Uganda Travel Guide

Uganda travel and information guide for information on visas, health requirements, malaria concerns, weather and seasons as well as a guide to Kampala, Lake Victoria, Queen Elizabeth, Kibali, Bwindi Impenetrable National Parks to mention a few attractions the country has to offer

Uganda, saturated in colour, outstanding natural beauty of its people and landscapes have and always will stir inspiration for travelers and residents.

Parts of the country have changed very little in the last hundred years, the period of turmoil between 1967 and 1986 virtually ground all industrial and economic progress to a halt. This was an era when other countries in Africa were enjoying the fruits of international aid and their economies expanded as fast as their populations.

Uganda has only just started to receive positive international attention and it has been slow and cautious in coming. The increasing confidence with which donor countries treat Uganda is a direct result of its current leadership, which has been so responsive in progressive policy making.

Murchison Falls National Park

Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda's largest national park, with an area size of 3,840 square kilometers. The parks wildlife has mostly recovered from the massacre by poachers and troops under Idi Amin. A variety of antelope, elephant, buffalo and giraffe are frequently seen on game drives.
Murchison Falls National Park

Rwenzori Mountains Park

There are five different vegetation zones found in the national park, these are grassland, montane forest, bamboo, Heather / Rapanea and afro-alpine moorland. Game viewing is a pleasure, with Rwenzori colobus monkey, chimpanzees, forest hog, hyrax, duiker,leopard and blue monkeys to be seen.
Rwenzori Mountains National Park

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Queen Elizabeth National Park is known for its volcanic features and wildlife and is one of Uganda's most visited parks. Many of the parks wildlife were killed in the Tanzania - Uganda war, but many of the species have recovered. The park is a perfect safari destination, with almost 100 mammals and600 bird species.
Queen Elizabeth National Park

Bwindi Impenetrable

Bwindi Impenetrable is most renowned for half of the worlds population of endangered Mountain Gorillas. There are many other animals in the park, such as the grey-cheeked mangabey, elephants, black and white colobus, red colobus, blue monkeys and chimpanzees.
Bwindi Impenetrable

Mgahinga National Park

Mgahinga National Parkconsists mainly of three extinct volcanoes and forested slopes. The park forms part of the 'Virunga Conservation Area' or VCA and has a great biological importance. Attractions of the park are gorilla tracking, hiking, birding and cave exploration.
Mgahinga National Park

Semliki National Park

Semliki National Park is lower-lying and more remote than most of Uganda's national parks and is located in the Bundibugyo District. The park is known for the Sempaya hot springs and has more than 400 bird species, 53mammal species and 305 tree species recorded.
Semliki National Park

Kibale National Park

Kibale National Parkadjoins with Queen Elizabeth National Park, and is the most accessible of Uganda's major rainforests. The park isfamous for the opportunity to track habituated chimpanzees and is a primatologist's dream. The mammal population of Kibale National Park is dominated by primates
Kibale National Park

Lake Mburo National Park

Lake Mburo National Park is the smallest of Uganda's savanna national parks and is located in western Uganda (a four hour drive from Kampala). Lake Mburo accounts for twenty percent of the park's surface. A variety of wildlife can be seen at the park, including buffaloes, impala, eland, zebras, topi and klipspringer.
Lake Mburo National Park

Mount Elgon National Park

Mt. Elgon has the largest surface area of any extinct volcano in the world, and the mountain has a variety of vegetation that ranges from dense montane forest and mixed bamboo belts to intriguing heath and moorland. The wildlife to be seen includes a variety of antelope and forest monkeys, along with buffalo and elephant.
Mount Elgon National Park

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