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Favorite thing: Some people come to Yankari for the Wikki Warm Springs. However, others like myself, are here for the wildlife.

If there is any place in West Africa were you want to be 90% sure of seeing alot of elephants, then Yankari is the place. In all my visits to the park since 2001, there has never been a single evening safari where I dont encounter large herds of elephant. We once counted two hundred in a single group, back in December 2002.

An antelope called a 'waterbuck' is even more common. There are waterbucks everywhere in the park - around every corner. After a while you begin to get bored with comming across nothing but groups and groups of waterbuck.

Another antelope - the bushbuck - is also a certainty. So too are baboons. Those that you have a good chance of seeing include warthog, patas and tantalus monkeys, crocs, monitor lizard, amongst others. You will most likely come across fresh lion prints, and a 50% percent chance of the actual lion. Lion viewings have been increasing over the past few years.