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Uganda has 10-national parks and over a dozen wildlife reserves that shelter iconic terrestrial, avian and aquatic wildlife species. The diversity of habitats in these parks include the UNESCO highland and montane rainforests protecting the endangered populations of mountain gorillas and golden monkeys. The vast lowlands and mid-altitude forests sheltering the largest populations of the eastern chimpanzee communities and other smaller primates. It is these rainforest parks where adventurers head out on a trekking experience along the mountain gorillas and chimpanzee, both ma’s closest relative apes. Another fraction of Uganda national parks protect a savanna wooded and grassland habitat, that ranks on top as Africa’s most wilderness due to their low-traffic, ruggedness and wilderness fell.

In here wildlife safari experience brings you up-close to Africa’s iconic wildlife including the Big 5 listers. The parks also protect expansive open water lakes and river habitats where on boat safari experience, you get to explore the wide and secluded areas that abound with diverse wildlife. These varied of habitats across Uganda protect a checklist of over 1070 species of birds which reflects a total 50% of the continents’ checklist including the prehistoric Shoebill making Uganda a world class birding destination. These varied national parks protect a wide range of diversity from endangered mountain gorillas and chimpanzee, iconic Africa’s Big 5 wildlife, snow-capped mountain ranges, expansive wetlands and open water. Read on these detailed links below.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest NP is a home to half of the world population of mountain gorillas and a prime destination for mountain gorilla trekking experience.

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Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is Uganda’s smallest national park yet the most scenic, protecting the Ugandan side of the three extinct volcanic Virunga mountains ranges.

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Kibale Forest National Park

Kibale National Park is the primate’s capital with up to 13 species of primates including the Chimpanzee. Kibale Forest ranks the best destination for chimpanzee trekking experience

Murchison Falls National Park

Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda’s most popular safari destination offering a quality wildlife experience amidst spectacular scenery including the Murchison Falls

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Queen Elizabeth National Park

Queen Elizabeth National Park (QENP) is Uganda’s most diverse protected area with a plethora of habitats hosting a unique biodiversity of both plant and wildlife.

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Kidepo Valley National Park

Ranked as Africa’s finest wildness and 3rd Best Wilderness Park in CNN’s travel awards, Kidepo Valley National Park (KVNP) is the most alluring park in Uganda.

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Semuliki National Park

Semuliki National Park stretches across the rift valley floor ranging at 670m-760m from the northern foothills of the towering Rwenzori mountain ranges on to the southern edges of Lake Albert

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Mt Elgon National Park

Straddling the Uganda/Kenya borderline, the freestanding Mt Elgon National Park rises to 4321m at Wagagia peak to become the 8th highest mountain in Africa. Designated a man and biosphere

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Rwenzori Mountains National Park

Straddling for 120 km along the Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo border, the UNESCO world heritage site of Rwenzori Mountains is Africa’s tallest mountain range topped by a 5109m Margherita peak

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Lake Mburo National Park

Lake Mburo National Park is Uganda’s smallest savanna/woodland national park but by far the most diverse in terms of biodiversity. It is the most accessible and convenient national park

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