Queen Elizabeth National Park
Uganda Destinations Uganda Tours & Safaris Uganda’s most popular tourist destination, Queen Elizabeth National Park, is understandable. The park’s diverse ecosystems, which include sprawling savanna, shady, humid forests, sparkling lakes, and fertile wetlands, make it an ideal habitat for classic big game, ten primate species, including chimps, and more than 600 bird species. The park’s […]
Murchison Falls National Park
Uganda Destinations Uganda Tours & Safaris The sweeping Bunyoro escarpment tumbles into vast, palm-dotted savanna at the northern end of the Albertine Rift Valley, where Murchison Falls National Park is located. It is Uganda’s largest and oldest conservation area, with 76 mammalian species and 451 bird species. It was first designated as a game reserve […]
Mount Elgon National Park
Uganda Destinations Uganda Tours & Safaris Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is located high in the clouds, between 2,227m and 4,127m above sea level. It was established to protect the endangered mountain gorillas that live in its dense forests, as its name suggests, and it is also an important habitat for the endangered golden monkey. The […]
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Uganda Destinations Uganda Tours & Safaris Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is located high in the clouds, between 2,227m and 4,127m above sea level. It was established to protect the endangered mountain gorillas that live in its dense forests, as its name suggests, and it is also an important habitat for the endangered golden monkey. The […]
Lake Mburo National Park
Uganda Destinations Uganda Tours & Safaris Lake Mburo National Park is a small but beautiful gem, conveniently located near the highway that connects Kampala to the western Ugandan parks. It is the smallest of Uganda’s savannah national parks, with ancient Precambrian metamorphic rocks dating back over 500 million years underpinning it. 350 bird species, as […]
Kidepo Valley National Park
Uganda Destinations Uganda Tours & Safaris Kidepo Valley National Park is located 700 kilometers from Kampala, in the rugged, semi-arid valleys between Uganda’s borders with Sudan and Kenya. It was designated as a national park in 1962 and is home to a plethora of big game as well as over 77 mammal species and 475 […]
Kibale National Park
Uganda Destinations Uganda Tours & Safaris Kibale is a major research center in Africa. While many researchers are interested in the park’s chimps and other primates, others are interested in Kibale’s ecosystems, wild pigs, and fish species, among other things. Kibale National Park is home to one of Uganda’s most beautiful and diverse stretches of […]
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Uganda Destinations Uganda Tours & Safaris Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located on the edge of the Rift Valley in southwestern Uganda. Its mist-shrouded hillsides are engulfed by one of Uganda’s oldest and most biologically diverse rainforests, dating back over 25,000 years and home to nearly 400 plant species. This “impenetrable forest” also protects an […]
Rwenzori Mountains National Park
Uganda Destinations Uganda Tours & Safaris The Rwenzori Mountains, also known as the Moon Mountains, are located in western Uganda, near the Uganda-Congo border. The third highest point in Africa is found on the equatorial snow peaks, while the lower slopes are covered in moorland, bamboo, and lush, moist montane forest. Giant lobelias and “everlasting […]