Published on
31/08/2026 - 7:00 GMT+2
There’s a reason that a safari is at the top of many people’s travel bucket lists. Wildlife encounters – the truly wild ones, where you see animals in their natural habitat – can only be described as magical.
While the Big Five dominate the conversation, it’s a wide, wild world out there, with everything from black rhinos in Namibia to the elusive snow leopard in the Himalayas.
To help narrow down the search, travel company Bailey Robinson has created the Wildlife Experience Index which ranked 30 of the world’s most remarkable experiences.








