The 10 largest national parks in Africa

Top 10 National Parks in Africa In 1925, Africa's first national park was established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Virunga National Park, and soon after, other countries began to take the same step to protect its wildlife.

Today in Africa there are hundreds of national parks, and although it is not the largest in the world, it is the richest in terms of wildlife.

Below we take a quick look at the largest national parks in Africa by area.

The largest national park in Africa

Namib Nakluft National Park is a national park located in the southern part of Africa in western Namibia on the Atlantic coast.

This park covers an area of 50,000 square kilometers, and it is the largest national park in the continent of Africa, and the fourth in the world.

The Namib Desert is located in the middle of the park, and as the oldest desert in the world, it displays some of the largest sand dunes in the world.

The most famous sight in the park is the Sossusvlei region, a vast land covered in salt and mud surrounded by towering red sand dunes in one of the most unusual sights on our planet.

Despite the large area of the park, it hosts only a few species of animals, and the most important attraction is the landscape of its desert environment.

The animals that can be seen in the park are:

the giraffe
Tiger
zebra
Baboon
brown hyena
jumping
Gulf Great Reserve

A park established in 2007 located in the southwestern part of the Republic of Egypt is considered the second largest park in Africa , and the largest in the Arab world.

The park covers an area of 48,000 square kilometers, approximately 5 percent of the total area of Egypt.

The park doesn't support much wildlife, however, and it does hold many historical and natural treasures, including the world's largest meteorite field.

Some of the other monuments in the park date back to the Neolithic period 9000 years ago when it was inhabited.

Serengeti National Park

Although it is not the largest or even among the ten largest national parks in Africa, the Serengeti National Park is certainly the most famous national park on the continent, and indeed in the world.

This park is located in Tanzania on an area of 14,000 square kilometers, and is listed among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The number of wild animal species in the park is estimated at about 70, including the Big Five .

The animals that can be seen in this park are:

The elephants
buffalo
zebras
hippos
giraffes
the black
hyenas
leopards
tigers
new

This park is particularly famous for the large Serengeti migration, which is home to more than 1.7 million wildebeests.