You’ll Find Everything from Clothes to Ceramics, and Metal Work to Musical Instruments. What to Buy & Where to Shop in Kampala Ranging from Digital Cameras, Books, Fashion Jewellery, Laptops to Home Appliances Store; Tips for Shopping in Uganda including shopping hours
Uganda is one of the best places in East Africa for shopping and visitors will be spoilt for choice with the huge, glitzy shopping malls, department stores, small shops and bustling street markets.
Overall, Shopping in Uganda is an experience to thrill and delight the most discerning of shoppers – whatever it is you’re looking for. From the gleaming chrome and towering size of modern, air-conditioned malls, to the hustle and bustle of its famously buzzing street markets, Uganda has all kinds of places to blow your baht.
Most vendors and staff at the shopping Arcades in addition to being fluent in several local languages, speak good enough English. Most shops in Uganda cities and towns open by 07.00am to 10.00pm everyday and night markets carry on even up to mid night.
Shopping in Uganda can be categorized into two;
Urban and Rural shopping. Urban shopping entails shopping in the modern advanced supermarkets or shopping in the much bigger ‘western’ style stores. There are usually large stocks of consumer goods, prices are fixed and the layout includes aisles and checkout counters. It is common with the high class Ugandans and foreigners. They are mostly located in Kampala, Jinja, Mbarara, Entebbe and the other major towns in the country.
Rural markets are the norm in Uganda. You will come across rural markets either in the centre of the town or village, or by the roadside just outside the town or village. Rural markets that operate on certain days of the week at convenient locations
Where to Go Shopping in Uganda
Uganda has more than enough shopping malls to suit all kinds of lifestyles and budgets. The top Shopping areas offer amazing shopping experiences, in terms of diversity of products, accessible location in downtown areas and overall shopping satisfaction. Whether you are looking for the most upscale, the trendiest, the funkiest, or the most specialized, you will find them among these shopping malls below.
Kampala City for Shopping
Kampala is the capital of shopping malls, open – air markets, road – side vendors, charming side street antique shops and art galleries. There are also a number of Supermarkets in the City suburbs of Nsambya, Ntinda, Kansanga, Kabalagala and Bugolobi.
ART GALLERIES AND CRAFTS
Afriart Gallery
UMA Show Ground
Main exhibition hall
Phone: 0712 455555
Aidchild Gallery
At the Equator on Masaka Rd & Sheraton Hotel
Phone: 0772 616861
Akiba, Iganga Road – Jinja
Mob: +256 752 700600 / +256 772 544199
Amani Crafts Shop
Aspen Place Apartments
Shop 3 Ggaba Road, Bunga
Mob: +256 772 516818
Banana Boat
23 Cooper Road, Kisementi
Garden City Shopping Centre
Phone: 041-252190
Email: crafts@bananaboat.co.ug
Design Agenda
JIC Building, Parliament Avenue
Phone: 0772 718158
Email: designagenda@hotmail.com
Katch The Sun
3 Bandali Rise, Bugolob
Mob: +256 772 303200
Email: jeffersoncatherine@hotmail.com
Kreations Gifts
55A Upper Kololo Terrace
Phone: (0312) 280083/ 0712 767214
Fax: (041)34 52 38
Email: farah@africaonline.co.ug
Website: www.kreationsgifts.4t.com
Kwetu Afrika
Lubowa off Entebbe Rd
Phone: (0414) 200690 077419061
Email: kwetu@infocom.co.ug
La Fontaine
Plot 6 Bukoto Street, Kamwokya
Mob: +256 772 406197
Email: kate@lafontainekampala.com
Website: www.lafontainekampala.com
Margret Troller School of Industrial Art Gallery
Makerere University
Phone: (041) 4531423
Mobile: +256 772 672218 / +256 752 598792
Email: artgallery@sifa.mak.ca.ug
Naturaleaf
Mob: +256 772 46222
Email: papers@naturaleaf.com
Website: www.naturaleaf.com
Nommo Gallery
4 Victoria Avenue, Nakasero
Phone: (0414) 234475, 0772 502553
Email: culture@africaonline.co.ug
Paper Craft Africa
Mob: +256 782 224026
Email: papers@papercraftafrica.com
Papula Paper
Mob: +256 712314846 / +256 752 846806
Email: papulapapers@yahoo.com
Persian Carpet Bazaar
Iranian and Persian carpets and gifts
Phone: 0712 403096 / 0772 442591
RA Antiques
4 Pilkington Road
Colline House Ground Floor, Kampala
Phone: (041) 4254759
Mob: +256 772 451169
Rising Sun Gallery & Café
59 Luthuli Ave
Phone: (0414) 223249/5
Tulifanya Art Gallery
28/30 Hannington Road
Phone: (0414) 254183
Fax: (041) 267809
The Acacia Tree
Unit 4 Metropole Hotel, Kampala
Phone: +256 752 530278 / +256 712 530278
Fax: (041) 4343452
Email: theacaciatree@gmail.com
Uganda Crafts 2000 Ltd
Basement shop, Teachers House, Bombo Rd
Phone: (041) 250077
Email: ugandacrafts2000ltd@yahoo.com
Website: www.ugandacrafts2000ltd.org
Ujuzi Art Studios Ltd
(Paulo Akiiki), 1515 Kira Rd, Kampala
Mob: +256 772 542255 / +256 782 372542
Phone: (041) 4532252.
Email: ujuziart@gmail.com
Website: www.ujuziartstudio.com
Vee Bees Creations
Kisementi Shop 10
Phone: 0782 346653, (0414) 220563
Email: veebeescreations@aol.com
Zeeds Collection Ladies Boutique
Shop 19 Cooper Road
17 Kampala Road, Uganda House Arcade
Phone: 0712 495746.
Email: y_bahl@yahoo.com
BOOKSHOPS
Aristoc Booklex
23, Kampala Road
Opposite Steers next to Wina Classic
Phone: (0414) 349052.
Also at Garden City, Yusuf Lule Road
Book and Media Centre
57 Kampala Rd
Phone: (0414) 256346
La Fontaine
4A Kampala Road
Crown House
Phone: (0414) 348888
Fax: (041) 236333
Mukono Bookshop
4 Pilkington Road
Colline House
Phone: (0414) 347555
Fax: (041) 342041
Paulines Book Media Centre
57 Kampala Road
Phone: (0414) 256346
St. Paul’s Book Centre
57 Kampala Rd
Phone: (0414) 267988
Uganda Bookshop
4 Colville Street
Phone: (0414) 343756
University Bookshop
Makerere, Lincoln Close
Phone: (0414) 543442/3
Fax: (041) 534973
FURNITURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN
Double Dutch
Plot 60-64, 6th Street
Industrial Area
Phone: (0312) 262962
Mob: 0772 728292
East African Timbers Ltd
37/41 Port Bell Road
Luzira, Kampala
Mob: +256 782 660926
Email: info@eastafricantimbers.com
Website: www.eastafricantimbers.com
Nile House
532 Naku Musana Road
Katabu Zone Kansanga
Mob: + 256 714 789789 / (0392) 824522
Jacaranda Furniture Shop
4 Bombo Road, Kampala.
Phone: (041) 4348407
Mob: +256 772 641827
Email: alicjakrakow@yahoo.co.uk
Performance Office Furnishings
Plot 8 Hannington Road (opposite Serena Hotel)
Phone: +256 31 2261774 / +256 77 2261775
Email: performanceafrica@gmail.com
Performance Home Furnishings
Conrad Plaza
Plot 22 Entebbe Road
Phone: +256 31 2261774 / +256 77 2261775
Email: performanceafrica@gmail.com
Hwan Sung
Pioneer House (Opp. Shell Jinja Road)
Phone: (0392) 789137/8
Fax: (041) 4253605
Website: www.hwansungbiz.com
Megha Industries (U) Ltd
Megha Building
39 Kyambogo Road, Kampala
Phone: 0414 286285-7
Email: megha@utlonline.co.ug
Multi Options
Yusuf Lule Road
Garden City Shopping Mall First Floor
Phone: (041) 4230075
Nina Interiors Ltd
41 Jinja Road, Kampala
Phone: (041) 4251024 / 4233379
Fax: (041) 4251178
Email: info@ninainteriors.co.ug
Website: www.ninainteriors.co.ug
SUPERMARKETS
Beirut Mini-Market
Garden City Shopping Mall
Basement Floor, Shop 3
Yusuf Lule Road, Kampala
Mob: +256 782 511111
Email: mitchove@hotmail.com
Capital Shoppers Delight
5 Market Square, Kampala
Phone: (0414) – 254523
Embassy Supermarket
1470, Nsambya, Ggaba Road
Phone: (0414) 268837 / 0772 451814
Fax: (041) 268839.
Garden City Shopping Centre
Yusuf Lule Road, Kampala
Phone: (041) 4258906 / (0312) 261414
Kwiksave Convenience
28 Kampala Road, UI
Phone: (0414) 258258, 0772 200068
Millennium Supermarket
23 Cooper Road, Kisementi
Phone: (0414) 233495
Payless Supermarket
Kisementi, Bugolobi, Gaba Road
Phone: (0414) 222859 / (0414) 267556
Shopper’s Paradise
265 Bombo Road
Phone: (0414) 533646
Shoprite Kampala
Ben Kiwanuka Street
Phone: (0312) 228100
Fax: (0312) 228210
Uchumi
Garden City
Yusuf Lule Road
Phone: (0414) 252077
BUTCHERS
Quality Cuts Butchery
1402 Ggaba Road
Phone: (0414) 510465
Fax: (041) 510465
Uchumi – Garden City
Yusuf Lule Road
Phone: (0414) 252077
Ugachick Poultry Breeders
Chicken House
Old Kampala Road
Phone: (0414) 250341 / (0414) 251957
Uchumi, Supermarkets Ltd
Yusuf Lule Road, Garden City, Kampala
Phone: (0312) 300400
Email: gardencity@uchumiug.com
ELECTRONICS & ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
Appliance World
10A Jinja Road
Phone: (0414) 340799 / (0312) 250119
Fax: (041) 340812
Website: www.applianceworld.co.ug
Game Store – Lugogo Mall
Jinja Road
Phone: (0414) 302500, (0312) 350400
Fax: (041) 350407
Ssebagala & Sons
9 Market Street, Kiyembe lane
Phone: (0414) 250247 / (0414) 244270
Shopprite
Ben Kiwanuka Street
Phone: (0312) 228100
Fax: (0312) 228210
Uniontop
Ambassador House, 56/60 Kampala Road
Phone: (0414) 342884 / (0414) 258261
Anisuma Traders
Garden City, First Floor
Phone: (0414) 253755
Majestic
13/5 Luwum Street
Phone: (0414) 258315
Fax: (041) 231856
MTA Electronics Ltd
3 William Street
Phone: (0414) 347850
Ugasung Electronics
109-111 6th Street
Industrial Area, Kampala
Phone: (041) 4222333 / (0312) 261890
Fax: (041) 4222776
Email: ugasung-ug@hanmail.net
GENERATORS AND INVERTERS
Balton
47-57 Mulwana Road
Industrial Area, Kampala
Phone: (0312) 502300
Fax: (041) 4255853
Email: em@balton.co.ug
Website: www.baltoncp.com
CEAL Uganda Limited
15 Bandali Rise
Bugolobi, Kamapala
Phone: (041) 4220898
Email: Anthony.k@bushnet.net
Website: www.equipafrica.com
Ital Trade Ltd
22/27 Ring Rd. Muyenga
Phone: (0414) 267862, 0772 767862
Email: andrea@starcom.co.ug
Prime Technical Solutions
32 Namirembe Road
Phone: 0752 808182
Terrain Plant
21 Tank Hill Road Muyenga
Phone: (041) 4266749 / (0312) 260086
Mob: +256 772 200950/
Email: terrain_plant@bushnet.net
FURNITURE
Beautiful Living
Coffee House, 35 Jinja Road
Phone: (0414) 349679
Betar Enterprises
7/1 Luwum Street
Phone: (0414) 250858
Central Trading
25/37 Nkrumah Road
Phone: (0414) 233650
Double Dutch Interior Designs
60, Sixth Street, Industrial Area
Phone: 0772 718191, 0772 728292
Furniture Land
91/97 7th Street, Industrial Area
Phone: (0414) 254116
Jacaranda Furniture Shop
4 Bombo Rd
Phone: (0414) 348407, 0772 641827
Email: alicjakrakow@yahoo.co.uk
Malaysia Furnishing Centre
1 Old Kampala Road, Kampala
Phone: (041) 4348660
Fax: (041) 4349238
Email: mfc@utlonline.co.ug.
Nina Interiors
41 Jinja Road
Phone: (0414) 251024, (0414) 233379, (031)262453
Fax: (041) 251178
Performance Office Furnishings
8 Hannington Road, Nakasero
Phone: (0312) 261774
Mobile: +256 772 261775
Email: performanceafrica@gmail.com
Prime General Supply
29A Nkurumah Road
Phone: ( 0414) 257418, (0414) 254643
Fax: (041) 343759
SHOPPING BOUTIQUES
Abato Children’s Clothing
Ggaba Road, Nsambya babies’ home
Kansanga
Mob: +256 0774203889.
Chui Arts- Mukisa House
Lugogo Show Ground, Kampala
Phone: (031) 2299229
Mob: +256 772 375001
Email: chuiarts@yahoo.co.uk
Website: www.chuiarts.com
Fashion Hut Boutique
Plot 110 Bukoto Street, Kampala
Phone: 0712 786567 / 0712 186468
Imagez
2nd Floor Garden City Mall, Kampala
Phone: 0312 262601
Email: imagez@infocom.co.ug
Knights Polo
Yusuf Lule Road
Garden City Shopping Mall 2nd Floor
Phone: (041) 4252777
Lady Charlotte
Yusuf Lule Road
Garden City Shopping Mall 1st Fl.oor, Kampala
Mob: +256 772 406 638
Parents “R” Us
Russel Road, Shop 14 Cham Towers
Mobile: +256 782 351760
Email: ochola@gmail.com
Sylvia Owori
Shop 6, 3rd Floor, Garden City
Phone: (0414) 345810
Email: sowori@aol.com
Buganda Road Women’s Craft Market
You will support some Ugandan women when you buy you gifts there. Nice selection including many fabrics, Ugandan shirts called kitenge.
Vee Bees Creations
Kisementi Shop 10
Phone: 0782 2346653, (0414) 220563
Email: veebeescreations@aol.com
Zeeds Collection Ladies Boutique
Shop 19 Cooper Road, Kisementi
Mob: +256 712 495746
Email: y_bahl@yahoo.com
SPORTS CENTRES
3M Sports Centre
83/85 Kampala Road
Phone: (0414) 258169 / 0772 414212.
Alimpex
Garden City, Second Floor
Phone: (0414) 252995
Asiatic Sports
56/60 Kampala Road
Ambassador House
Phone: (0414) 341989
J.J Sports
Sheraton Hotel
Ternan Ave
Phone: (0414) 254333
House of Sports
Kampala Road
Phone: (0414) 234896/7
STATIONERY
Aristoc Bookstore
Diamond Trust Building
Kampala Road
Phone: (0414) 349052
Also in Garden City
Deluxe Stationers
Nkrumah Road
Phone: (0414) 254893
Kayonza General Supply
8-10 Nkrumah Road
Phone: (0414) 255123, 0772 455123
Email: new-era@africonline.co.ug
Picfare Industries
17/19 Nkrumah Road
Phone: (0414) 230416, 0772 420901
Fax: (041) 345137.
FRESH FOOD MARKETS
Nakasero Market
This is located in the city centre and this where you get quality fresh foodstuffs. The parking there is tricky and the market it is prone to thugs. It opens daily, from 5: 00am until about 8:00pm.
Balikuddembe Market
Like Nakasero market, Balikudembe is a downtown shopping centre that deals in almost all local foodstuffs, and used (second-hand) goods. This is the biggest market in the East African region and harbours over 55,000 people.
Nakulabye Market
Kibuye Market
Masaka Town Market
Nyendo Market
TIPS ON PAYMENT
Large shops accept credit cards, especially in the touristy part of the town, big supermarkets and safari lodges. In small shops and markets you have to pay in cash, ensure you have the local currency in smaller denominations of 1,000, 2,000, 5,000 and 10, 000 for quicker and safer transactions.
TIPS FOR SHOPPING IN UGANDA
Shopping in Uganda is generally easy, fun and exceptionally rewarding, but the following tips are useful especially when you are a first time traveler to the East African country.
1. Fixed prices are the norm in most Super markets, department stores and a number of shops in Kampala, but at most other places bargaining is acceptable and expected.
2. Shop around to compare prices – this is especially important with durables such as Electronic Appliances.
3. Obtain a receipt for goods bought and check if it is correct and the amount matches what you have paid leaving the shop.
4. Do not let a stranger or an unfamiliar person to you to take you shopping.
5. Bear in mind that the price difference especially reflects on the quality of the product. It is paramount that you consider the more priced which is most times value-worth.
6. It is also important to take note that shops in hotel arcades pay high rents and accordingly prices tend to be higher than at street shops. So expect higher prices here.
Inclusion, Uganda has a number of other places to shop. Most shopping centres are second to none, and whether its clothes, computers, gems or mobile phones that you are looking for, visitors marvel at the range and quality of what’s on offer. If shopping is your thing, a visit to Uganda will very likely satisfy your passion.

