Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Kakum National
Park
rainforest; elephants, colobus monkeys, antelopes, 300
bird species, 600 butterfly species
Ghana
Jan-Mar
94 mammal species (incl elephants), over 300 bird spe-
cies
Mole National Park
Ghana
Jan-Mar
Wechiau Community
Hippo Sanctuary
Ghana
hippos
Nov-Jun
Parc National du
Haut Niger
Guinea
dry rainforest; hippos, chimpanzees
Nov-Apr
Poilão National Mar-
ine Park
Guinea-Bissau
sea turtles
Oct & Nov
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COUNTRY WILDLIFE
Orango Islands Na-
tional Park
Guinea-Bissau
saltwater hippos, crocodiles
Nov-Apr
Parque Natural dos
Tarrafes do Rio
Cacheu
hippos, manatees, panthers, gazelles, hyenas, over 200
bird species
Guinea-Bissau
Nov-Apr
Parque Nacional do
Catanhez
chimpanzees, elephants, colobus monkeys, baboons,
manatees
Guinea-Bissau
Nov-Apr
forest elephants, pygmy hippos, chimpanzees, over 500
bird species
Sapo National Park
Liberia
Nov-Apr
Réserve de Douentza Mali
elephants
Jan-Jun
* Parc National du
Banc d'Arguin
Mauritania
migratory birds
Dec & Jan
Afi Mountain Drill
Ranch
Nigeria
rescued drills, chimpanzees
Oct-Feb
Gashaka-Gumti Na-
tional Park
Nigeria
chimpanzees, lions, elephants, hippos
Nov-May
Yankari National
Park
Nigeria
elephants, baboons, hyenas, lions, over 600 bird species Nov-Mar
Parc National de la
Langue de Barbarie
Senegal
hundreds of bird species
Nov-Apr
* Parc National des
Oiseaux du Djoudj
Senegal
pelicans, flamingos, over 350 bird species
Nov-Apr
* Parc National de
Niokolo-Koba
Senegal
lions, 80 mammal species, 350 bird species
Dec-May
Parc National du
Delta du Saloum
red colobus & patas monkeys, hyenas, sea turtles, dol-
phins
Senegal
Nov-May
