SafariBookers 2384 reviews help confirm Top 50 parks in Africa
Africa has some incredible places to go looking for animals, but which park do travellers rate the highest? After an exhaustive analysis of 2,384 reviews written by safari travellers and experts, SafariBookers.com announced that, for the fifth consecutive time, Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park has won top spot in their list of the Top 50 Best African Safari Parks and Destinations of 2024.
Its overall rating of 4.85 out of 5 put this world-renowned wildlife park ahead of 195 other parks and reserves across East and southern Africa.
Serengeti National Park is the sort of place that appeals equally to first-time safari-goers and experts from Africa’s safari industry: they all fall for this destination. Among the experts are writers who contribute regularly to Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Frommer’s, Bradt Guides and Footprint Travel Guides. Many of these industry professionals are on the SafariBookings expert panel.
- Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
- Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, South Africa
- South Luangwa National Park, Zambia
- Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
- Okavango Delta, Botswana
- Chobe National Park, Botswana
- Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
- Masai Mara National Park, Kenya
- Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
- Katavi National Park, Tanzania
- Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe
- Kruger National Park, South Africa
- Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe
- Samburu National Reserve, Kenya
- Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia
- Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana
- Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, Zambia
- Akagera National Park, Rwanda
- Tsavo West National Park, Kenya
- Amboseli National Park, Kenya
- Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
- Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
- Timbavati Private Nature Reserve, South Africa
- Balulu Private Nature Reserve, South Africa
- Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa
- Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
- Nyerere National Park, Tanzania
- Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve, South Africa
- Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya
- Etosha National Park, Namibia
- Kafue National Park, Zambia
- Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa
- Tsavo East National Park, Kenya
- Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
- Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, Botswana
- Zambezi National Park, Zimbabwe
- Arusha National Park, Tanzania
- Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
- Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya
- Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve, South Africa
- Nairobi National Park, Kenya
- Pilanesberg Game Reserve, South Africa
- Aberdare National Park, Kenya
- Lake Mburu National Park, Uganda
- Hell's Gate National Park, Kenya
- Mikumi National Park, Tanzania
- Shimba Hills National Reserve, Kenya
- Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania
- Nxai Pan National Park, Botswana
- Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe
Top 10 : Tanzania (4); Botswana (3), Zambia, South Africa and Kenya (1 each)
Top 20 : Tanzania (4); Botswana (4), Kenya (4); Zambia (3), Zimbabwe (2), South Africa (2), Rwanda (1)
One of four Tanzanian parks in the Top 10, Serengeti was the clear winner, beating competition from al other parks on the continent. The results should come as no surprise: this is the fifth year in a row that Serengeti National Park has come first, and its score of 4.85 out of 5 is one of our highest ever.
Why the Serengeti? For a start, this is where the annual 2-million-strong wildebeest migration spends a significant part of the year. Whenever the migration passes through, it truly is one of the greatest natural spectacles on the planet.
But at any time of year, the dance for survival between predator and prey takes place against the backdrop of classic safari landscapes. Elephants, big cats and vast herds of other wildlife interact on East Africa’s most extensive savannah grasslands, alongside great piles of boulders known as koppies, and within sight of perfectly formed umbrella thorn trees silhouetted against the rising and setting sun. No wonder everyone loves this place.