CULTURAL SITES IN UGANDA

Kasubi Royal Tombs, Kampala; Located on Kasubi hill 5 km from the city canter, the Kasubi Royal Tombs site is an active cultural place in the Kingdom of Buganda. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the tombs is the site of the burial grounds for four Kabakas (Kings of Buganda). This dome-like overall shape is a place of great significance in the traditions of the Baganda. They pay a lot of respect and allegiance to the place. Several cultural centuries-old Ganda rituals are preformed at this site. It houses many cultural and historical treasures of the Buganda Kingdom. It is worth every tour once in the country.

Spectacular Ssezibwa Falls
Ssezibwa Falls
Spectacular and spiritual Ssezibwa Falls have a special status to the Baganda. It has long been a favourite of the kings of Buganda. The falls are located in Mukono district, at the border of Bugerere and Kyagwe kingdom parishes in the Eastern region of the Kingdom. They have a lot of spiritual significance. Formers Kings Mwanga and Mutesa II are said to have tied twins in this place. Aside from the cultural importance, the Ssezibwa waterfalls are a prefect destination for rock climbing, waterfalls watching, birding, cultural dances and healing.
Located on the Hoima-Masindi road, Mparo tombs is a burial place for the Bunyoro kingdom in western Uganda. Omukama (King’s Title) Kabalega’s grave one of the outstanding past leaders of the kingdom is found here and is surrounded by many personal effects.
This is located in Mubende District of Uganda and features large earthwork built by the Bachwezi and related kingdoms.

