In Outamba, a sighting or two of hippos, chimps and endangered monkeys is pretty much guaranteed, while the luckier may spot elephants and crocodiles, and researchers and some locals even talk of elusive leopards.<\/p>\n
Skirting the Guinean border, it is in fact two parks for the price of one \u2013 Kilimi, with 243km\u00b2 of savanna grasslands to the west, and Outamba (named after Mount Ukutamba, on the northern border of the park), more heavily wooded with 741km\u00b2 to the east. There are bolilands too \u2013 large seasonally flooded areas \u2013 beside the Great Scarcies and Little Scarcies rivers (known locally as the Kolenten and Kaba). For the moment, unless visitors are particularly curious, exploration is limited to the Outamba side, where there is a basic campsite and guides. Kilimi, however, has two large lakes, and buffalo, waterbuck and bushbuck roam the savanna flatlands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you\u2019ve ever dreamt about waking up to the patter of monkey pee on your tent, then the country\u2019s oldest national park is for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":20052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,33],"tags":[7,14,34],"class_list":{"0":"post-20055","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-travel","9":"tag-apie-project","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-travel"},"yoast_head":"\n