Escape the wild politics of human civilization with these live animal cameras direct from Africa.
Africam was the first of it’s kind. It began with a single refresh camera in 1999 and evolved into streaming video in 2006. Being in the forefront of game viewing online, it has been featured on major news networks such as BBC News, USA Today, and FOX. It broadcasts from four different locations year round, and offers frequent visits from the Big 5.
Note: Due to poaching, cameras turn away when Rhinos appear.
Located in Richard’s Bay, SA, Tembe is a 300 square kilometre in reserve. Hardcore viewers often disregard Tembe because the property is fenced in and thus the animals cannot migrate and move naturally. Also, as a result of the fence, animal populations, such as lions, have been culled in the past to prevent overpopulation and inbreeding.
Frequent Visitors: Big tusker elephants, giraffes, lions, zebra, kudo, impala and duikers.
Located in Hoedspruit, South Africa. It is the only plains location with a live camera, and thus it has the best odds for viewing cheetahs and other plains game such as wildebeest.
Frequent Visitors: lions, cheetahs, rhino, kudos, impala, genets, striped jackals, zebras, cape buffalo, wildebeest, giraffes and the occasional elephant.
Also located in Hoedspruit, South Africa. Unlike Nkorho, Elephant Plains is located in the bush so leopards, monkeys and elephants are in greater numbers.
Frequent Visitors: Wild dogs, leopards, elephants, hippos, vervet monkeys, baboons, warthogs, kudo, and the occasional lion.
Idube Safari Lodge – Scotia Dam
The newest camera at Africam located in Sabi Sands Reserve within South Africa’s Kruger National Park. This location offers the widest panoramic view of all the cameras, though it does not have night vision and relies on a single stationary spotlight making night viewing limited.
Frequent Visitors: Black storks, grey heron, one resident crocodile, two resident hippos, elephants and the occasional lion or leopard.
Next up, North America.
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