Namugongo Martyrs Shrine
Namugongo Martyrs Shrine is another historical attraction in Uganda. This is the site where 22 Christian catholic converts were executed on the orders of Kabaka Mwanga II in 1886. Touristic shrines have been built there by both the Roman Catholic Church and Church of Uganda and Christians pilgrimage to this place every year. The victims were canonised in 1969.
Baker’s Fort, Patiko
Baker’s fort is located in Patiko sub-county 32 km north of Gulu town. It was founded by the Baker, an early explorer in Uganda. This impressive stone structure is a legacy to Baker’s anti-slavery work in the area.
Nnamasole Baagalayaze Tombs
Nnamasole Baagalayaze Tombs lie about 25 minutes drive from Kampala along Gayaza road within 1 km off the tarmac road at Mpererwe trading centre. The former palace of Nnamasole Baagalayaze today draws tourists from across the globe for its breathtaking architectural heritage dating back in the times of the mother of Kabaka Mwanga II in 1916. The site was one of the targets during the mayhem of the abolition of traditional institutions in the country government soldiers. Currently, Nnamasole Baagalayaze Tombs is a cultural centre that celebrates the people and history of Buganda (Tell a story of repression and revival). Visitors can enjoy traditional performances, try their hand at arts and crafts, and hear vivid stories about the history of the Kingdom and its past Kings.
Amabere ga Nyina Mwiru Caves
Situated10km from Fort Portal business centre, the “Amabere ga Nyina Mwiru” is limestone site with an incredible legendary narrative behind their existence. The myth surrounding the caves are that they were named after Nyinamwiru a daughter of Bukuku one of the ancient rulers of the Batembuzi Dynasty of the current Babito Kings of Toro and Bunyoro Kingdoms. She was a proud striking girl who went against her father’s proposed man for marriage. As a result she was punished by cutting off her breasts which later are assumed to have grown into these scenic rocks with a dripping white liquid assumed to be breast milk.

Other Cultural Sites include

• Nakayima Tree in Mubende District
• Nkokonjeru Tombs, Kakiika
• Nyero Rock Paintings, Ngora
• Naggalabi Buddo Coronation Site in Wakiso District
• Wamala Tombs

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Uganda Basic Facts – Time zone, Location, Topography, Neighbours, government, Weather in Uganda, National Flag, Commercial banks in Uganda, Major Cities and Towns, Tourist Attractions, Languages and Religions; Uganda National Parks.
Location: Uganda is a country located on the East Africa.
Size: 241,038 sq km (Land: 197,100 sq km / water: 43,938 sq km)
Neighbours: It shares international borders with Kenya in the East, Sudan in the north, the Democratic Republic of Congo in the west, in the south by Tanzania and Rwanda in the southwest.
Topography: Much of Uganda can be classified as a plateau, with numerous small hills and valleys, and extensive savannah plains. Most of the country is a plateau more than 1,000m above sea level undulating from South to North.
Capital City: Kampala
Main Towns: Arua, Entebbe, Gulu, Jinja, Kasese, Lira, Masaka, Mbale, Mbarara, Soroti
Weather in Uganda: Uganda has an equatorial climate with 3 distinct sub-climatic zones differentiated by altitude. Rains mainly come between March and May.
Government: Constitutional republic headed by a democratically elected President. Current Head of State is H.E. President Gen. Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI since 1986.
Independence: 9 October, 1962
National Colours: Black, Yellow and Red
Population: 33,398,682
Culture: Uganda is culturally diverse.
Languages: English (official), Other widely spoken languages include; Ateso, Luganda, Luo, Lusoga, Runankole-Rukiga, Runyoro-rutoro, and Swahili
Religions: Roman Catholic, Anglican, Pentecostal, Islam, Seventh Day Adventist, the Baha’i and several indigenous briefs.
Economy: Uganda’s economy is agricultural based with products such as coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, cassava, potatoes, millet, livestock, and poultry. Natural resources include copper, cobalt, hydropower, limestone, salt, arable land and gold.
Uganda National Parks: Queen Elizabeth National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Kibale National Park, Kidepo Valley National Park, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Lake Mburo National Park, Mount Elgon National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, Rwenzori Mountains National Park and Semliki National Park.
Banking: Commercial banks in Uganda include Bank of Africa, Bank of Baroda, Barclays Bank Uganda, Housing Finance Bank, Cairo International Bank, Centenary Bank, Crane Bank, Citibank, ABC Capital Bank, DFCU Bank, Diamond Trust Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Ecobank, Fina Bank, Global Trust Bank, Kenya Commercial Bank, Equity Bank, National Bank of Commerce, Orient Bank, Stanbic Bank, Tropical Bank and Untied Bank for Africa.
Some Tourist Attractions: Lake Victoria, Kasubi Tombs, Murchison Falls, Bwindi
Gorillas, The Equator Line, Karambi Tombs, Bigo bya Mugenyi and the National Theatre.
Currency: Uganda Shillings
Time Zone: Uganda is 3 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Dialing code: +256

Queen Elizabeth National Park
Queen Elizabeth National Park is Uganda’s most popular and accessible savanna reserve. It is a perfect destination for eco-tourism and wildlife tourism with rich flora and fauna glorified for having one of the highest biodiversity of any game park or reserve in Africa. This beautiful wildlife park is known for big population of antelopes. Other animals in the park include buffaloes and elephants. The bird checklist has over 600 bird species.  This remarkable diversity is attributed to the lush vegetation and Ishasha River offering a perfect habitat for the water birds.
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Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Mgahinga Park is situated in the south western Uganda near the town of Kisoro bordering Volcano in Rwanda and Parc de Virungas in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It includes parts of Mgahinga, Muhavura, and Sabinyo Mountain ranges. Much as it is the smallest in the country (about 33.7 km); it is renowned for gorilla trekking safaris. It can be one of the most exciting for Uganda wildlife tours and travels.
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Lake Mburo National Park
Lake Mburo National Park is found in Kiruhura district. Western Uganda. The park incorporates Lake Mburo one of the five largest lakes in the country. Stretching over an area of 371 sq km, Lake Mburo Park plays host to rich biodiversity wildlife species of flora and fauna as well as its avifauna. Home for Zebras as known Lake Mburo harbours an array of wildlife species and offers the most ideal destination to see the gigantic eland antelope, topi, impala and several acacia-associated birds. It is famous destination for game drives in Uganda.
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Tree climbing lions in Kidepo Park
Kidepo Valley National Park
Kidepo Valley National Park is one of Uganda’s finest wildlife sanctuaries. Situated in the Karamoja region in northeast Uganda, Kidepo park stretches over an area of 1,442 sq km. This is the most remote and scenic of Uganda’s National Parks and is an extreme spot for wildlife adventures, jungle safaris, tracking and hiking.
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Semliki National Park
Semliki National Park lies in a remote corner of south western Uganda along the Uganda and Congo Border. This very dense wildlife forested jungle is famous for several adventure Uganda tours and safaris. Forest hiking, primate tours, camping safari, sempaya hot springs and ecosystem tours are some of the most alluring activities in Semliki.
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Murchison Falls National Park
Murchison falls national park is perhaps the largest park in Uganda.  It is named after the impressive Murchison Falls, the park lies in north western Uganda, extending inland from the shore of Lake Albert. Queen Elizabeth offers one of the most spectacular Uganda national parks for wildlife safaris and game drives.
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Kibale Forest National Park
Located in western Uganda, Kibale Forest National Park lies 35 km south of Fort Portal. It covers an area of over 760 sq km. It is home to a great variety of primates found anywhere in the East African region including L’Hoest’s and red Columbus monkey. It is also a great birding destination especially at the Kanyanchu areas. Bird species available include the rare Grey-headed Olive-back and a number of seed eaters.
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Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Bwindi Park is located in south western Uganda in the rugged Kigezi Highlands. It is home to rare mountain gorillas. Bwindi offers safari visitors a unique African jungle experience because of the rare Mountain Gorillas. Birds are both plentiful and easy to spot. Species available include African Green Broadbill and Shelley’s crimsoning.
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Mount Elgon National Park
Mount Elgon National Park lies 236km east of Kampala. The national park encompasses much of Mount Elgon, an ancient volcano. Its highest peak is Wagagai at 4321m. Mount Elgon supports hosts a variety of wildlife including elephants, buffaloes, bushbucks, antelopes, wild cats, etc. Mount Elgon is also one of the few spots in the country to host the endangered Lammergeyer. Key bird varieties spotted here are Red-Chested Owlet, Bar-tailed Trogon, Black-collared Apalis and many others.
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Rwenzori Mountains National Park
Gazetted in 1991, Rwenzori Mountains National Park boasts one of the best adventure sights in Uganda. It stretches over 7800 sq km between the Virunga and Rwenzori Mountains to the south and north respectively. The National Park protects the spectacular scenery and unique vegetation of these mountains. Buffaloes, elephants, giant forest hogs, Leopards and Chimpanzees are some of wildlife in the park. Being a magnificent sight of the Albertine Rift endemics, Rwenzori Mountain National Park is a perfect spot for birders.
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Uganda is a landlocked country located eastern Africa and covers an area of approximately 236,040 sq km. It shares international boundaries with Kenya on the east, the Democratic Republic of Congo in the west, in the north by Sudan, in the south by Tanzania and the Republic of Rwanda in the southwest.

