A Uganda safari offers a huge range of wildlife experiences within a small region from chimpanzee and gorilla trekking to river safaris and game drives. Beyond the wildlife, the landscapes of Uganda are simply spectacular from impossibly green mountains to magnificent crater lakes and waterfalls.
On your safari to Uganda, you should expect a mix of different doses of safari adventure experiences with primate trekking adventures topping the list of activities.
Expect your safari to Uganda to feature mountain gorilla trekking in the rainforest of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park or Mgahinga National Park complimented with a walk with our chimpanzee cousins the dwell in the rainforest of Kibale and marinated with a private game viewing drive in any of the big safari parks.
Expect Primate Adventures as one of the biggest attractions on any of a Uganda safari. Expect to trek into the remote rainforest jungles, searching for great apes like the famous mountain gorillas and chimpanzees. Uganda has over 20 primate species within its rainforest destinations with Kibale Forest National Park harboring the highest density of primates in Africa. The most outstanding primates in Uganda that you should expect to see are the mountain gorillas found in two regions in southwestern Uganda that is Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga National Park.
The other comparable primate adventure you should expect to make your Uganda safari memorable is the chimpanzee trekking experience in either Kibale Forest National Park, Budongo forest in Murchison Falls National Park or Kyambura Gorge in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Chimpanzee trekking is a bit easier than mountain gorilla trekking adventures. Expect to trek a troop of habituated chimpanzees in a moderately navigable terrain.
The only place you should expect to easily see more primates on a lazy hike through the jungle is in Kibale Forest National Park. 13 primates jump through its forest canopies including the black-and-white colobus, red-tailed monkey, grey-cheeked mangabey, L’Hoest’s, and blue monkeys. One should expect to easily see the baboons and smaller nocturnal species like the bushbaby and potto on game drives and nature walks. The black and white colobus monkeys are frequently spotted in treetops anywhere especially in the western Uganda regions.
Expect the most rewarding private wildlife viewing experience in Uganda. Uganda harbors an impressive number of wildlife species within its safari parks. It is only in Uganda where you should expect to have a great adventure mixed of the big game viewing adventures, birding, walking, hiking and primates viewing experiences all in one tour package without leaving the country. Uganda offers a more relaxed wildlife viewing experience with laid-back game drives in the expansive Murchison Falls National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, the remote semi-arid Kidepo Valley National Park, and Lake Mburo National Park. On these game drives, you expect to spot wildlife animals such as antelopes, giraffes, zebras, impalas, elephants, buffalos, lions, leopards and many more. Expect a boat launch along Kazinga Channel or the Nile in Murchison Falls which will bring you close to pods of hippos in the shallow banks, humongous crocodiles and hundreds of waterbirds.
Expect to find a lot of wildlife in the rare remote Kidepo Narus Valley such as the cheetah, wild dogs, caracal, aardwolf, greater and lesser kudu, mountain reedbuck, Guenther’s dik-dik among others.
Expect to see the beautiful landscapes of Uganda. Uganda has a more varied landscape compared to other East African countries. Uganda sits in the center of the two East African Rift Valley arms which create gorgeous landscapes with the mountainous east fading into the flat savannah plains of the central and southern region, beautifully dissolving into the snowcapped east into the Rwenzori peaks and the rugged southwestern part.
In the central region sits the massive Lake Victoria whose northern banks beautiful splash into the capital city pouring its waters into the great Nile River that embarks on its north journey leaving behind a decor of lakes along its routes.
In the west, the savannah plains fade beautifully into the rainforest jungles shadowed by the Virunga volcanoes in the southwest and the Rwenzori ranges in the west to create an Eden for a plethora of wildlife species. These landscape features are what make Uganda the Pearl of Africa.
The western region around Kibale National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park is dotted with craters such as Katwe Crater Lake where salt is excavated, Bunyaruguru Crater fields on the Kichwamba escarpment and Ndali-Kasenda Crater Fields that from above look like the first raindrops before it pours down. These are the best places to go nature hiking especially around the Fort Portal region in the western part of Kibale Forest.
On your safari to Uganda, expect to see the strategic location of the Uganda’s attractions. Expect to drive or fly from the northern banks of Lake Victoria into the western or southwestern safari circuit where almost all Uganda’s top attractions sit. Then, go across the western region to find the most beautiful landscapes that make Uganda the Pearl of Africa. Expect to easily connect to the rest of the safari circuit by road from either the northeast or the southwestern region when you reach the remotest destinations in Uganda such as Kidepo Valley National Park.
Expect to find a varied choice of accommodation options catering to all budgets in entry cities like Kampala and Entebbe. Park entries and visitors’ centers provide a good selection of camps and lodges, and one will be washed with unlimited choices.
Expect a variety of Cultural Experiences. When traveling to Uganda, expect to have a lot of unforgettable cultural experiences along your adventure journey from the city to the countryside. Uganda is a multi-cultural destination with every corner of the country washed with myriad cultures.
Expect myriad cultural exposures from some of the best testing vegetarian culinary to language, music, dance, lifestyle and meeting some of the most isolated cultures of prehistoric times on your safari in Uganda.
In the Urban centers, a plethora of native African and international cultures entangle to create cultural hotspots that become living cities. Entebbe and Kampala are your entry points into the country. Expect to find some jaw-dropping experiences on an early morning or evening walk around these two towns in their local markets, suburbs and social places.
In the Eastern region where River Nile originates, there is a variety of tribes such as the Basoga, Bagishu among other tribes and these have interesting cultural practices inform of songs, dances, staple foods and many more that can make your trip to this region memorable. The Northern semi-arid region harbors the semi-nomadic Maasai tribes that will entertain your evenings with sky-jumping dances, half-naked dressing style and amazing body piercings.
In the southwest are the Batwa pygmy tribes that occupied the rainforests before evacuating for conservation purposes. These entertain gorilla adventurers with the dying cultures within small rainforests.
Whether you are traveling for the cultural experience, viewing the big game on safari, gorilla and chimpanzee trekking, city tours, walking safaris, hiking mountains or any other kind of adventure, expect to get the best authentic experience in Uganda with Nature Adventure Africa Safaris. We organize for you the best of your expectations and at a budget you can afford.
