Southern Giraffe

Closest Relatives at Hwange National Park

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	70–80%
2	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	60–70%
3	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	60–70%
4	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	60–70%
5	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	60–70%
6	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	50–60%
7	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	50–60%
8	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	50–60%
9	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	30–40%
10	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	30–40%
11	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	20–30%
12	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
13	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Southern Giraffe in Hwange National Park?

About 54% of visitor-days record a Southern Giraffe sighting in Hwange National Park, based on 51 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Southern Giraffe in Hwange National Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Southern Giraffe in Hwange National Park in our monthly data.