia, when every November and December as many as 10 million straw coloured fruits bats take up residence in Kasanka National Park, to feed on seasonal supplies of fruit. The bats migrate from the Congo Basin to a single stand of forest in search of certain trees that come into fruit with the start of the rains. Seeing the bats fly out each evening from their roosts to feed is an extraordinary spectacle. Birds of prey swoop in, too, in huge numbers, looking for an easy meal.Enormous elephant herds, Botswana
Gelada monkeys, Ethiopia
Head to the Simien Mountains of northern Ethiopia and you can gaze out on the rare sight of thousands of monkeys, grazing on the lofty grasslands. These are geladas, the world’s only grass eating monkey. It’s not uncommon to see them gathered together in huge herds of 1,200 monkeys, but while they seem to form one huge group, this monkey mass actually consists of lots of small harems, with a dominant male and up to a dozen females plus their young. These harems tend not to know the other monkeys in their herd – a bit like humans living in the suburbs. Another fascinating sight to note here is the Ethiopian wolves that are permitted to wander through the gelada herds. The wolves ignore the baby geladas, which would make a tasty meal, in favour of rodents, which they can catch more easily when the monkeys are present. Primatologists believe this unusual pact resembles the way dogs began to be domesticated by humans.Our top Africa Vacation
Swaziland wildife and culture tour
Explore Eswatini, one of the smallest countries in Africa
2021: 12 Apr, 14 Jun, 12 Oct
2022: 11 Apr, 13 Jun, 11 Oct, 12 Dec
Wildlife watching in Africa – practicalities
The elephant herds of Chobe in Botswana feature on many standard safari itineraries, with the dry winter months the best time to see mega herds. The Great Migration is at its most dramatic in July and August when the wildebeest travel from the Serengeti to the Masai Mara, crossing the treacherous Mara River. Since the herds are always on the move, you can also catch the Migration in the southern Serengeti in March, as it begins to move north, or in December as it circles back south after feeding in Kenya.
If you’d like to see Zambia’s bat or wildebeest migration you’ll need to join a specialist trip, with the latter involving true expedition travel over three weeks, since Liuwa Plains where the wildebeest congregate is so remote.
Geladas are present in the Simien Mountains of Ethiopia all year, but the best time to go from a traveler’s perspective is November to March, when there’s little rain and long hours of sunlight.