Uganda National Parks : Uganda is home to ten national parks, each offering unique landscapes, wildlife, and adventure experiences, Uganda is also known as the Pearl of Africa and a home to rare species like mountain gorillas and golden monkeys and well best-known destinations to see chimpanzee, source of the Nile among others. Here is a list of Uganda’s national parks.
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Famous for mountain gorilla trekking (home to nearly half of the world’s mountain gorillas). A UNESCO World Heritage Site with dense rainforest located in southwestern Uganda sharing a border with Congo and it is one of two parks where you can trek gorillas the second one being mgahinga national park.
Activities you can do in Bwindi national park
There are several activities that one can do in Bwindi national park apart from the Gorilla trekking, one can go for birding because it a home to several birds and it is a forest you will number of birds, nature walks, visiting the community people like the Batwa who leave around Bwindi forest and you will get an opportunity to engage in their activities like making fire locally, gathering food, hunting to mention but a few.
Where to sleep when you are in Bwindi National Park
There are several accommodations in Bwindi so the visitor will choose according to his or her budget. And these include silverback lodge, gorilla safari lodge, gorilla resort, Nkuringo gorilla camp to mention but a few.
- Murchison Falls National Park
Uganda’s largest and oldest national park known for Murchison Falls, where the Nile River squeezes through a narrow gorge famously known as a home to elephants, lions, giraffes, and buffaloes and it also has the big five animals
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
Renowned for tree-climbing lions in the Ishasha sector and hosts over 600 bird species, making it a birdwatcher’s paradise having diverse ecosystems, including savannah, wetlands, and forests it is located in western Uganda in Kasese district neigboring kibale national forest and Rwenzori Mountain national park queen Elizabeth national has the big animals and the second largest park in Uganda.
Activities you can while in queen Elizabeth national park
Game drives, lion trucking in kasenyi plains, boat cruise at kazinga channel, birding, nature walks.
- Kibale National Park
Primates’ capital of the world, with over 13 primate species, including chimpanzees making it ideal for chimpanzee trekking and nature walks located in western Uganda and it is the only park where chimpanzee habituation is done from.
Activities you can do while in kabale national forest
Chimpanzee habituation, birding, guided nature walks to mention but a few.
Where to sleep when you are in kibale
Accommodation in kibale range from luxury range and budget and these include primate lodge, kibale forest camp, crater safari and may others.
- Kidepo Valley National Park
One of Africa’s most remote and untouched wilderness areas is famous for vast savannah landscapes and unique wildlife, including cheetahs and ostriches. Located in northeastern Uganda, visiting kidepo valley national park will give you an opportunity to interact with the local people that leave around kidepo valley national park the Karamojong’s who will take you through their culture.
Activities carried out in kidepo valley
Game drives where you will be able to encounter different wildlife like herds of buffaloes, elephants’ eland’s giraffe among others, nature walks
Where to sleep when you are in kidepo
Kidepo savannah lodge, Poka rest camp, Uganda wildlife Bandas.
- Lake Mburo National Park
Uganda’s smallest savannah national park great for walking safaris, horseback safaris, and biking tours and also home to zebras, elands, impalas, and hippos.
- Mount Elgon National Park
Features Mount Elgon, an extinct volcano with the world’s largest caldera. It offers hiking, waterfalls, and caves exploration found in eastern Uganda, near the Kenyan border.
- Mgahinga National Park
Part of the Virunga Conservation Area, shared with Rwanda and the DRC, known as a home to mountain gorillas and golden monkeys making it ideal for volcano hiking, the Virunga Mountain and it is the only place in Uganda where one can encounter golden monkeys which makes Mgahinga national park a must to visit
- Rwenzori Mountains National Park
A UNESCO World Heritage Site with snow-capped peaks, best for mountaineering and trekking (home to Uganda’s highest peak, Margherita Peak). Rich in glaciers, rivers, and unique plant life and rare species of birds that you cannot see anywhere else.
- Semliki National Park
Features hot springs, lowland tropical forests, and diverse birdlife. Home to rare Central African species, including forest elephants and primates. Located in western Uganda, near the Congo border, Semliki national is a home of different bird species and it a birding praise for the bird lovers.
Uganda is a land that is truly gifted by nature, and its wildlife visiting Uganda the pearl of Africa you will get the best experience starting from nature, wildlife, the people and food.