Our map of Uganda shows the most visited regions, the Rwenzori and Elgon Mountain ranges, several inland lakes including Lake Victoria as well as the Equator Line.
About Uganda
Uganda is one of the countries in Africa that people frequent especially because of its unique nature and attractions. Uganda is a naturally proud country gifted by nature. The pearl of Africa is also known boasts several attractions particularly the Mountain Gorillas in Mgahinga / Bwindi, wildlife in Murchison and Queen, sceneries, one of the longest rivers in the world the Nile and others.
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Lake Victoria, Uganda

Lake Victoria occupies a shallow depression in the East African Plateau, and has a maximum depth of 86m and an average depth of 20m. In terms of volume, it is the world’s eighth largest continental lake holding 2,750 cubic km of fresh water. It is also one of the sources of the down streaming river Nile, the longest river in the entire world whose waters are heavily committed downstream. The lake receives most of its water from direct precipitation. Its principal influent is the Kagera River on the lake’s western shore. This is the major mouth of Lake Victoria.

Lake Victoria is a source of livelihood for approximately 30 million people and occupies virtually 70,000 square miles. It is shared by three of East Africa’s countries namely Kenya (4,100 sq km); Uganda (31,000 sq km); and Tanzania (33,700 sq km).
Attractions
Because of its fresh waters, the lake is home to hundreds of unique avi species including significant concentrations of pied kingfisher, fish eagle and other species of Uganda birds. It also supports Africa’s largest inland fishery.
Uganda holidaymakers are also not left out by Lake Victoria. The beautiful Ssese Islands in the lake greet you with stretches of white sandy beaches. And this is the major reason that tourists come to these islands. Take a break in life and enjoy an adventure holiday in Uganda on these Islands!

UGANDA NATIONAL PARKS
Uganda is not your ordinary safari destination; it is a country very rich in fauna and flora which are seen in the 10 national parks in the country .Come and explore a rich biodiversity in a single destination. Uganda is more importantly famous for the endangered mountain gorillas. Perhaps the most interesting park you can track the gorillas is the thick Bwindi impenetrable forests. Uganda National Parks are;

• Semliki National Park
• Lake Mburo National Park
• Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
• Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
• Queen Elizabeth National Park
• Murchison Falls National Park
• Kibale Forest National Park
• Mount Elgon National Park
• Rwenzori Mountains National Park
• Kidepo Valley National Park

CULTURAL and ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES

Kasubi Royal Tombs
Uganda is a wonderful country to visit as a tourist. It boasts a number of Cultural and archeological sites which are worth visiting. In this category Uganda has the following;
Kasubi Royal Tombs
The Kasubi tombs, traditionally known as Muzibu-Azaala-Mpanga, are a burial place for the four previous Kings of Buganda known traditionally as Kabakas, and are situated five km away from Kampala city center on Kasubi hill. The cultures of the Baganda lie in the Magnificent Tombs
Karambi Tombs, Fort Portal
Amabere ga Nyina Mwiru Caves
Located 10km from Fort Portal town, the “Amabere ga Nyina Mwiru”  is limestone site with an amazing legendary story behind their existence. The myth surrounding the caves are that they were named after Nyinamwiru a daughter of Bukuku one of the ancient rulers of the Batembuzi Dynasty of the current Babito Kings of Toro and Bunyoro Kingdoms. She was a proud attractive girl who refused to marry the man her father chose for her. As a result she was punished by cutting off her breasts which later are assumed to have grown into these scenic rocks with a dripping white liquid assumed to be milk.
Other Cultural Attractions include;
Nyero Rock Paintings
Baker’s Fort, Patiko
Bigo bya Mugenyi, Ntusi
Mparo Tombs, Hoima
The Nommo Gallery in Kampala
The Namugongo Martyrs Shrine near Kampala
Entebbe Wildlife Education Centre
The Equator Line mark along Masaka road
National Museum – This is a display of Uganda’s cultural heritage including ethnological and natural-historical exhibitions. It is a reminder of wonderful past of the country with a collection of musical instruments, photos, pictures, materials of the past. A visit to the museum will give you the country’s flash back.

PHYSICAL DIVERSITY
a) Mountains / Hills
Uganda’s evident extraordinary scenic diversity and richness of landscape compares favourably with every where on the African continent.
Mount Rwenzori in the West
Mount Elgon in the East
Virunga Volcanoes in the south west
There are also several hills around the country
b) Spectacular Water Falls
Ssezibwa falls
The falls are located about 20 miles along Jinja Road from Kampala; is a Buganda Heritage site, with an out span of sharp edged rocks and a magnificent sound of soothing waters flowing down the steep ridged stones. Local people attach spiritual and traditional significance as well as spiritual beliefs onto the site.
Murchison Falls
Situated in in the Northwest of the country, The Murchison falls on the Nile river provide a wonderful scenic view at all times of the year. They also offer one of the best photographic spots for adventure travelers and honeymooners in the country.

A magnificent view of the Sipi Falls in Eastern Uganda
Sipi Falls
Situated in Kapchorwa Distrist in Eastern Uganda, the Sipi Falls are a series of three tall gushing waterfalls along the lower slopes of Mt Elgon.
Semliki Falls in the west
Bujagali Falls in Jinja
Tororo Rock

The rock is situated approximately 5km southeast of the central business district of Tororo town. The distinguished and imposing steep volcano rises to about 1800m above sea level. It is the most prominent landmark in Eastern Uganda and boasts an awesome panoramic view of the whole of Eastern Uganda. This enormous rock which stands erect like a transmission mast is hard to ignore for visitors to this region. A mysterious history surrounds its formation. Some local resident regard the mighty rock a cultural heritage. The Tororo Rock is one if not the most challenging rock to climb. Tourists trekking the Rock are destined for a steep landscape through narrow track winds. It’s extremely cool on reaching the rock summit.
WATER BODIES
Source of the River Nile
The Nile River is a major north-flowing river in North Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. It flows north through Tanzania, Lake Victoria, Uganda and southern Sudan. Its principle source is the White Nile, one of the tributaries originating in Uganda. The river’s majestic flow and brutal power makes its an enthralling photographic site.
Lake Bunyonyi
Lake Bunyonyi is the deepest lake in Africa and the second-deepest in the world. It offers just another gorgeous where tourists can relax and have fun.
Lake Victoria

Sunset at Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria, with a size of 68800 sq km is Africa largest inland lake; the largest tropical lake in the world. It is situated in Eastern Africa.

ECO-TOURISM SITES
Kaniyo-Pabidi Eco-Tourism Site
Kaniyo-Pabidi Eco-tourism site is nestled 220 km from Kampala and 29km north of Masindi District on the Para road. This natural habitat situated in the North Eastern part of Budongo Forest Reserve is home to several primate species including chimpanzees, black and white colobus monkeys, the Blue Monkey, Red tailed monkey and baboons. There is also a variety of tree species renowned possess medicinal qualities. Butterflies, moths, and Tropical flowers are abundant. Numerous forest trails for nature walks are maintained. Other safaris here include chimp tracking, bird watching, chimpanzee habituation and camping.
Other Sites include;
Mabira Forest Reserve
Kashoya -Kitomi Forest Reserve
Busingiro Eco-Tourism Site
Mpanga Forest Reserve
Budongo Forest Reserve
Bugoma Eco Tourism Site
Bunjazi Forest Reserves
Entebbe Botanical Gardens

THE ISLANDS

Ssese Islands
Ssese islands are a collection of 84 attractive Islands situated in the northwestern part of Lake Victoria. They are also amazingly a popular tourist destination in the country. They offer captivating scenic views, plenty of activities like nature walks, fishing volley ball and other games. Spending a weekend on this island can fun and an adventurous moment.

One of the Chimpanzees habituated on the Ngamba Islands
Ngamba Islands
Ngamba Island is a scenic sanctuary on Lake Victoria. The Island was officially opened to visitors in October 1999 and has over 40 orphaned chimpanzees are also kept here. It offers one of the best sites for Chimpanzee tracking in Uganda.
With all these tourist attractions that Uganda has at hand, it just confirms that the country is truly the pearl of Africa.

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Bird Watching is one of the most popular hobbies around. It has long been a popular hobby among birding enthusiasts and bird watchers who like watching birds. Birds are fascinating creatures that exist nearly everywhere on the planet.
Uganda has a cemented status as the most attractive country in Africa. Dubbed a paradise of birds, this East African country is an amazing destination for birdwatchers, not only because of the unusually high number of bird species within its borders, but  the ease to access several these birds in their variably lush vegetation.
The bird list for Uganda makes dedicated bird watchers who haven’t been there rush to the liquor cabinet. Over 1062 bird species have been recorded in the country out of 1500 species recorded in East Africa.
The richness of Uganda’s National Parks including Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park and several others offer excellent bird watching spots to bird lovers. Of all of these, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest offers the best birding opportunities, with a huge range of species to be found across this dense tropical forest habitat.

Some of the Beautiful Birds of Uganda
However the most popular and alluring habitat of all these parks is Semliki National Park’s low land tropical rain forests. Semliki found in North West of Fort Portal lies at the base of the Albertine Rift and habours up to 400 bird species including the Abyssinian hornbill, owls. Marsh tchagra, elusive leaf love, improbable pennant-winged, African crake, shoe bill stork, red-throated bee-eater the standard winged nightjars, a wide variety of raptors and water birds.

