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  Alerce Andino National Park  
  The park has 39.225 hectares that cover from Reloncavi inlet to Chapo Lake. Its vegetation has araucarias, mañios, tineos, ivy and canelos, and the animal population includes pudues, eagles, chingues and grey foxes, among others. Another place to visit in the area are the Sargazo Lagoon and the Lenca........... Read More  
 
  Chad Basin National Park  
  The Chad Basin National Park is a national park in northeastern Nigeria, with a total area of about 2,258 km². The park is fragmented, with three sectors. The Chingurmi-Duguma sector is in Borno State, in a Sudanian Savanna ecological zone. The Bade-Nguru Wetlands and Bulatura sectors are in Yobe........... Read More  
 
  Cross River National Park  
  This is a wildlife park with hundreds of animals and birds. The park is known for its naturally preserved inhabitants and it is one of the many natural attractions in Nigeria, it offers so many activities got the visitors engaged. The park has many localised species of plants and animals which, include........... Read More  
 
  Gashaka-Gumti National Park  
  Gashaka-Gumti National Park is a national park of Nigeria, It was gazetted from two game reserves in 1991 and is Nigeria’s largest national park. The total area covers about 6402 km², much of the northern GGNP is savannah. The southern GGNP sector of the park has rugged terrain from about 300 m........... Read More  
 
  Jos Wildlife Park  
  Tourists cannot avoid the temptation of the picturesque scene on the Panyam - Shendam road. Many tourists have been known to take a detour to admire the scenery on this road as the hills are nothing short of spectacular. If you are a mountain hiker, you will love the challenge posed by this scenery.Jalbang........... Read More  
 
  Kamuku National Park  
  Kamuku National Park is located north west of Kaduna near Birnin Gwari in a mostly Guinea Savanna region of Nigeria. The park is ideal for bird watching with 192 species recorded. The Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius), Denham�s Bustard (Neotis denhami) and Abyssinian Ground Hornbill........... Read More  
 
  Lake Kainji National Park  
  Kainji Lake National Park (2,062 square miles [5,341 square km]) contains the Borgu and Zugurma game reserves and is rich in wildlife, including baboons, duikers, hippopotamuses, hyenas, kobs, roans, and warthogs. Kainji Lake National Park is one of the largest parks in Nigeria and West Africa. The........... Read More  
 
  Okomu National Park  
  The Okomu National Park, formerly the Okomu Wildlife Sanctuary, is a forest block within the 1,082 km² Okomu Forest Reserve in the Ovia South-West Local Government Area of Edo State in Nigeria. This sanctuary is Nigeria first area of rain forest protected by the conservation laws It has an area of........... Read More  
 
  Old Oyo National Park  
  Make a visit to the old Yoruba Empire, and admire Oyo's old Portuguese-style houses. It is rich in fauna and flora resources, significant species of which are the Buffoon, Buffaloes, and wide variety of birds. It is also in the middle of a vibrant community rich in tradition and cultural heritage............ Read More  
 
  Pandam Wildlife Park  
  Pandam Wildlife Park is one of the Important Bird Areas (IBA) in Nigeria located in Plateau state, Nigeria 08o 40’ N 09O 03’ E. It has an area of 22,400 ha, altitude 175-315 m. The habitat is mainly Guinea Savannah, some riparian forest and a wetland complex, the Pandam Lake, of approximately 2 km2............ Read More  
 
  Puyehue National Park  
  This park is situated in an extraordinarily beautiful zone in the Lakes region. It's surface area measures 100 thousand hectares (220,000 acres) and is bordered to the south by Chile's oldest park, the Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park. In the middle of the Andes foothills and mountains, and........... Read More  
 
  Yankari National Park  
  Yankari Game Reserve is Nigeria’s most sought game reserve for wildlife safaris located in the south-central part of Bauchi State, in northeastern Nigeria. It covers an area of approximately 2,240 sq km and 2,058 sq. km. of savanna wood­land. It is composed of savannah grassland with well-developed patches........... Read More  
 
 
  Country wise Wildlife Sanctuaries in Africa
Nigeria(12)South Africa(49)
  State wise Wildlife Sanctuaries in India
Andaman and Nicobar(8)Andhra Pradesh(20) Arunachal Pradesh(8) Assam(13)
Bengal(2)Bihar(4) Chhattisgarh(7) Goa(4)
Gujarat(20)Haryana(3) Himachal Pradesh(14) Jammu & Kashmir(10)
Jharkhand(4)Karnataka(21) Kerala(16) Madhya Pradesh(16)
Maharashtra(25)Manipur(1) Meghalaya(2) Mezoram(4)
Nagaland(1)Orissa(14) Punjab(1) Rajasthan(13)
Sikkim(4)Tamil Nadu(15) Tripura(2) Uttar Pradesh(9)
Uttarakhand(12)West Bengal(8)