Best Places to View Wildlife

If your idea of viewing wildlife doesn't involve heading to a zoo

keep watching for my top three picks for the best places to view wildlife in the world

Botswana Africa is one of the most sparsely populated countries on the planet

About the size of Texas, and with around 38% of land protected for wildlife and nature conservation

there's a lot of room to roam. Whether you travel to the Okavango Delta

the largest inland delta in the world, the Makatakuddy pans, one of the world's largest salt pans

or one of the diverse national parks or game reserves, you can expect exciting game viewing

On my trip, I was able to view eagles, spotted hyena, draughts, elephants, hippos, Impala, zebras

mirror cats, a variety of birds, and much, much more. For those adrenaline jumbies, I also had some close encounters I wouldn't necessarily repeat

Hello, that's enough. The Central American country of Costa Rica is rich in scenery and wildlife Whether you want to be sloths from the air on a hot air balloon ride over the rainforest

at dawn, or use a little muscle, climbing trees to view monkeys

There's an abundance of wildlife and a variety of locales, even right beside major roadways

With hundreds of bird species, keep a lookout for the Scarlet Macaw, which I spotted right along the coast

Other highlights include colorful frogs, iguanas, and howler monkeys

The largest state in the United States completes our list of the best places to view wildlife

From bears to puffin to sea otters, Alaska has amazing wildlife and many great places where you can observe it

From Basti National Park to the Chugatch National Forest to the Kenai Fjords, and even along the sewer

highway. There are great accessible places for wildlife viewing. My top pick is the

Kee-Nai Fjords where killer whales mixed with stellar sea lions and bald eagles. But you

don't even have to leave land to see the animals. Wherever you end up, you're in for a treat

because seeing animals in their natural habitat is a truly special experience