Category: National parks

1.    Gorillas in Uganda About Uganda’s Mountain Gorillas Uganda Gorillas are found in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in south western Uganda. Bwindi has half the number of mountains gorillas remaining in the whole world. Bwindi is the only national park in the world where chimps co-exist with mountain Gorillas. To visit Uganda gorillas, one […]

Semuliki National Park is one of Uganda’s smallest safari destinations covering an area of 220 sq. km. It is an impeccable spot perched at the boarder of Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda in Bwamba County, Bundibugyo district in the extreme west of the country. Lying within the Albertine Rift, the western arm of the […]

Mgahinga Gorilla National Park Uganda is only 33 sq. km of size, located in the southwestern corner of the country bordering Rwanda and Congo,14 km from Kisoro town in Bufumbira County about 540 km from Kampala-the capital city of Uganda and this national park was gazetted in 1991. This Park covers the northern slopes of […]

Kidepo Valley National Park is nestled in the semi-arid, rugged valleys on the border between Uganda, Kenya and south Sudan, approximately 700km from Kampala by road. The park was officially established in 1962, in the same year Uganda got her independence to shelter a thousands of mammals and bird species that were roaming this place. […]

Rwenzori Mountains National Park is found in southwestern Uganda. This is on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C.) and Virunga National Park. Rwenzori Mountains National Park covers an approximate surface area of about 1,000 km2 (386 sq. mi) in size, 70% of which exceeds an altitude of 2,500m above sea level. The […]

Lake Mburo National Park is the closest national park to Kampala, it also doubles as the smallest national park. Situated between Masaka and Mbarara district   taking approximately 4 hours’ drive time to arrive. The park covers an area of 370km² including the lakes (5 lakes).  Lake Mburo  is endowed  with several  wildlife species  to mention  […]

Kibale Forest National Park is one of the best safari destinations in Africa for chimpanzee trekking safaris and has the highest number and diversity of primates in East Africa. There are 13 species of primates including chimpanzees living within its 795km2 land cover with the most beautiful and most diversified tracts of tropical forest in […]

Also known as the Kabalega National Park, the Murchison Falls National Park is popularly known for having the world’s most powerful waterfall that emits large volumes of water about 300 cubic meters per second or 11,000 ft³/s at a very powerful pressure that cause the surrounding to tremble. The park was first gazetted in 1927 […]

Queen Elizabeth National Park was founded in 1952 as Kigezi National Park and was renamed after later as Queen Elizabeth National Park. Queen Elizabeth National Park is in the Western Region of Uganda and it falls in the districts of Kasese, Rubirizi, Kamwenge and Runkugiri.  The park is approximately 400 kilometres (250 mi) by road south-west […]