Birding Hotspots in Uganda

Murchison Falls National Park
Situated north of Masindi, some 350 km from Kampala is the largest national park in Uganda and another favourite bird watching destination boasting a total of over 460 bird species with common view of the shoe bill stork along the stretch if the Nile River. Murchison Falls is also home to several water birds and raptors that make a captivating bird show. Those bird watchers, who may also opt to go for nature walks here for more days, need not worry about accommodation. Kaniyo Pabidi safari lodge, Paraa lodge and 2 other camps just outside the park are available.

Shy Shoebill

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park also takes pride with its total of 357 bird species. 23 species are endemic to the Albertine Rift, and 14 species recorded nowhere else among them the brown-necked parrot, African green broad bill, white-bellied robin chat, white -tailed blue flycatcher and Frazer’s eagle owl.
Kibale Forest National Park

Weaver Bird

Kibale Forest National Park is another excellent hub to spot birds home to close to 355 species of birds including four rare species not found anywhere else. Prominent species present here include the blue-headed bee eater, Nahan’s francolin, Cassin’s spine tail, the maked apalis and the newly discovered green-breasted pitta. Other varieties include the water and grassland species.
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Queen Elizabeth National Park does not just boost of having the richest biodiversity, actually it is a really paradise for birds, with a total of more than 610 bird species recoded, this number being the highest in Africa and in the whole world. Park is a home to 54 raptors which include every water bird found in Uganda, woodland and forest birds.
Mpanga Forest
Perched about 54km along Kampala-Masaka road, Mpanga Forest is one beautiful compact forest which has been protected as a scientific research site since 1953. The reserve protects an extensive patch of medium -altitude rainforest, characteristic of the vegetation that once extended over much of the northern Lake Victoria Hinterland. A nature walk goes straight through the forest for some excellent birding. Birds of distinct faunal regions occur here, among them including a huge diversity of Turacos, Greebuls, hornbills, Sunbirds and barbets that are often heard or seen roaming around the forest canopies.
Mount Elgon National Park
The mountain edges out other destination as one of the most exclusive spot for an ardent backpacker due to its great birding trails. Best birding is along the Mountain Bamboo trail. The trails cross river Chebonet, ascending steeply to the gorge in the south. Rare species present include Olive pigeon, Stender-billed, Black and White casqued Hornbill, etc.
Lutembe Bay
Lutembe Bay is a beautiful place that not only offers an immensity of species within its waters , but it is also the home to beautiful birds that soar though the skies and can be seen and enjoyed at any time of year. It is nestled on the northern shores of Lake Victoria.  It boasts of over 200 species including a total of 108 water bird species. The bay regularly supports 20,000 – 50,000 roosting water birds, sometimes many more between October and February; when there are Palaearctic migrants. Birding at the Bay is more spectacular on a motorboat or hand paddled Canoe.
Ziika Forest
Ziika forest is a small central forest reserve situated around Kisubi on the shores of Lake Victoria in Wakiso district. It is one of the Grey Parrots breeding sites in Uganda. To ease nature walks in the forest, a variety of trails have been established.
Quick Birding Itinerary
Day One:
Arrive at Entebbe International Airport; You can stay either in Entebbe or drive to Kampala.
Day Two: Entebbe Botanical Gardens
The lovely botanical gardens at Entebbe were established in 1901 and lie on the shores of Lake Victoria. The gardens are a perfect introduction to the country’s bird wealth.  The gardens shelter a host of rare specie paricularly the woodland species and you can spend pleasurable moments here tracking them. Common birds here include African Fish Eagle, Diederik Cuckoos, Hornbills, Klaa’s, etc.
Day Two: Mabamba Swamp
Located at a distance of about 50 km west of Kampala, this wetland is the best spot to see the most sought after Shoebill. Bird watching which is done on Canoes can be an exhilarating experience. Mabamba is a happy breeding ground for many migratory birds like papyrus Gonolek, Brown throated Weaver, Blue-headed cocucal, etc.
Day Three: Mabira Forest
Start early birding in Mabira Forest.Situated astride the highway to Eastern Uganda, about a hour drive from Kampala. Mabira hosts over 250 bird species most of which are rare in most parts on the country. There are excellent trails in the forest.
Uganda, having a favorable climate is home to more than 1002 species of birds. Whether you are a Birder or a Twitchier, the country is a great spot for bird watching holidays.
However, our recommendation  for a memorable birding safari in the country,  you hire professional bird guides who will lead you to unusual places within the country where you will observe for yourself Uganda’s bird wealth.
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Bwindi's Mubare Gorilla Group

The groups are divided between Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and the Virunga Mountains south west of Congo border. The groups have been given local titles which have very interesting meanings. Eight people are permitted per group per day and a total of twenty four people are taken in Bwindi, while eight people are allowed for Mgahinga.
Staring into the pondering brown eyes of these calm giants, who share 95% of their genes with humans, is as awe-inspiring as it is exhilarating; no less so, when one realizes that fewer than 700 known individuals survive today.

GORILLA TRACKING IN BWINDI

Bwindi Gorilla Trackers in the Bwindi NP Forest

Tracking Gorillas is one of the most immensely fascinating experiences for many taking wildlife safaris in Uganda. It is a fun filling lifetime ambition in the country’s national parks. The most celebrated destination for Uganda gorilla tracking is Bwindi Impenetrable forest. The best way for a perfect tracking is guided nature walks between Buhoma in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and the town of Kisoro via Nkuringo and vice versa. This experience offers a low cost insiders perspective into village life in rural Uganda highlighting some of the wonders of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest all at your own pace. Trails in Bwindi commence at 09:00 and 14:15 daily.

Access: 6 hours drive from Kampala to Kabale. Kabale to Buhoma takes about 3 hours. You may travel by public mean although it is not a very reliable means. The drives may require 4WD vehicles.
Accommodation: Clean and luxury camp bandas are available at Buhoma. There are three privately managed campsites in the area plus some up-market tented camps.
GORILLA PERMITS
It is paramount to know that the Uganda wildlife authority (UWA) requires you to have a tracking permit; Booking for all gorilla permits in Bwindi and Mgahinga is done at UWA Headquarters in Kampala.
UWA is the statutory custodians of the country’s wildlife resources including the mountain gorillas with the task to conserve and sustainably manage the wildlife and protected areas in partnership with neigbouring communities and several Uganda tour operators and safari agents. Advance permits are available as early as two years.
Warning!
Much as Bwindi Gorilla tracking is a very captivating activity; it involves walking in the wilderness in search of these great apes. It can be a teasing experience, therefore ensure physical fitness.
Uganda is also home to man’s closest relative, the chimpanzee, a delightful ape whose evocative pant-hoot call is a definitive sound of the African rainforest. Chimpanzee communities have been habituated for tourism at Kibale Forest, Budongo Forest and Queen Elizabeth National Park‘s Kyambura Gorge. The way they feed, climb trees, respond to humans and the care they show for their young ones, is just phenomenal.
There is also a community of orphaned chimps, most of which were confiscated from poachers, and can be visited on Ngamba Island, which lies on Lake Victoria 45 minutes by motorboat from Entebbe.
Of more exhalation is the extraordinarily perfect account of monkeys in Uganda. Kibale Forest boasts the greatest primate variety with five or six species likely to be observed on nature walk. Mgahinga National Park hosts habituated troops of the rare golden monkey, while Murchison Falls is one of the few East African strongholds for the spindly, plains-dwelling Patas monkey.

