225 National Parks in Africa: List of National Parks • The Art of Travel

There are over 225 National Parks and popular Game Reserves on the African continent. National parks can be found in a large majority of African countries, being most numerous in Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Namibia, and South Africa.

Many of these parks are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. They can be visited for safaris and to see the African flora and fauna.

The mighty lion in Botswana

Some nations also have considerable areas designated as private parks, game reserves, forest reserves, marine reserves, national reserves, and natural parks.

We have selected the most popular Game Reserves to be included in this list of National Parks because we believe you should not skip them. They are equally as impressive as any National Parks on this list.

National Parks in Africa

Listing all countries alphabetically (A to Z).

Algeria

Sahara desert, Algeria

Alhaggar National Park
Belezma National Park
Chrea National Park
Djebel Aissa National Park
Djurdjura National Park
El Kala National Park
Gouraya National Park
Taza National Park
Theniet El Had National Park
Tlemcen National Park

Angola

Sunset in Angola

Bicauri National Park
Cameia National Park
Cangandala National Park
Iona National Park
Longa-Mavinga National Park
Luenge National Park
Luiana National Park
Mucusso National Park
Mupa National Park
Quiçama National Park

Benin

Antelope calf drinking mother’s milk, Benin

Pendjari National Park
W National Park — also called W of the Niger National Park spanning Niger, Benin & Burkina Faso

Botswana

A leopard in Okavango Delta in Moremi National Park, Botswana

Central Kalahari Game Reserve
Chobe National Park
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Makgadikgadi Pans National Park
Moremi National Park — in the heart of the Okavango Delta

Burkina Faso

Oryx Antelope (almost near extinction in the wild)

Arli National Park
Deux Balés National Park
Kaboré Tambi National Park — formerly called Pô National Park
W National Park — also called W of the Niger National Park spanning Niger, Benin & Burkina Faso

Burundi

Kibira National Park
Risizi National Park
Rurubu National Park

Cameroon

Mount Cameroon, Africa

Bénoué National Park
Bouba Njida National Park
Boumba Bek National Park
Campo Ma’an National Park
Faro National Park
Korup National Park
Lobéké National Park
Nki National Park
Waza National Park

Cape Verde

Fogo volcano

Fogo National Park

Central African Republic

St. Floris National Park
André Félix National Park
Bamingui-Bangoran National Park
Dzanga-Ndoki National Park
Mbaéré Bodingué National Park

Chad

A Caravan in Chad’s Sahara

Aouk National Park
Goz Beïda National Park
Manda National Park
Zakouma National Park

Democratic Republic of the Congo

A chimpanzee in the wild

Garamba National Park
Virunga National Park
Kahuzi-Biéga National Park
Kundelungu National Park
Lomami National Park
Maiko National Park
Mangroves National Park
Salonga National Park (North and South sections)
Upemba National Park
Okapi Wildlife Reserve (Note: This is not a national park. This is a reserve with core protection and multi-use areas)

Republic of the Congo

A Mandrill Monkey in Congo

Conkouati-Douli National Park
Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park
Ntokou-Pikounda National Park
Odzala-Kokoua National Park
Ougoue Lekiti National Park

Côte d’Ivoire

Assagny National Park
Banco National Park
Comoé National Park
Îles Ehotilés National Park
Marahoué National Park
Mont Nimba National Park
Mont Péko National Park
Mont Sângbé National Park
Taï National Park

Djibouti

Day Forest National Park
Djibouti National Park
Yoboki National Park

Egypt

White Desert National Park, Egypt

Gabal Elba National Park
Lake Burullus Protectorate
Lake Qarun Protectorate
Nabq Protected Area
Ras Muhammad National Park
Saint Katherine Protectorate
Sannur Valley Cave Protectorate
Siwa Oasis
Taba Protected Area
Wadi Allaqi Biosphere Reserve
Wadi El Gamal National Park
Wadi El Rayan Protectorate
White Desert National Park

Equatorial Guinea

Monte Alen Park

Eritrea

Mountains in Eritrea

Dahlak Marine National Park
Semenawi Bahri National Park

Ethiopia

Simien Mountain Gelada, Ethiopia

Abijatta Shalla Lakes National Park
Awash National Park
Bale Mountains National Park
Mago National Park
Nechisar National Park
Omo National Park
Simien National Park — stunning mountain scenery and important wildlife populations in Ethiopia
Yangudi Rassa National Park

Kenya

Maasai Mara

Aberdare National Park
Amboseli National Park
Lake Nakuru National Park
Meru National Park
Mount Elgon National Park
Nairobi National Park
Samburu National Park
Sibiloi National Park
Tsavo National Park (East and West)
Maasai Mara Game Reserve (Note: not a National Park but the most popular destination in Kenya)

Gabon

A herd of African Buffalo

Akanda National Park
Batéké Plateau National Park
Birougou National Park
Crystal Mountains National Park
Ivindo National Park
Loango National Park
Lopé National Park
Mayumba National Park
Minkébé National Park
Moukalaba-Doudau National Park
Mwangné National Park
Pongara National Park
Waka National Park

Gambia

Abuko National Park
Bijilo National Park
Kiang West National Park
Niumi National Park
River Gambia National Park

Ghana

Life in Ghana, West Africa

Bia National Park
Bui National Park
Digya National Park
Kakum National Park
Kalakpa Game Production Reserve
Mole National Park
Nini-Suhien National Park

