Africa Safari, Reasons Uganda is Africa's Premier Destination

Though it doesn't have much publicity as neighboring nations of Kenya and Tanzania, with their well-known parks and epic wildebeest migration, Uganda is an incredible African safari dream. Its a dazzling and flawless destination; a reason early visitors like Sir Winston Churchill a former British Prime Minister and world war veteran regarded it “The Pearl of Africa”. Small and landlocked, the nation has remarkable sites and activities to offer vacationers as far as assorted scenes. From the volcanic, block Mountains and crater lakes to pristine evergreen forests and open golden savannas – natural life and close-up wildlife encounters, moreover the inconceivably friendly and inviting people.

The country is home to the source of the world’s longest river; The Nile whose flow is punctuated by one of the world's greatest waterfall, the Murchison Falls- a true definition of the power of nature. 

Being at the confluence of the West African jungle and East African savannas, the country is home to two (2) of the Four world’s Great Apes, while its savannas shelter variety of mammals such as the African Big Five, Uganda is purely a soothing African story…..

Our highlights for you to be part of Uganda safaris.

Gorilla trekking  

With nearly half of the world's Mountain Gorillas, Uganda is Africa's premier Gorilla tracking destination and it is at the front of visitors'  travel to the nation. Gorilla trekking is undoubtedly one of Africa's preferred wildlife experiences; encountering these prestigious primates after an adventurous trek, as they approach their day-by-day life, a couple of meters from you is unbelievably, emotional and ranks as one of the world’s premier wildlife encounters.

It is a highlighting moment to stand just a couple of feet from a 150+ kilogram Silverback Gorilla while he picks his nose and unresponsively munch leaves. Trekking through the misty African jungle, with tangled vegetation and dizzy terrain and the brief hour you get the opportunity during your Uganda safaris to watch the Gorillas is a moment you will long remember and share with your peers.

There are two Gorilla tracking locations in Uganda, with one habituated trans-boundary Gorilla group in the nation's smallest reserve, in its far southwestern corner, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. The better choice for Gorilla tracking is Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, which has most of Uganda's gorillas in the four sectors of Buhoma, Nkuringo, Rushaga and Ruhija. The reserve, in the southwest of Uganda, is roughly an 8 to 10 hours adventurous drive from Kampala, via the absolutely beautiful countryside and it's stunningly a lovely destination, with slopes shrouded in rich, dim forest.

The Big Five

Uganda’s protected reserves of; Kidepo Valley, Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth National Parks, shelter four of the Big Five of Africa including; Lions, Leopard, Elephant, and Buffalos alongside numerous different wildlife species, spread across the huge miscellany of savanna plains for example, the Uganda Kob, Rothschild’s Giraffes, Zebras, Topi, Jackson’s Hartebeests among others. The Rhinoceros can be traced in the wilds of Ziwa sanctuary to complete your Big Five search and list in Uganda. A part from the Big five are two Great Apes; the Chimpanzee and Mountain Gorilla making it one of the few African countries with the Great Seven wildlife list. Where else to capture the thrill of the African vacation? Uganda is absolutely a remarkable Game safari destination and a Uganda wildlife safari is worthwhile. 

Chimpanzee tracking and Habituation Experience (CHEX) 

While Mountain Gorillas are Uganda's most renowned wildlife species, Chimpanzee tracking likewise draws guests from around the globe to have a Uganda safari. Tracking the Chimpanzees is substantially testing as Gorilla trekking since they move quickly through the forest swinging in tree branches though the terrain is not as challenging as that of the Gorilla habitat. It is an exciting activity to trek your way through the forest to meet the troop, getting swatted by vines, climbing over fallen trees and canopies towering overhead making it an experience long to remember. 

On a general or normal Chimpanzee tracking safari, you may spend an average of three (3) hours, with an hour availed to you once you meet these primates, standing a distance of 8 meters away as you watch them and utilize the best of your time in their presence. While on a Chimpanzee Habituation Safari, you get to spend more time (roughly the entire day) with the Chimpanzees. On this kind of activity/ safari (CHEX), you accompany researchers and habituators on a day activity of monitoring a group of Chimpanzees as they get it/ them used to human presence and it is conducted in Kibale National Park and Budongo Forest Reserve.

Kibale Forest National Park, which structures a continuous wildlife corridor with Queen Elizabeth National Park, is Uganda's premier Chimpanzee tracking destination, with over 1,500 of the incredible individuals and 12 other primate species. Just outside of Queen Elizabeth National Park, is Kalinzu Forest Reserve a little hold that has two-habituated Chimpanzee groups you can track. Other sites being Kyambura Gorge in Queen Elizabeth known for its stunning scenery and astounding adventures, and Budongo Forest reserve near Murchison Falls National Park.

Murchison Falls

Murchison Falls National Park, located in the northwestern part of the country just about a four-hour drive from the capital of Kampala, offers fabulous Game viewing in an amazingly grand setting. The Victoria Nile divides the park into the Northern and Southern banks, and the park’s highlight is the Murchison Falls, a dazzling cascade that squeezes through a 6-7 meter-wide gorge producing an exploding sound and falling off 45 meters into the “Devil’s Cauldron”. 

Game drives are a perfect way to explore the undulating golden-yellow savannas where you can see four of the African Big Five, while launch cruises/ trips along the Nile heading upstream are a flawless way to see the bottom of the astonishing falls. Trips downstream are ideal for birding enthusiasts to search for the endangered and imperiled Shoebill Stork,  this is one of only a handful couple of spots on the planet to see them, Hiking /visiting top of the falls where you cool-off in the misty spray characterized by a trademark rainbow is and epic experience.

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