Lake Mburo National Park is one of Uganda’s loveliest wildlife safari destinations. It is important for game viewing tours, Birding safaris; foot safaris (guided nature walks ) as well as sport hunting.
The Kibale Forest National Park lies 35km south of Fort Portal. This equatorial rainforest (lowland tropical rainforest, deciduous forest and montane forest) was recently established as a reserve, and is home to the highest concentration of primates in the world. Twelve different species have been recorded.
With a sporadic location in the Western Arm of the Great East African Rift Valley, the park extends its horizons to the foothills of the magnificent scenery of Mt Rwenzori in the North to the Ishasha sector southwards famous for rare tree-climbing lions.
Straddling the road to Jinja, a two-hour drive from Kampala, Mabira forest supports over 300 bird species many of which are difficult to see elsewhere in Uganda and close to 218 butterfly species.
Murchison is one of the largest parks in Uganda split into two parts by the famous River Nile. As you enter the park, a view of Budongo forest, the rugged terrain of the western Rift Valley and; the top of Murchison Falls
Located amidst magnificent forests in the extreme end of Southwest Uganda, across the steep escarpments of the western rift valley, Bwindi is the only park in the world which is famous for harbouring half of the world’s endangered gorillas.
The park contains two rivers – Kidepo and Narus – which disappear in the dry season, leaving just pools for the wildlife. The local communities around the park include pastoral Karamojong people, similar to the Maasai of Kenya, and the IK, a hunter-gatherer tribe whose survival is threatened. The Rwenzori mountains are not volcanic like…
Elgon is a 4,321m high extinct volcano which in prehistoric times stood taller than Kilimanjaro does today. Although the mountain straddles the Kenya border, its loftiest peak, Wagagai, lies within Uganda and is best ascended from the Uganda side.
Straddling the road to Jinja, a two-hour drive from Kampala, Mabira forest supports over 300 bird species many of which are difficult to see elsewhere in Uganda and close to 218 butterfly species. An excellent Trail System allows access to both undisturbed primary and good secondary forests.