Despite having been much fighting for many decades, and having a reputation of being largely desert, there are a wide array of wildlife within Sudan. This includes 287 mammals and 634 birds in total. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the mammals in the country are small, and therefore can survive in humanities shadow (rodents, bats and insectivores). Never-the-less, there are big cats found in Sudan include lions, leopards and cheetahs; there are also many species of antelope as well as giraffes, rhinoceroses and elephants, and monkeys are found in forested areas, which house pockets of significant wildlife. Sudan has 23 protected areas covering 42,698 km2 of the land and 10,662 km2 of the ocean. However given the country covers 1.86 million square miles, this does only account for 2% of the land of the country (having said that, there are unprotected pockets of land in various parts of the country – whether, as the country settles down they can concentrate on conserving wildlife will remain to be seen).

Among several protected areas in Sudan are Radom National Park in South Darfur, in the southwest of the country, and Dinder National Park in the southeast, both of which are UNESCO biosphere reserves. There are also a number of game reserves (we hope to add these over time). The Suakin Archipelago National Park is a groupof islands off the coast in the Red Sea and is a marine protected area covering 579 square miles of ocean and island. These islets are fringed by coral reefs, being visited by four species of turtle and home to five species of breeding bird.