Watch Africa's Big Five Live
Real-Time Safari Webcams
Somewhere in Africa right now, an elephant is walking to water, a lion is watching from the shade and a herd of buffalo is kicking up dust on the horizon. You can watch all of it live.
These are live safari webcams, streaming 24 hours a day from game reserves and waterholes across five African countries on EarthLive.TV, with more being added daily. No edits. No replays. Just the wild, exactly as it is.
Quick question before you start: How many animals take part in Africa’s Great Migration each year? Have a guess, the answer is at the bottom.
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KENYA 🇰🇪
- Maasai Mara & Laikipia -
Kenya is what most people picture when they think of an African safari, and for good reason.
The Maasai Mara is home to the Great Migration, one of the most dramatic wildlife events on the planet, where over a million wildebeest cross between Tanzania’s Serengeti and Kenya’s Mara between July and October.
But Kenya is not just about the migration. Laikipia, in the central highlands, is one of the best places in Africa to see elephants, hippos and crocodiles in the same frame.
The cameras here cover waterholes, river crossings and open savanna across multiple reserves.
Did You Know? An estimated 1.5 million wildebeest take part in the Great Migration each year, accompanied by roughly 400,000 zebra and 200,000 gazelle, moving in a circular route between Tanzania and Kenya.
Quiz: How many wildebeest are estimated to die during the Great Migration each year?
Answer: Some estimates suggest around 250,000, from drowning, predators, exhaustion and disease. The cycle replaces them just as fast.
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BOTSWANA 🇧🇼
- Okavango & Chobe -
Botswana is home to some of the most pristine untouched wilderness on earth.
The Okavango Delta floods each year, transforming dry land into one of the richest wildlife habitats in Africa, drawing in predators and prey from hundreds of kilometres away in every direction.
To the north, Chobe National Park is legendary for its elephant herds. Botswana as a whole is home to an estimated 130,000 elephants, one of the highest concentrations anywhere in Africa, and a huge number of those move through Chobe.
The cameras cover the Selinda Reserve, the Okavango Delta, the Boteti River and Camp Kuzuma near Chobe. Lions, elephants, leopards and wild dogs all pass through regularly.
Did You Know? The Okavango Delta is one of the few inland deltas on earth, flooding not from rain, but from water that travels over 1,200 kilometres from the Angolan highlands each year.
Quiz: How much of Botswana’s total land area is dedicated to wildlife conservation?
Answer: Around 38%, one of the highest percentages of any country on earth.
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SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦
- Kruger & Beyond -
South Africa has more live wildlife cameras than almost any other country on the continent, covering everything from the vast bushveld of Greater Kruger to the wetlands of KwaZulu-Natal.
You can watch everything from Tau Game Lodge in Madikwe to Tembe Elephant Park in KZN, the famous Sabi Sand reserve and even an African penguin colony at Betty’s Bay.
Elephants at a waterhole one moment, penguins waddling along a beach the next.
Did You Know? Kruger National Park is roughly the same size as Israel and contains over 500 bird species, making it one of the most biodiverse reserves on the continent.
Quiz: How many species of mammal live in Kruger National Park?
Answer: Around 150, more than any other African game reserve.
Explore South African Safari Cams
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ZIMBABWE 🇿🇼
- Zambezi & Hwange -
Zimbabwe is one of Africa’s most underrated safari destinations. Hwange National Park, in the west, is famous for its enormous elephant population.
Mana Pools, along the Zambezi River, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its walking safaris and wild dog sightings.
These live feeds cover the Zambezi National Park, the Mana Pools floodplain and Hwange’s waterholes.
Elephants, buffalo, hippos and painted wolves all appear regularly.
Did You Know? Hwange National Park is home to around 40,000 elephants and over 100 species of mammal, making it one of the most biodiverse reserves in southern Africa.
Quiz: How large is Hwange National Park?
Answer: Over 14,600 square kilometres, roughly the same size as Northern Ireland.
Explore Zimbabwean Safari Cams
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NAMIBIA 🇳🇦
- Etosha & The Namib -
Namibia is a country of extremes. The Namib Desert is one of the oldest on earth, and the wildlife that survives here has adapted to conditions that would break most species.
The live feeds cover Etosha National Park and the Namib Desert waterholes, where oryx, elephant and black rhino come to drink.
Etosha’s floodlit Okaukuejo waterhole is one of the most famous wildlife viewing spots in Africa.
At night, black rhino appear out of the darkness to drink, and the camera catches every moment.
Did You Know? The Namib Desert is so dry that some of its beetles have evolved to harvest moisture from fog, tilting their bodies into the wind to collect water droplets on their backs.
Globally, fewer than 6,000 black rhino remain in the wild, and Namibia protects a significant share of them.
Quiz: How old is the Namib Desert?
Answer: Over 55 million years, making it one of the oldest deserts on the planet.
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More From Africa
Tanzania 🇹🇿
The Serengeti is the other half of the Great Migration story and we are adding more cameras as they become available.
For now, one live waterhole feed streams from inside the park.
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Gorilla Rehab, Congo 🇨🇩
Deep in the forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a single camera streams live footage from one of the remaining mountain gorilla habitats on earth. More cameras coming soon.
Watch the Gorilla Forest Corridor Live
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Watch Wild Africa Live - A rolling feed that cycles between reserves across South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya and Namibia.
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- Quiz Answer -
How many animals take part in the Great Migration each year? Around 2 million, roughly 1.5 million wildebeest, plus hundreds of thousands of zebra & gazelle. It is the largest overland migration on earth.
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