Uganda has 10 National Parks and over a dozen Wildlife Reserves protecting a wide diversity of both flora and fauna. Uganda’s national parks stand out as Africa’s most important wildernesses due to a wide variety of diversity of habitats/ biomes they protect. These habitats include large open water include River Nile and its source Lake Victoria surrounded by extensive wetlands, savanna grasslands and woodlands teeming iconic African Big 5 game and UNESCO highland and montane rainforests protecting the endangered populations of mountain gorillas and golden monkeys.
Popular Activities and Attractions in Uganda National Parks
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Mountain Gorilla Golden Monkey and Chimpanzee trekking
Uganda offers the most affordable and exciting primates trekking expereince where you get up-close and personal to chimps, mountain gorillas and golden monkey in their natural habitats. The country protects more than half of the global population of mountain gorillas in its pristine rainforests of Bwindi Impenetrable forest and Mgahinga Gorilla NP. Uganda protects the largest population of the eastern chimpanzee communities where Kibale Forest is a prime location to trek up-close these charismatic apes.
Golden Monkey occur in Mgahinga Gorilla NP. Other special and exciting diurnal primates to encounter on a dedicated Uganda primates Tour, include L’hoest Monkey, Uganda Colobus, Debrazza Monkey, Uganda Mangabey, Blue Monkey, Angola Colobus (only on rwenzori mountain ranges) and more.
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African Big 5 Game Viewing safaris
Uganda’s wilderness parks offer a rewarding wildlife safari bringing you up-close to iconic Big 5 and other game. This almost exclusive expereince is due to the low-traffic of travellers that has allowed these places to retain their ruggedness and wilderness fell- like a raw Africa!
Uganda’s top wilderness parks include Kidepo Valley NP known for its remoteness, ruggedness and game, Murchison Falls NP, Queen Elizabeth NP and Lake Mburo NP all known for variety of game coupled with excellent boat safaris.
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Exclusive Boat Safari Experience
Uganda’s national parks protect expansive open water and river habitats where on boat safari expereince you get to explore these wide and secluded areas that abound with diverse wildlife. Boat safaris in Uganda include game-viewing, birdwatching, leisure and scenic boat cruises.
Popular boat safaris in Uganda include; Nile River and Delta Boat Cruise in Murchison Falls NP, Kazinga Channel Boat safari in Queen Elizabeth NP and Lake Mburo NP.
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Rewarding Birdwatching tours
Uganda’s diverse habitats protect a checklist of over 1080 species of birds which reflects a total 50% of the continents’ checklist. This varied checklist include the prehistoric Shoebill Albertine Endemics, Lowland Forest specials, range and biome-restricted specialists making Uganda a world class birding destination.
Uganda’s best birding national parks featured on Untamed Birding Tours include Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Mgahinga Gorilla both hotspots known for Albertine Endemics while Queen Elizabeth and Murchison Falls NP offer a variety f checklist. Semuliki forest and Kibale Forest offer a quality lowland and mid-altitude species among other hotspots.
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Rewarding Walking Safaris
Uganda’s national parks offer excellent walking safaris where you explore the natural world on foot. These walking experiences are tailored to the visitors interests where options include primates trekking walk that bring you upclose the mountain gorilla and chimpanzee, while some are specialised birding walks.
Popular game-viewing walking safaris will bring you upclose the rhino herds asd they forage, giraffe towers, zebra, and more. All these tours are led by knowledgeable ranger guides that ensures safety and will attempt to interpret various tracks, various markings and animal behaviour.
Game viewing walking safaris are offered in Lake Mburo NP, Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, Kidepo Valley NP, Pian Upe Reserve, and more.
