Rhinoceros safaris in Africa

The name rhinoceros comes from a Greek word rhinokeros which means nose horned based on their physical description. There are two major rhinoceros species that is the Black Rhino scientifically name the Diceros Bicornis and the White Rhino scientifically named the Caratotherium Simum. These two species don’t really differ by their color but rather by their lip shapes whereby the black rhinos have pointed  and prehensile lips and the white rhinos have flat and wide lips. Due to the wide spread of poaching these animals are at a high risk of extinction with the black rhinos being critically endangered. These rhinos can live up-to to between Thirty five to forty years and their natural habitat is grasslands and savanna. Rhinos are basically herbivorous. White rhinos mainly lived in South Africa, but recently were reintroduced to Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe and the Southern white rhinos have been introduced to Kenya, Zambia and Cote d’Ivoire. However some santuaries have been established for rhino safety for example in Uganda at Ziwa Rhino sanctuary, Solio Ranch in Kenya where unfornatunately we lost the last male Northern white Rhino, Sudan due to old age complications and leaving behind the daugter and grand daughter and Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Orlando Florida.

The Rhinoceros is among the great Big Five African animals which are regarded as the most dangerous animals in the wild the other four include the lion, leopard, elephant and the cape buffaloes. On an african safari a rhinoceros should be one of the must see on tge itinerary because these animals will leave you wanting to see more of them.  Both male and female Rhinos are generally territorial and love to live an independent life. The white rhinos tend to be a little more social compared to the black rhinos. Rhinos are also generally known to be aggressive in nature and this applies to both the males and females.