Lions

Connected Sites: 16

WHS where lions live in the wild. The lion population has to be still present, also after the inscription of the park as a WHS. Describe sublocation where they can be found and indication of numbers.

Connected Sites

  • Serengeti
    Serengeti
    Tanzania
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.41
    121
    5
    "Serengeti National Park forms a Lion Conservation Unit since 2005 together with Maasai Mara National Reserve.[10] More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem." (wiki)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Mapungubwe
    Mapungubwe
    South Africa
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.00
    22
    5
    "Within the area of the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area (GMTFCA) there are approximately 70 free roaming lions."
    See greatermapungubwelionproject.weebly.com
  • Victoria Falls
    Victoria Falls
    Zambia, Zimbabwe
    Inscribed: 1989
    4.47
    134
    5
    In Zambezi NP: rare
    See www.lonelyplanet.com
  • iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo NP
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.38
    59
    7
    uMkhuze section: reintroduced in 2013, now there are about 16 specimens (2022)
    See www.sagoodnews.co.za
  • Inscribed: 2017
    2.38
    10
    4
    "A report compiled in 2015 .. estimated that the national population of lions stood at around 3,500 individuals, with approximately ... 750 in the Kgalagadi." (see link)
    See lionrecoveryfund.org
  • W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
    W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
    Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger
    Inscribed: 1996
    1.94
    13
    4
    Pendjari NP: 70-100
    See lionrecoveryfund.org
  • Virunga National Park
    Virunga National Park
    Congo (Democratic Republic)
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.99
    13
    2
    Tree-climbing ones. Once there were 100, a few seem to have returned to the Ishasha Valley (no recent data available).
    See virunga.org
  • Inscribed: 1982
    3.50
    25
    4
    "It is estimated that there are close to 1,700 to 6,900 Lions in Nyerere National Park and surrounding Selous Game Reserve."
    See www.nyererenationalpark.net
  • Okavango Delta
    Inscribed: 2014
    4.14
    85
    4
    Large numbers and they can swim. The nom file reports several hundred from an aerial survey. More background is in the link.
    See open.uct.ac.za
  • Ngorongoro
    Ngorongoro
    Tanzania
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.36
    128
    4
    "Studied almost continuously since 1963, it is the best-known, best-studied lion population in the world." and "By April 2022 there are four prides and a total of 45 lions in the Ndutu region (not including visiting groups and nomads)."(see link)
    See kopelion.org
  • Mana Pools
    Mana Pools
    Zimbabwe
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.65
    21
    5
    Estimate of of 67 adult and sub-adult lions (2008-2011)
    See scholar.ufs.ac.za
  • Garamba National Park
    Congo (Democratic Republic)
    Inscribed: 1980
    1
    1
    Crit X: In addition to the rhinoceros and the giraffe, the purely savannicole species include the lion
  • Bale Mountains National Park
    Inscribed: 2023
    3.01
    14
    1
    "The nominated property houses globally threatened species and conserves important large mammals, such as Lion" (AB ev)
  • Niokolo-Koba National Park
    Inscribed: 1981
    2.16
    21
    2
    Not enough data for estimation of Lion population, but "93 observations involving 253 lion sightings were made by NKNP guides and their clients over a period of four and a half years in the central tourist area of the Park which represents about 3% of the total area of NKNP." (see link)
    See threatenedtaxa.org
  • Mount Kenya
    Inscribed: 1997
    2.93
    44
    3
    Lewa Wildlife Conservancy : "There are currently 44 lions acros the Lewa-Borana Landscape."
    See www.lewa.org
  • Kenya Lake System
    Inscribed: 2011
    3.18
    68
    3
    Lake Nakuru NP: 18-22 individuals in 2017 (see link)
    See leofoundation.org