Let's go on a coloring safari! Grab your binoculars and your box of crayons and check out these free safari animals coloring pages for kids.
What types of animals would you like to see on safari? Safaris often take place in the African savannah, where you'll see antelope, cheetahs, giraffes, elephants, zebras, rhinos, hippos, and lions. You might even see a crocodile in the river or a gorilla in the forest!
You could go on wildlife safaris in other places, too. In the forests of Asia you might see, tigers, Asian elephants, pandas, and orangutans. In the rainforests of South America, you can observe monkeys, jaguars, geckos, and snakes.
You'll find coloring pages of all these animals and more on the list below.
Online Coloring Pages for Kids
Get creative with this interactive cartoon camel coloring page. Experiment with unique color combinations and see which one looks the best!
In addition to the usual printable coloring pages, we also have online coloring available for every coloring sheet in this post!
Just scroll down, and you'll find the coloring options for each coloring page.
Free Safari Animals Coloring Pages for Kids
Antelope Coloring Sheet
Gazelles like this one have sandy-brown fur that helps them blend in with dry savannah grasses. Their white bellies are bordered by a black zigzag marking.
Cheetah Face Coloring Sheet
Cheetahs have sandy-brown fur that is lighter or darker in places. They also have small black spots. The black markings around their eyes limit the glare of the sun and help them to see better.
Chimpanzee Coloring Sheet
Chimps have dark brown or black fur. The areas where they have less fur—their faces, hands, feet, and bellies—are lighter in color, sometimes tinged with pink.
Giraffe Head and Face Coloring Sheet
Giraffes’ fur can range from light tan to almost black, depending on the subspecies. Giraffes are two-toned, with a lighter background color and a darker mane and spots.
Realistic Elephant Head and Face Coloring Sheet
Elephant skin is brown or gray. The insides of the ears may be pinkish. Their tusks are usually white in color, but just like teeth, they can be brown or yellowish from use.
Elephant Coloring Sheet
Did you color the elephant face above? Now you can color the whole animal! Again, elephants are usually brown or gray, especially if they live in the wild. Their tusks are normally white.
Gorilla Face Coloring Sheet
The gorilla’s fur can be brown, black, or gray. You can’t see it in this picture, but male gorillas have white or silver patches on their backs. Can you find another gorilla below?
Cartoon Camel Coloring Sheet
Most camels are light brown, but rarely they are gray or even black. Some baby camels are born with white fur that turns brown as they age.
Cheetah Coloring Sheet
Did you color the sandy-brown cheetah face above? Now you can color its entire tan body dotted with black spots and black rings around the tail.
Easy Elephant Head and Face Coloring Sheet
Here’s another elephant face for you to color. Most elephants have gray or brown skin; rarely, they are white with no pigment at all. Their tusks, too, are usually white like teeth.
Easy Cartoon Zebra Coloring Sheet
Are zebras black with white stripes or white with black stripes? You might be surprised to learn that they are actually black with white stripes. At any rate, you’ll need just two colors for your zebra.
Buffalo Coloring Sheet
The American bison usually has brown fur. On rare occasions, solid white bison are born. Many Native American cultures hold the white bison to be sacred.
Giraffe Coloring Sheet
Did you color the giraffe face above? You can use the same tans, yellowish-browns, browns, and oranges to color this full-bodied giraffe.
Cartoon Flamingo Coloring Sheet
Flamingos are famous for their pink feathers. But did you know? That color comes from the food they eat. On a different diet, their feathers fade to white! They also have black bands on their beaks.
Orangutan Coloring Sheet
Most orangutans are reddish-orange, but some are brown. Their skin is usually darker than their fur. Some males have beards that are white or yellow.
Baby Giraffe Coloring Sheet
You’ve met with two giraffes already on the list above—a grown-up giraffe and a giraffe’s face. Now you can color a baby giraffe to match! Use shades of brown and orange.
Monkey Face Coloring Sheet
Monkeys come in many colors. Most often, they are shown with brown fur and lighter faces. Depending on the species, their fur may also be white, yellow, orange, black, gray, or red. The skin of their face can be pink, red, or even blue.
Vulture Coloring Sheet
Most vultures are brown or black with white markings. Many have featherless heads that are red or black. A few have short white feathers on their necks and heads.
Snake Face and Head Coloring Sheet
People often think of snakes as being green, but they come in many colors, including yellow, cream, black, orange, or brown. Some species have stripes, splotches, or other patterns on their scales.
Easy Cartoon Lion Coloring Sheet
Male lions like this one usually have sandy fur with a darker mane. Sometimes, the manes are reddish or even black. Sometimes, lions are solid white.
Tiger Coloring Sheet
Tigers come in two main color patterns: orange with black stripes or white with black stripes. Even the orange tigers usually have white markings on their bellies and faces.
Lion Coloring Sheet
Here is another male lion. Like the one above, it will likely have sandy fur with a brownish, reddish, or darker mane. Can you take advantage of the extra detail in this picture to use more than one color on the mane?
Panda Face Coloring Sheet
Giant pandas have white fur with black noses. They also have black eyes and black patches around their eyes. Their black and white coats make them one of the most recognizable animals!
Tiger Roaring Coloring Sheet
In addition to the orange, black, and white you’ll use on this tiger’s fur, you will also need pink or red for the tongue in its open mouth.
