SafariDex

Hippopotamus Sighting Benchmarks

Full objective breakdown across 5 destinations. Scores are SafariDEX's calibrated monthly model for this species in this park — a twelve-month curve built from documented seasonal patterns and reviewed park by park.

Visibility Across All Hubs

Peak (80+)
High (60+)
Moderate (40+)
Low (25+)
Incidental (10+)
Destination HubJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Serengeti National Parktanzania
85
86
85
75
75
88
92
95
96
96
88
86
Masai Mara National Reservekenya
82
84
82
74
76
88
92
94
93
90
84
82
Ngorongoro Conservation Areatanzania
80
82
80
72
74
85
90
92
94
93
85
82
Okavango Deltabotswana
65
66
68
72
82
90
92
90
85
78
70
66
Kruger National ParkSouth Africa
78
76
74
70
80
85
88
90
88
80
74
76
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Objective Data

These figures come from our month-by-month model for hippopotamus in each park, based on documented seasonal patterns: migration timing, rainfall and breeding cycles. They show when you are most likely to see the animal — they are not a tally of individual sightings.

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Monthly Trends

Season matters. In many parks animals concentrate around water in the dry months, which is why the monthly curve varies so strongly.

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Destination Hubs

A species may occur in many parks; we only track the hubs where we can score sighting potential with confidence.