Uganda National Flag and National Colours

Welcome to Uganda-The Pearl of Africa

Location
The Republic of Uganda is a land locked country located in the Great Lake Region of East Africa. It is bound by Sudan in the North, the Democratic Republic of Congo in the West, Rwanda in the Southwest, Tanzania in the South and Kenya in the East. It gained its independence on 9 October, 1962 from Great Britain.
Geography
Uganda’s topography can be described as unique. Much of the country’s landscape is classified as a plateau punctuated with a multitude of small highlands and depressions (valleys), and extensive savannah vegetation. The south is tickly forested while the north is largely savannah with some pockets of barren areas in the north east. The outlay of Uganda’s landscape is a major determinant in residents’ settlement.
People and Culture
Ugandans are warm welcoming People with over 70 different dialects. There is a lot of respect attached to dressing in public. Cultural attire is put on during traditional functions. All Uganda have identity with their cultural background with a leader to whom they oblige loyalty once they gather before him.
Religion
Christianity is Uganda’s dominant religion and incorporates the Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Pentecostals and Orthodox. The other religions include Islam and the Baha’i faith.
Climate
Uganda experiences an equatorial climate. In reality, Uganda’s climate can be categorized into 3 sub-climatic division mainly differentiated by altitude. Most of the country is a plateau more than 1,000m above sea level bounded by mountain ranges of Rwenzori in the West and Elgon in the East. The lowland areas of the country as well as the lake shores enjoy a warm climate. It is becomes cooler as you move towards the highlands.
The country experiences two distinct rainy peak seasons namely; March to May and October to late November.
Major Cities and Towns
Kampala City; this is the capital city of the country with a population of about 2.2 million residents; and it is the principal administrative and commercial centre of most transactions. It has an altitude of approximately 1,189m and 1,400m above sea level. It is bounded by several hills including Muyenga, Kololo, Kasubi and many others. Other towns include Arua, Entebbe, Jinja, Kasese, Masaka, Mbale, Mbarara, Soroti, Gulu.
Tourist Attractions
Anybody who is a serious traveler and a seeker of the finest places to visit would know that the Uganda has everything that would constitute a great traveler’s paradise. Uganda is blessed with a multitude of tourism assets ranging from historical monuments, national parks, mountain ranges to water bodies such as Lake Victoria – the largest tropical lake in the world and river Nile – the world’s longest flowing water body.
The variety of Uganda biodiversity is immense; it is flavoured rare species; prolific populations that it’s attractively compelling. The most spectacular feature within this gifted area is the rare Mountain Gorillas popular in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park and Mgahinga Gorilla NP. Several other primates common here include a wide range of Monkeys and Chimpanzees. Kibale Forest National Park boasts a dozen of such primates. Other National Parks that offer adventure activities include Queen Elizabeth, Semiliki, Lake Mburo and Rwenzori Mountains.
Other tourist attractions include over 1,000 bird species, breathtaking water falls such as the Murchison Falls in Northwest and Semliki Falls in the west; scenic mountain ranges e.g. Rwenzori, Elgon and Virunga volcanoes; Historical sites- Buganda Kingdom Kasubi Royal Tombs, Hindu Temple, Namugongo Martyrs Shrine, the Equator Line; Monuments – Karambi Tombs, Mparo, Nyero Rock Paintings and Bigo Bya-mugenyi in Ntusi.
Accommodation
Accommodation facilities in Uganda are ample and range from hotels, privately managed lodges, tented camps, hostels, Guest houses to self-catering apartments. In the capital, you can choose from a number of classy hotels for instance Kampala Serena Hotels, Sheraton Hotel Kampala, Hotel Triangle, Equatorial Hotel, Grand Imperial Hotel, Hotel Africana and so much more. There are also several classy accommodation options in serene environments upcountry. Travellers here are advised to make their reservations well in advance.
Getting There
All flights to Uganda touch at Entebbe International Airport, located 40km south of the capital city. Over 15 airlines service Uganda. The major airlines with flight to Entebbe include Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Egypt Air, Air Emirates, South Africa Airways, SN Brussels, British Airways, Air Tanzania, Rwandair and East African Airways
Over land travel is through the border points of Katuna, Mirama (Rwanda), Busia, Malaba (Kenya), Mpondwe, Goli (DRC) and Orabo (Sudan). Several other routes are also open at the borders.
Entry Requirements
Travellers are issued with a single visa to Uganda and on arrival you will be given a traveller’s pass depending on how long your stay will be in the country. Multiple entry visas are granted to business executives who make several visits to the country for business dealings.
Uganda welcomes you on your maiden trip to Africa with wide smiles as the say in Buganda – tusanyusee okulaba!

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You may have challenges in deciding what you need to carry with you, where to go, best time to go and accommodations options to choose from. Guideforafrica.com offers you a few comprehensive budget travel ideas to help you in planning a successful luxury Uganda vacation tour.

Getting There

Take a cheap flight to Uganda and touch Entebbe International Airport, which lies 40km from the capital Kampala, and is serviced by a number of international airlines. It’s recommendable that you make your flight booking well in advance to be availed with the discount fares that airlines to Uganda offer. The airlines include SN Brussels, British Airways, South African Airways, Kenya Airways, Air Tanzania, Rwandair Express, Egypt Air and Ethiopian Airlines. Another economical way to reach Uganda would be by overland from Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda. You can fly to Nairobi and continue to Uganda using the efficient coaches.

Where to Stay

You must be puzzled in deciding where to stay in Uganda. For your information, Uganda offers a range of accommodation options for the budget conscious traveler. There are several budget class hotels, apartments, guest houses as well as self-catering facilities here. The rates are very much economical. For instance Eagle Air high-rise Sheraton Hotel right in the city centre, Mweya Safari Lodge found in Queen Elizabeth NP is a classy camp lodge in serene place for tourists equipped with modern facilities. Several other hotels offer accommodation on a pocket-friendly budget.

Eating Out

Uganda has a variety of restaurants to cater for all visitors at affordable rates and for all tastes. The adventurous who may wish to taste traditional Ugandan food will find a number of such restaurants throughout the Kampala city. Many of the city’s best known cheap restaurants are situated along Kampala Road and Ntinda avenue. Expose yourself to the famous local luwombo and chicken, greatly liked by several tourists as it is always prepared uniquely. Also do not miss the more liked barbecues especially common to beach vacationers. The fresh fish is also prominent on beaches such as Aero, Lido, Ssese gateway beaches.

Getting Around

Consistently ranked among Africa’s fastest growing economies since President Museveni came to power, Uganda has simultaneously experienced a steady expansion of road, communications and other vital infrastructures, and a corresponding increase in international tourist arrivals. Reputable safari operators and car rental companies based in Kampala and Entebbe offer a wealth of local experience cheaply. Cheap Charter flights can also be arranged between domestic tourist attractions.

Use of shared minibuses (matatus) is the most preferred mode of transport in towns. Shared taxis fares are relatively low. This however is more common among locals travelling within their country. There are also countless cheap motorbike taxis (known locally as boda-bodas) that ferry travelers on a daily basis. (Day & night). The less expensive local buses services connect to major towns on a daily basis and are regarded as the safer mode when going to distant places. However you will need an expert travel guide well familiar with hired taxis in Uganda to help you maneuver the haggling within your budget travel means. Whenever the local drivers recognize that you are a stranger, they try to exploit their clients usually by hiking the fares.

Sightseeing

If you are a budget traveler not willing to stretch your wallet, the best way to explore the natural beauty and other attractions in Uganda will be to set out on a backpacking tour. There are several tour operators that have economical backpacking tours. The Rwenzori Mountains offers great sights and scenes to the tourists, from bird watching to Mountain trekking safaris.

Health Safety Tips

Vaccination against malaria is sometimes recommended for travelers here. To cut on your medical expenses once here, it is also advisable to carry basic medical supplies including medications and sterile syringes.

Once you have these travel facts, you will be well-informed and prepared for your stay in Uganda, confident in every situation and ready for the trip of a lifetime without stretching your wallet.

Best Safaris in Uganda

Game Drives: A game drive safari offers the most excellent choice when covering enormous distances in a little time. Few of the wildlife parks in Uganda providing game drive safaris are Murchison Falls National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kidepo Valley National Park and Lake Mburo National Park. Queen Elizabeth enjoys a stunning scenery location on the rift valley floor between Lake George and Edward, hence the highest number of species of any park in Uganda. The main camp at Mweya Safari Lodge is attractively nestled at a peninsula separating Kazinga Channel from Lake Edward. Kazinga is a natural magnet for water birds. Lake Mburo is renowned for zebras which you see as you drive into the park. The water courses in Kidepo are responsible for the acacia forests which shelter several carnivore including lions, leopards, and spotted hyena. Apoka Lodge offers spacious accommodation with expansive views across the plains.
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Uganda Guided Walks

Guided Walks: Discover the wonders of the natural world through guided walking tours in Uganda. Guided walks are offered in many of the forested national parks and a number of smaller forest reserves throughout the country. Bwindi Impenetrable, Kibale Forest and Mgahinga Gorilla National Parks offer the best options. Uganda guided walks are perfect for adventure seekers, family holidays, or groups of up to 10 people. There are tours that include different lengths of time. All depend on the safari package of your choice. Contact Expert-Guided Adventures for a memorable nature walk. Guided walks with Expert-Guided Adventures are also available in Mabira, Budongo and Mpanga Forest Reserves near Kampala, and Sipi Falls in eastern Uganda.
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Birding Watching safaris
The bird list for Uganda makes dedicated bird watchers who haven’t been here to rush to the liquor cabinet. With over 540 masses of bird species, where else would you see such plenty in one safari tour? Birding safaris in Uganda will bring you close to the shy Shoebil, one of the rarest birds but found in abundant in Uganda, several hundreds of flamingoes, crested cranes –the national bird, grey parrots and thousands of other species. Birding tours are common in lush wetlands of Lake Mburo Game Park, Lake Victoria shores and Mgahinga.
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Cultural Tours

Buganda Royal Tombs at Kasubi -Heritage Site

For most people, visiting Uganda’s cultural and historical sites only happens during school trips. But visiting these places can also be done with family in a more relaxed and exciting way. In Uganda, cultural tours are common at the National Museum in Kamwokya, a city suburb, Cultural functions such as ‘Kwanjula’, ‘Kuhingira’ (Traditional Wedding Ceremonies) and many others, Kasubi Royal Tombs- a UNESCO Heritage Site and burial site for Buganda Kingdom’s rulers; tours to places of worship in Rubaga- Catholics, Namirembe- Protestants, Kibuli- Muslims, Theatres and much more.

