African Animals Facts

African animals facts, spoor and habits.
The continent of Africa is host to the most diverse and extensive wildlife show on earth with an amazing variety of animals.
Browse the listing to find out more and enrich your safari experience.

From aardvarks to zebras Africa has them all and in numbers.

Safari with us to find these amazing creatures from the swamps of Savute to the wilds of Hwange National Park.

buffalo

member of the big 5, big and bold bovine

black and white rhino

Of the 5 different species two can be found in Africa. The name rhinoceros means "nose horn".

cheetah

the "greyhound" of cats, accelerating from 0 - 70 kmp/h in two seonds, purrs like a domestic cat.

elephants

one of Africa's giants and the biggest land mammal on earth.

eland

of mystical importance to the San as depicted in rock paintings

gemsbok

oryx or unicorn? With a coat of many colours, these handsome antelope are the perfect desert adapted animal

giraffe

often referred to as the cranes of Africa. Tall, graceful and stately, giraffes can lives for approx. 25 years in the wild.

hippopotamus

from the Greek word "hippos" meaning horse, these animals were once called river horse or sea cows.

hyena

no laughing matter - are they cats or dogs, male or female? Excellent hunters with success rates of 75%,

impala

common antelope species found throughout southern Africa.

lions

Very difficult to see in thick bush but come night fall listen for their calls - an iconic sounds of Africa.

kudu

a large majestic antelope who can clear a 3 metre fence from a standing position.

leopard

solitary, elusive, an efficient killer with a beautiful spotted coat of rosettes. Their night vision is seven times more powerful than a human

nyala

found mainly in dense bush, riverside thickets and fringes of forests, the

primates

including Vervet and Samango monkeys, Baboons, Bushbaby.

roan

closely related to the Sable, a magnificent specimen with back curved horns and one of Africa's matriarchal antelopes.

sable

handsome and regal looking with a glossy black coat, horns are long and arch backwards. Both male and female have horns.

small animals

covering honey badger, caracal, civet, genet, jackal, African wild cat

warthogs

Rolling in mud baths to protect their skin form the sun, their snouts and tusks are used to get at tubers.t

waterbuck

one of the larger antelopes with a coarse grey brown coat. The males only have horns which are heavily ringed curving backwards and then slightly forward.

wild dogs

Similar in size to the Alsatian dog, African wild dog have large rounded ears, long legs, bushy tail and black muzzle

wildebeest

a medium size antelope with both sexes having horns. Often called the "clown of the bush". Each year the phenomenon which is the annual wildebeest migration takes places in the Serengeti

zebra

a common antelope species, with stripes designed for camouflage and identifying one another. At the approach of a predator they will snort and grunt to warn the herd of danger

African Animals Facts