Wildlife Viewing – Game drive – Safari drive.
The most remarkable aspect of Uganda is wildlife watching. Uganda is also very remarkable with its highlands, many water sources including rivers and lakes, and forests. Most of the nation is watched over by three mountainous regions and is far above sea level. These include the magnificent Virunga Mountains, Mountain Elgon, and the Rwenzori Mountains, Kidepo Valley National Park
Uganda has 10 National Parks as well as other wildlife reserves. Some of the few remaining Mountain Gorillas in the world find natural home in the rain forests of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Mgahinga Gorilla National Parks; the Kibale Forest has the greatest density per square mile of primates worldwide, including the Chimpanzees.
Queen Elizabeth National Park provides guests with an opportunity to see a variety of African animals with its wide-open grasslands, lakes, and old volcanic craters. From savannah and marshes to riverine and lowland forest, Queen Elizabeth National Park is a protected region covering a somewhat large spectrum of ecosystems.
With 250 kilometers of coastline around Lake Rudolf and Lake George, water rules the scene in this varied habitat. Several animal and bird species have a very rich home in Kazinga Channel and the Ishasha River, which rewards great wildlife watching and breathtaking sceneries.
Though greatly poached in the past, conservation efforts have recovered much of the species including Elephants, Buffaloes, Uganda kobs, a variety of antelopes, Baboons, Chimpanzees and the spectacular tree-climbing lions. This is the ideal location for bird viewing as there are more than 500 distinct kinds of birds to be seen here.
About 1,978 square kilometers (764 square miles) make up the National Park.
Murchison Falls National Park, bisected by the Nile the longest river in the world, provides the opportunity to witness the rare Shoebill Stork and game excursions by boat which are rewarded with sightings of Nile crocodile, Hippos and a plethora of wild wildlife down to the water’s edge to drink. The Murchison Falls, where the whole Nile River is driven through a crevice in the rock only six meters wide, inspire the name of the National Park.
The River Nile and the nearby papyrus swamps, woods and riverine woodlands are among the wide variety of ecosystems Murchison Falls National Park provide for the visitor to investigate. The Falls themselves are amazing; the Nile bursts a six-meter-wide opening and falls over forty meters over the steep granite wall.
Among the approximately 374 species of birds found in the National Park are many more Shoebill storks. Buffalo, elephants, Jackson’s hartebeest, Oribis, Uganda kobs, Lions, Leopards, Hyenas, Reedbuck and Bushbuck abound in animal life.
Hippos and crocodiles abound on the Nile around the foot of the falls. Additionally found in the forest are Uganda’s highest Chimpanzees count. Along with treks in the Budongo and Rabongo forests, game drives and boat cruises reveal a number of different species of monkey.
The smallest Lake Mburo National Park in Uganda, where the scene is mostly Savannah and acacia bush. Of the five lakes within the limits of the National Park, Lake Mburo is the biggest and makes twenty percent of the surface area of the park. With the rare African finfoot, the National Park draws a notably varied range of water birds.
Comprising acacia Savannah, the remainder of the National Park is known for hosting a great range of antelopes. One of the greatest locations to observe elands, Africa’s biggest antelope, it is also the only area the impala still exists in Uganda. There are often big Buffalo and Zebra herds. Common in all the Lakes around the National Park are hippo and crocodile.