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Boat Cruise on the Nile

Launch Cruises: There are three famous launch trips on offer in Uganda; the journey up the Victoria Nile River to the base of Murchison Falls; the cruise along Lake Mburo; and the cruise along the Kazinga Channel, Queen Elizabeth National Park. These fun-filled excursions are sure to impress you and have the next trip planned before the first one ends. Queen Elizabeth launches run at 15.00 and 17.00. Additional voyages can be conducted at 11.00 on request. The Murchison Falls Launch at Paraa is ultimately the more spectacular. The Launch departs at 09.00 and 14.00 daily. This 4-5 hour voyage offers an excellent opportunity of spotting the elusive shoebill stork and other wildlife.
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Hiking Safaris: Hiking is a form of walking which has gained popularity in Uganda. The two main opportunities for mountain climbing are the Rwenzori Mountains and Mount Elgon. While hiking through the Elgon and Rwenzoris, trekkers can experience the natural beauty along the trails as well as get a glimpse of the rare species of wildlife, birds and insects. Before taking up the hiking trip it should be carefully kept in mind that the clothing should be of a fabric that provides a breather to your skin and allows your body to shed excess heat and sweat while feeling dry.
The best period to hike Mount Rwenzori is during the months of January and February and June to August during when the weather conditions are at its best. There are several hiking circuits but the Central Circuit is arranged by the Rwenzori Mountaineering Services (RMS) and starts from Nyakalegija. Mountain hiking in Uganda is also possible in the volcanoes at Mgahinga Gorilla National Park – Mt Mgahinga, Mt Sabinyo and Mt Muhavura.
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Nile White Water Rafting

White Water Rafting: White-water rafting is not a very old holiday activity in Uganda. It dates back just in 1996 but has created a lot of excitement amongst Uganda holiday travelers. The mighty River Nile offers the best spot for White-water rafting in the country. The powerful volume of water creates horrible rapids that provide an unforgettable rafting experience. There are some very exhilarating sections with space between to lay back and float along taking in the landscape and enjoying the nature, particularly the many species of birds to be found here. Hit the water for a really wild ride. Nile water rafting the Bujagali Falls is more adventurous and exciting. Nile River Explorers, Equator Rafts, Adrift Adventure Company, Nalubale Rafting and Expert-Guided Adventures are the only operating agents in the industry today. White-water rafting is still in its initial stages on Lake Victoria.
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Ngamba Chimp

Primate Tracking: Primate tracking is a very popular activity for Uganda safari holidays. Tracking these habituated and delightful apes is an impressive experience. Uganda offers around 5,000 of these primates and these can be tracked in areas of Kibale Forest and this park hosts more than 1450 chimpanzees representing the Uganda’s largest population of these endangered primates, Queen Elizabeth National Park in the Kyambura Gorge, Murchison Falls National Park at Kaniyo Pabidi. Over 40 orphaned chimpanzees are also kept at Ngamba Island, located on Lake Victoria 23km south of Entebbe. The density and diversity of primates in Kibale Forest National Park is the highest in Africa. The commonest of its species are chimpanzees numbering over 1450. Kibale Chimps walks commence from Kanyachu Centre at 08.00 and 15.00 going for three hours. And these trails are for only six persons per group. There are guides to aid trackers. There is also a chimp habituation project in Semliki National Park.
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Gorilla Tracking: Gorilla tracking or trekking is Uganda’s most sought after tourism activity. Gorilla tracking is on the rise especially after the increase in the gorilla population. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park are the prime destinations. In Bwindi, tracking starts at 08.00 and last a few hours to the whole day depending on where the gorillas are in the thickest. Tracking goes for a cost of US500$ per permit. Certain basic rules are set for the trackers with the guide of gorilla wardens. In Mgahinga Park, registration for trackers and briefing for gorilla tracking commences at Ntebeko Point at 08.45. Tracking starts at 08.30 and takes about eight hours. A check list for trekkers should include solid walking shoes, sunscreens, binoculars, digital camera (without flash), insect repellents, and rear gear at a smaller extent. Enquire with Expert-Guided Adventures and book your gorilla permit. More information is obtained from www.ugandawildlife.org.
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Other top Uganda touring spots

- River Nile: This 4,1600mile-long river is one of Uganda’s top tourist destinations. It pours it water in Lake Victoria. On the river Nile alone you will find enough places and activities to keep the family occupied. One of such places is the source of the Nile at Jinja. Still on the Nile is the magnificent Bujagali Falls- an incredible sightseeing spot. Do not miss the Nile Rafting during your tour.
- Murchison Falls – Further up the Nile are the Murchison Falls, also known as the Kabalega Falls. Here you will get to visit the national park which is home to a large concentration of wildlife such as crocodiles and elephants. Entrance is 5,000 for a Local citizen.
- Mabira Forest – This vast tropical rainforest on the Kampala-Jinja highway is a good holiday destination for the family.
- Amusement Parks These include the Uganda Wildlife Education Center in Entebbe Town, Didi’s World Amusement center in Kasansaga a city surburb.
- The Equator Line

With the introduction of CMA, investors are able to raise capital through the sale of shares to the public. Capital Markets play a number of roles which include;

• Raising long term capital
• Setting minimum levels of performance and monitoring regularly to ensure compliance with laid down regulations
• Mobilizing and channeling of local savings into productive enterprise.
• Setting minimum capital levels for market players
• Providing alternative long term financing
• Approving players into the market (Insurer & Broker/dealers, investment Advisors, Fund Managers etc)

Some of the CMA Licensed Member Companies in Uganda include;

1. Crane Financial Services Ltd
Plot 38 Kampala Road;
P. O. Box 22572 Kampala; Tel: 345345
Email: cranebnk@imul.com

2. Baroda Capital Markets (U) Ltd
Plot 18 Kampala Road
P. O. Box 7197 Kampala; Tel: 233680/3
Email: bobho@spacenet.ug.com

3. Equity Stock Brokers (U) Ltd
Orient Plaza, Plot 6/6A K’la Rd
P. O. Box 3072 Kampala; Tel: 236012/3/4/5
Email: equity@orient-bank.com

4. Dyer and Blair (U) Ltd
Christeve House, Suite 8, 3rd Floor
Plot 29 Nkrumah Road
P. O. Box 1610 Kampala; Tel: 256-41 233050
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5. MBEA Brokerage Services (U) Ltd.
44 Lumumba Avenue, Nakasero
P.O. Box 24613 Kampala; Tel: 031 260011
Email: info@mbea.net

6. Geoffrey A. Onegi Obel Co. Ltd
Suite I theater House 5 Dewinton Road
P. O. Box 1610 Kampala, Uganda; Tel: 256 41 233843
Email: negiobel@utlonline.co.ug

Murchison Falls National Park is the largest national park in Uganda- covering an area of 3,840 sq km. Murchison Falls National Park lies at the core of the greater Murchison falls conservation Area, which also embraces the Bugungu and Karuma wildlife reserves as well as the Budongo forest. The park is named from the falls which are now referred to as Murchison but before were referred to as Kabarega falls.

The Grand River Nile divides the Park into the South and North sections and forms falls where it flows over the Western rift Valley escarpment. In the eastern section of the park before the Murchison Falls, are the Karuma falls here is the awe-inspiring Murchison Falls, where the River Nile hurls itself in appalling convulsions through a narrow crevice and then plunges over 23 km in one breathtaking leap display. This is the most exciting white water in Africa. In the Southern section of the park is the beautiful Rabongo Forest home to several families of Chimpanzees and other primates.

Topography

The altitude is 619 m at the delta and 1,292 m at Rabongo Hill. The mean temperature is 29 ºC-high and 21 ºC-low. The Murchison Falls National Park, with its variety of vegetation ranging from riparian forests and swamp lands to broad Savannah, provides the opportunity of seeing many of the animals found in Uganda.

Wildlife

Giraffe in Murchison Falls National Park

Wildlife populations have largely recovered from the poaching of the 1980s; in the lush borassus grassland to the north of the Nile. Prominent mammals include Elephants, giraffe, hippopotamus, leopard, warthog, Giraffe Aardvark, pangolin, civet, buffalo, hyena, crocodile, patas monkey and the Uganda Kob. Chimpanzees are also common in the Rabongo forest. Lions are seen with increasing frequency as regularly encountered on game drives.

Birds

The bird checklist of 460 confirmed and 19 unconfirmed species is headed desirability by the shoebill, most common along the stretch of river between Nile Safari Camp and the estuary into Lake Albert. May other water-associated birds are prolific along the river, while raptors make a strong showing on the checklist with 53 species recorded.

Murchison Falls

Getting there and away

All travelers heading to Murchison Falls from Kampala must first drive to Masindi which actually takes about 3 hours. This is the only public means of transport from Kampala to Masindi town. They then proceed to Murchison falls National Park for another 3 hours making a total of 6 hours. A 4WD vehicle is recommended on the Masindi-Paraa section of the road. The park can be reached by air charter services. There are airstrips at Rabongo and Pakuba which can hold up to six seater light aircraft.

Accommodation;

Accommodation is available in the luxurious lodges of Sambiya Lodge, Paraa Uganda Safari Lodge and Nile Safari Lodge. All these lodges offer excellent accommodation on a full board basis. The Red Chilli Rest Camp the former Wildlife Authority Rest Camp at Paraa offers another convenient perfect accommodation. Nearby the Masindi Hotel in Masindi, and in Rabongo are Forest cottages. There is also a camp site at the top of the Falls but for those suitably equipped.

Murchison falls safaris

• Game viewing safaris
• Birding Safaris
• Forest Walks
• River Nile Launch cruise
• Game drives
• Chimpanzee tracking tour

In kasese, lies the Great Queen Elizabeth National Park formerly known as Kazinga National Park and later named Queen Elizabeth after the visit of Queen Elizabeth in 1952 has a reputable image as an important bird area enhancing bird watching due to presence of a number of birds such as the Turacos, Billed Stock and King Fishers.

The Great crater of Katwe is a natural salt reserve where salt mining is the basic economic activity to the Batwa and two places representing all the tribes of Uganda from the ethnic groups of Bantu, Nilotics, Hamates and Nile-Hamates are all employed at the Katwe salt works.

