Uganda Safari Destinations

Uganda has numerous safari destinations with a diversity of wildlife such as animals and vegetations. Most of the attractions, especially animals have been conserved in gazetted areas owned by government as way to prevent the remaining species from further extinction.

The gazetted areas include national wildlife park, game reserves, sanctuaries, zoos with the remains in the museum. The above mentioned safari attractions, with their diversity of landscapes varying from valleys to mountains have wildlife ranging from large Apes, primates, carnivals, herbivores, reptiles, birds, flies to very tiny insects.

The most popular destinations are Bwindi impenetrable forest national park with the great apes, mainly the extincting mountain gorillas as in Mgahinga park and many primates, Kibale primate park with the highest population of Chimpanzees in their natural environment in the whole world, followed by Queen Elizabeth safari park most known to holiday makers for having a big population of tree climbing lions and numerous bird species. Not forgetting Murchison falls national park with the great Murchison falls and a variety of animals, birds and plants and Rwenzori hiking park with the mountains of the moon where travellers trek to the glaciated peaks.

Other National park include Kidepo known for giraffes, Semliki with its crater lakes, Lake Mburo national park with zebras and statungas and Mount Elgon with the great sipi falls.

In addition to the safari parks, Uganda tours are made to chimpanzee sanctuaries, many birding sites, field trips to swamps holding many bird species, birdwatching in the forests like Mabira forest, Budongo and others, different cultural sites, Jinja with the source of the Nile and bujagali for bungee jumping, kayaking and white water rafting and city tours as number one destinations on your vacation itinerary.

Uganda has become a major tourism destination in Africa due to the fact that it offers unique tour attractions with over 1010 bird species that are endemic to the region due to its location; it is located in the region where the equator separates the northern hemisphere from the southern.  Also it is where the Sahara desert meets with the equatorial rain forests thus offering unique habitats for different types of wildlife. The major players in the tourism industry in Africa include Egypt, South Africa and Morocco.  In the minds of many, Egypt has always been the land of the pyramids, Cleopatra, king Tut, “the mummy “and ” the mummy returns”.