Guinea

Badiar National Park
Haut Niger National Park

Guinea-Bissau

Cacheu River National Park
João Vieira Marine Park
Orango Islands National Park

Lesotho

Sehlabathebe National Park — a remote mountain reserve great for hiking with rare wildlife, impressive waterfalls, and ancient rock paintings and stone shelters

Malawi

Lake Malawi National Park — pictured above
Kasungu National Park
Lengwe National Park
Liwonde National Park
Nyika National Park — a large highland national park in Malawi

Mozambique

A Nyala Antelope in Mozambique

Gorongosa National Park
Limpopo National Park

Namibia

Antelopes in a flowers meadow in Etosha National Park, Namibia

Ai-Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park — including the Fish River Canyon Park
Bwabwata National Park — composed by ex “Caprivi Game Park” and ex “Mahango Game Reserve”
Etosha National Park — abundant wildlife in the “big white place”
Fish River Canyon Park — the second largest canyon in the world
Khaudum National Park — maybe the most remote of all Namibian national parks, known for its tourist-terrorizing elephants
Mudumu National Park
Namib-Naukluft National Park — contains the famous Sossusvlei valley and the world’s highest dunes
Nkasa Lupala National Park
Skeleton Coast National Park
Waterberg Plateau Park — another good place to watch wildlife

Niger

W National Park — also called W of the Niger National Park spanning Niger, Benin & Burkina Faso

Nigeria

Zebra is common across sub-sharan Africa

Chad Basin National Park
Cross River National Park (Okavango and Oban sections)
Gashaka-Gumti National Park
Kainji National Park (Borgu and Zugurma sections)
Kamuku National Park
Okomu National Park
Old Oyo National Park
Yankari National Park

Rwanda

Rwanda is the best place in the world to see Silverback Gorillas

Akagera National Park
Volcanoes National Park — in Rwanda is full of impressive rainforest and volcanic scenery of the Virunga Mountains and is perhaps the best place in the world to see rare mountain gorillas. Across the border, in Uganda, it is known as Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.
Gishwati Forest
Nyungwe Forest National Park

São Tomé and Príncipe

Obo National Park

Senegal

Basse Casamance National Park
Isles des Madeleines National Park
Langue de Barbarie National Park
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
Niokolo-Koba National Park
Saloum Delta National Park

Seychelles

A beach in Seychelles

Curieuse Marine National Park
Morne Seychellois National Park
Praslin National Park
Ste. Anne Marine National Park

Sierra Leone

Gola Rainforest National Park
Outamba-Kilimi National Park
Western Area National Park

Somalia

Daallo Mountain
Hargeisa National Park
Hobyo grasslands and shrublands
Jilib National Park
Kismayo National Park
Lag Badana National Park

South Africa

A Yellow Billed Hornbill in the mountains of Pilanesberg in South Africa

Addo Elephant National Park
Agulhas National Park
Ai-Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park
Augrabies Falls National Park
Bontebok National Park
Camdeboo National Park
Golden Gate Highlands National Park
Karoo National Park
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Knysna National Lake Area
Kruger National Park
Mapungubwe National Park
Marakele National Park
Mokala National Park
Mountain Zebra National Park
Namaqua National Park
Table Mountain National Park
Tankwa Karoo National Park
Tsitsikamma National Park
West Coast National Park
Wilderness National Park
Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park

South Sudan

Bandingilo National Park
Boma National Park
Nimule National Park
Southern National Park

Nile Crocodile in Sudan

Sudan

Dinder National Park
Lantoto National Park
Radom National Park
Suakin Archipelago National Park

Swaziland

Hlane Royal National Park – known for its Rhinos

Tanzania

An Elephant Family in Serengeti, Tanzania

Arusha National Park
Gombe Stream National Park
Mount Kilimanjaro National Park
Lake Manyara National Park
Mahale Mountains
Mikumi National Park
Mkomazi Game Reserve
Ngorongoro Conservancy
Ruaha National Park
Rubondo Island National Park
Serengeti National Park — the biggest national park in Tanzania, perhaps the archetypal African game park; becomes the Maasai Mara National Reserve over the border in Kenya
Selous Game Reserve
Tarangire National Park — one of the best places in the world to see lions

Togo

Fazao-Malfakassa National Park
Fosse aux Lions National Park
Kéran National Park

Tunisia

Bou-Hedma National Park
Boukornine National Park
Chaambi National Park
El Feidja National Park
Ichkeul National Park
Jebil National Park
Sidi Toui National Park
Zembra and Zembretta Islands National Park

Uganda

A mountain Gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Kabelaga National Park
Kidepo Valley National Park
Murchison Falls National Park
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Rwenzori National Park — home of the almost mythical, otherworldly scenery of the Mountains of the Moon in Uganda

Zambia

Blue Lagoon National Park — very accessible
Kafue National Park — the largest national park of the country
Lavushi Manda National Park
Liuwa plains National Park
Lochinvar National Park — excellent for bird watching
Lower Zambezi National Park
Luambe National Park — used to be the president’s private game reserve, now pristine wilderness without mass tourism
Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park
Nsumbu National Park — used to be very popular in the 1970s but has declined in the last decades
North Luangwa National Park — one of Africa’s great safari destinations
Nyika National Park
South Luangwa National Park

Zimbabwe

Victoria Falls National Park — one of the world’s largest waterfalls (pictured above)
Gonarezhou National Park
Chimanimani National Park
Chizarira National Park
Hwange National Park
Kazuma Pan National Park
Mana Pools National Park
Matobo National Park
Matusadona National Park
Nyanga National Park
Zambezi National Park