Bwindi Gorillas
Bwindi is one of the most biologically diverse areas on earth.
Its unique, precious flora sustains roughly half of the world's population of mountain gorillas - believed to number at just 600.
Q.E National Park
The park's dominant feature is the 32km long Kazinga Channel that links Lake Edward to Lake George.
The Channel contains the world's largest concentration of hippos and numerous Nile crocodiles - all easily viewed from a leisurely boat cruise.
Murchison Falls
The Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda's largest protected area.
Cut in half by the Nile River as it squeezes through a seven-metre gap in a cleft of rock, the result of which is the spectacular Murchison Falls.
Kibale Forest
This park is full of lakes, grasslands, marshes and forests on the lower slopes of the Rwenzori Mountains.
Kibale is best known for its healthy population of approximately 500 chimpanzees. It is also home to at least 60 mammal species, including twelve other primates.
Destination Uganda - Lands of the Humble Giant - the Mountain Gorilla!
Uganda is not well known as a safari destination often losing out to its more famous neighbours - Kenya and Tanzania. Yet equatorial Uganda has an incredible biodiversity and much to offer the wildlife traveller. In contrast to Africa's more famous wildlife destinations, Uganda is lush, green and fertile. This compact landlocked country is making a remarkable recovery from its troubled past and is set to become a world class safari destination.
Uganda offers a more conventional safari experience with Queen Elizabeth, Murchison Falls and Mburo National Parks providing a sanctuary for traditional savannah fauna such as lion, leopard, elephant and giraffe. However, one of the undoubted highlights of any visit is tracking the rare and majestic apes, the mountain gorillas in Bwindi and Mgahinga National Parks. Other primates to be seen in Uganda are habituated chimpanzee at Kibale Forest, and Queen Elizabeth National Park's Kyambura Gorge.
This country that Sir Winston Churchill once dubbed as the ‘Pearl of Africa’ is now gradually being recognised in travel circles as 'Africa's Next Big Thing', a fascinating country rich in wildlife, diverse environments and big smiles. Uganda is remembered for its beauty, its serenity, as the ountry of the Kabaka Kingdoms, the source of the Nile, a bird watcher's paradise, and as keeper of the mysterious "Mountains of the Moon".
Major Uganda safaris we specialize in include: Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi, White Water Rafting and Adventures in the Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Cities of Note
Uganda welcomes visitors from all over the world who, stirred by their imagination, come to explore this enchanting Country with its shimmering lakes and lofty mountains, mysterious forests, and game parks teeming with birds and increasing concentrations of all kinds of wildlife.
Uganda Lakes
Uganda's sculptured landscape with rolling grassy hills and idyllic lakes boast of a varied mosaic of habitats forest galleries, seasonal and permanent swamps and rich acacia wood valleys which all support a wealth of wildlife. These harbours several species of mammals; Zebras, Impala, Buffaloes, and Bird-Life.
National Parks
A safari in Uganda is certainly one of scenic beauty. Stretching from the crater-dotted foothills of the Rwenzori Ranges in the north, along the shores of Lake Edward to the remote Ishasha River in the south, incorporating a wide variety of habitats that range from savanna and wetlands and lowland forests.
Rwenzori Mountains
The fabled "Mountains of The Moon" lie in Western Uganda close to the border with Congo. The ranges boast of now-covered equatorial peaks rising to height of 5110 m and lower slopes blanketed in moorland and rich montane forest. Most of the park is accessible to hikers with magnificent scenery.