Gorilla Coloring Sheet
Did you color the gorilla face above? Now, color the whole gorilla. Use black, brown, or gray. Can you leave a black or silver patch on the gorilla’s back? These male gorillas are called silverbacks.
Lemur Coloring Sheet
This ring tailed lemur has gray fur with lighter markings on its belly and face. It also has black rings around its tail, much like a raccoon or red panda.
Falcon Coloring Sheet
There are many species of falcons, each with a unique color pattern. Most include brown, black, or gray. Peregrine falcons have grayish-black backs and cream-colored bellies with black bars. Their feet are bright yellow. Gyrfalcons are mostly white with black bars.
Snake Coloring Sheet
Spotted snakes like this one come in many colors. Boa constrictors and pythons are often many shades of orange and brown. Albino versions might be bright and pale yellow.
Gecko Coloring Sheet
Geckos come in lots of colors—gray, cream, brown, white, green, yellow, orange, black, and pink. Usually, the bodies are lighter than the spots. The bellies are also lighter than the lizards’ backs.
Rhino Coloring Sheet
Like elephants, rhinoceroses have brownish-gray skin. Sometimes they look black if they are wet or reddish if they have been rolling in red dirt.
Rattlesnake Coloring Sheet
Most rattlesnakes are gray or brown, their spots being darker than the background. Depending on the species, they may also have markings that are black, orange, pink, red, yellow, or green.
Cartoon Hawk Coloring Sheet
Depending on the species, hawks come in shades of brown, black, and gray. Many have white or cream bellies. Red-tailed hawks have a cinnamon-red color on their tails.
Lion Roaring Coloring Sheet
Keep coloring your pride of lions! This one is roaring, but like the others, he probably has sandy fur and a darker mane.
Lion Head Coloring Sheet
What colors have you used on the manes of the lions above? You can focus on coloring the head and mane of this lion portrait. Can you incorporate sandy brown, white, black, and reddish-brown?
Baby Elephant Coloring Sheet
Like the grown-up elephants above, baby elephants have brown or gray skin. When they take a bath, their skin may appear dark gray or black. Sometimes you may see a pink tint to their ears.
Lizard Coloring Sheet
Depending on how you color it, this lizard could belong to many different species. You could make it a blue-tailed skink, for example, by coloring its tail dark blue and drawing blue and cream stripes down its back.
Baby Lion Coloring Sheet
You can give this baby lion golden brown fur like Simba, cream-colored fur like Nala, or pure white fur like Kimba the White Lion. The choice is yours.
Pelican Coloring Sheet
There are many species of pelicans, but most have markings that are black, brown, gray, white, or yellow. Some pelicans are solid white, while others are almost entirely brown.
Baby Tiger Coloring Sheet
Did you color either of the grown-up tigers above? Did you make them white tigers or orange tigers? Or perhaps one of each? Now, you can decide what color pattern their baby will have.
Cute Cartoon Cheetah Coloring Sheet
Did you color the grown-up cheetahs above? Now you can color the baby as well. Like its parents, this cheetah cub has sandy, tan fur and small black spots.
Alligator or Crocodile Coloring Sheet
Crocodile colors range from golden brown to almost black. Nile crocodiles are grayish-green. Saltwater crocodiles have creamy or yellowish bellies.
Zebra Coloring Sheet
What’s black and white and red all over? A zebra with a sunburn! You can decorate this black and white animal however you want. You might even give it rainbow stripes like a classic bubblegum mascot.
Eagle Coloring Sheet
Like the hawk above, different types of eagles have brown, black, golden, and white feathers. The famous bald eagle has a dark brown body, a white head, and a bright yellow beak.
Hyena Coloring Sheet
Hyenas can be tan, brown, golden, and almost black. Their bellies are usually lighter than their backs. Some hyenas have vertical stripes instead of spots.
Jaguar Coloring Sheet
Jaguars are usually yellowish brown with dark brown or black rosettes. Their bellies are lighter, creamy or white. Some jaguars are darker in color, with a black background to their black spots.
Easy Monkey Coloring Sheet
Did you color the monkey above? We often think of monkeys as being brown, but they can also have fur that is golden, reddish, gray, black, or white. The skin of the face can also come in many colors, including blue and red.
Tiger Face Coloring Sheet
How many of the tigers did you color above? Now, you can focus on the tiger’s face. Did you know that orange tigers have golden or green eyes while white tigers have blue eyes?
Baboon Coloring Sheet
There are several species of baboons. Most have light brown, gray, or nearly black fur. Their faces are often light brown or pink in color.
Easy Peacock Coloring Sheet
Male peacocks are iridescent blue and green with sparkling yellow “eyes” on their long tail feathers. Some peacocks are solid white. Females are usually brown.
Lioness Coloring Sheet
You’ve seen a lot of maned male lions on this list. Now you can color a female, a lioness. Like the males, she will typically be a golden or sandy brown color. Some lions are solid white.
Hippo Coloring Sheet
Hippos are gray or brown in purple. Sometimes they look a bit purplish, and the skin around their eyes, ears, and cheeks is often pink.
Which of these safari animal coloring pages for kids was your favorite?
Did you make silly faces with the chimpanzees or laugh with the hyenas? Maybe you lounged in the sun with a pride of lions.
Did you know? You can download and print these pictures to create your own safari-themed coloring book. Simply bind the pages together with ribbon, staples, or tape. Then, you can take your safari with you wherever you go!
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