Mt. Rwenzori is outstanding due to its endowment with snow attracting tourists for scenic view. It also endowed with unique flora such as the Giant Lobelia. The mountain further enhances mountaineering. Fauna include Uganda Kobs, Hyenas and Elephants enhancing game viewing.

Western Uganda is endowed with water bodies such as the Albert, George and Kyoga. Albertine region lying in the western arm of the East African Rift Valley is an important area endowed with fish such as the tiger fish, enhances sporting activities such sports fishing, canoeing, boating and scenic views.

In Bundibugyo lies the great Sempaya hot springs which enhances steam bathing travel for medication and the spring is both masculine and famine believed to cure skin diseases such as measles, skin rush due to it content of hydrogen sulphides. The Park has many primates like the red tailed monkeys, black and white monkeys which enhance game viewing. Vegetation in form of forests like Kibale forest enhances primates’ walks to view the primates like black monkeys, red tailed monkeys. Unique flora such as the naked Adam tree in the Kabale forest enhances nature walks and nature photography.

Parks are abundant but the most significant one being Mgahinga Gorilla National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda endowed with the mountain Gorillas with silver backs. These resources enhance gorilla tracking with a maximum of six visitors in a day.

In Fort Portal lie the great three volcanic craters of Nyabikere, Nyabisrke and Saka situated on three hills enhancing scene views as well as hill climbing. In the same place lie the great Amabere (Ganyinamwiru) meaning the breasts of legend princess Nyinamwiru of Tooro. These stalactites and stalagmites enclosed in a cave are beautified by the presence of the fall enhancing nature walks and scenic views- what a lovely place.

Religious attractions include the Kanungu-cult place in Fort Portal a place with a mass grave where the followers under the leadership of Kibwetere were murdered in three ways like burying one alive, acidifying and burning, and poisoning their drinks.

The Katuna border separating Kabale from reputing of Rwanda is an attraction carrying out activities of customers and clearing place for travelers leaving Uganda for Rwanda and vice versa.

Travel to Western Uganda and you will not regret appreciating its God- given the beauty in Parks, Forests, craters, mountains and hot springs.

Wildlife
The park protects one of the most awesome faunas of Ugandan National Park although its total of 86 mammal species has been reduced to 77 after as rash local extinctions in recent years. Of these 86 species of mammals listed in 1971, 28 were not known to occur in any other Ugandan park. Carnivore species unique to Kidepo and Karamoja region include the bat-eared fox, striped hyena, aardwolf, caracal, cheetah, re and hunting dog. There are also high chances of viewing tree climbing lions that always sits on sauces trees along Narus valley or on rock just as you approach the Apoka Park Headquarter. Other wildlife include elephants, leopard, bush duiker, jackal, bush buck, bush pig, kavirondo bush baby, buffalo and much more that are some times seen right from the veranda of Apoka Rest Camp. The park takes pride in an extensive avifauna.
Birdlife

It has a bird checklist of 463 confirmed and 26 unconfirmed and more than 60 of the birds listed have been recorded in no other Ugandan national Park. The park is outstanding for its birds of prey. Of 58 species recorded 14 are believed to be endemic to Kidepo and the Karamoja region. These include Verreaux’s eagle, Egyptian vulture and pygmy falcon. Also of note are four species of hornbills. The red-billed, the yellow-billed and Jackson’s hornbill are peculiar to Kidepo, while the giant Abyssinaia ground hornbill is quite common. Five primate species have been recorded in Kidepo, including the localized patas monkey. Predators are well represented with 20 species resident. Of these, these, the black-backed jackal, bat-eared fox, aardwolf, cheetah and caracal are found in no other Uganda national park. Twelve antelope species occur in Kidepo of which the greater kudu, lesser kudu, Guenther’s dik-dik and mountain reedbuck occur nowhere else in Uganda.
Vegetation
The vegetation can best be described as open wooden Savannah but varies much in structure and composition with patches of montane forest, riparian woodland, thick miombo woodland, borassus palms and rocky koppies. The Mountain forest dominates some of the high places, while areas along the Lorupei River support dense Acacia geradi forest. The flora and fauna of the park are more typical of Kenya than the rest of Uganda. The landscape throughout the park is studded with small hills, rocky outcrops and inselbergs from which one can obtain stunning views in all directions.
Getting There and Away
Driving is more rewarding as vast parts of Karamoja are scenic and total wilderness. However road conditions are some times difficult and 4-wheel drive vehicles (4WD) are recommended. Visitors should note that the road mainly in use from Kotido to Kaabong passes via Kanawauat. Visitors intending to travel by road are advised to contact UWA headquarters to seek advice about conditions and safety on the roads. The small proportions of tourists who visit Kidepo generally do a fly-in safari from Kampala, which can be arranged through some of the local tour operators. By Air; Chartered aircrafts are available from Entebbe International Airport to the Park Headquarters. An airstrip at Lomej about 3 km south of the Park Headquarters is managed by the Civil Aviation Authority.
Kidepo Valley National Park safaris
• Birding tours
• cultural safaris
• Game drives
• Wildlife tours
• Flying safaris

The year 1970 recorded the highest earnings of Ush 32.2 million whilst 1971 recorded the highest number of tourist arrival totaling 85,000 people. At that time, average per capita spending was US $ 23057 and it was Uganda’s 3rd largest foreign exchange earner after coffee and cotton.

Owing to the political turn out and economic instability that characterize the period 1972-1978, the sector registered a 13.8% decline per annum with the lowest earnings of Ush 7.2 million being registered in 1977.

Relatively stable conditions being restored between 1980 and1996, the industry’s growth rate and earnings have improved. The tourism sector plan (1993) had projected that tourism would grow at a rate of 13% per annum, but it has recovered at 53% annual growth rate in 1996.
Compared to the 1980 when only US$1 million was earned, the 1995 earnings had reached a level of US $ 90 million. If the current growth rate of 53% per annum is maintained in the short medium term, the number of tourist arrivals will likely increase to over 800,000 by the end of the year 2010 from the present level. Currently tourism contributes 5% to GDP.

Tourism is significant in terms of employment where the sector offers jobs to about 10,000 people of whom 8,000 are in accommodation establishment, 1,000 in tour operation / car rental companies and the balance in Restaurants comprise and other tourism facilities.
Due to the matter of fact that the consumer searches for product tourism is beneficial in reducing regional disequilibrium in wealth, provisional of social amenities like the roads, water, schools, health centres among others.

Wildlife
Lake Mburo National Park harbors several species not easily observed elsewhere in Uganda. It is the only reserve in the country not easily observed else in Uganda. Huge herds of Impala live on the acacia dotted savannah as well as the eland, klipspringer plus other antelopes such as the rare topi and sitatunga. Zebras and buffaloes also graze here, while leopard amongst the predators. Crocodiles and hippos can be seen on the shores of the lake, which attracts a profusion of birdlife including the marabou stock and the crowned crane.

Lake Mburo Safari Birds

Birds

Over 300 species of birds have been recorded in the park. It is the best place in Uganda to view acacia associated birds and Rwonyo camp is as good a place as any to look for the likes of mosque swallow, black bellied bustard, bare faced go-away bird and Ruppell’s long tailed starling. A handful of birds recorded at Lake Mburo are essentially southern species at the very northern limit of their range, for instance the southern ground hornbill, black collared and black throated barbets, and green-capped eremomela. Of special interest to birders are the swamps, in which six papyrus endemics are residents including the brilliantly colored papyrus gonolek, the striking blue-headed coucal, and the highly localized white-winged and papyrus yellow warblers, the last recorded nowhere else in Uganda.

Getting there and away

Two different roads connect Lake Mburo National Park to the main surfaced road between Masaka and Mbarara. Coming from the west, the better approach road branches south at Sanga, 37 km east of Mbarara. Coming from Kampala, it’s easier to use the road branching south from the 50 km marker for Mbarara about 20 km past Lyantonde. The drive from Kampala takes about 4-5 hours, excluding stop overs.

Lake Mburo National Park Safaris

• Wildlife safaris
• Game drives
• Birding tours
• Boat rides
• Cycling tours

Kibale Chimpanzee

Kibale National Park is one of the beautiful and stunning forests in the Uganda. The forest and the grasslands support abundant birdlife. Almost 300 species have been identified and 144 types of butterfly.
With lush tropical rain forest and a fascinating diversity of animals, Kibale Forest National Park is home to one of the most beautiful and stunning natural forests in Uganda. It is home tour closest relative – the endangered Chimpanzee.
Kibale’s major attraction, however, is the opportunity to track habituated chimps – these delightful apes, more closely related to humans than to any other living creature, are tremendous fun to watch as they squabble and play in fruiting trees.
The elusive forest elephant, smaller and hairier than its savannah counterpart, moves seasonally into the developed part of the park, while other terrestrial mammals include buffalo, giant forest hog and a half dozen antelope species.

Birds

Key bird spices in Kdepo Park include, African Swallow-tailed kite,Pygmy Falcon, Bruce’s Green Pigeon, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Kori, The Yellow-necked Spurgrouse and several other birds.

A tourist in Kibale Park finding his way through

Kibale National Park Safaris

The Kanyanchu Tourist Center is where all activities begin. The friendly and experienced ranger guides will share their knowledge on forest species with you. Some 12 primate species, elephants, butterflies, reptiles, amphibians, trees, medicinal plants, and of course, habituated chimpanzee’s are to be found here.

Forest Hike – This is a seasonal 12 km hike that is restricted to the dry season i.e. from mid-November to February and June to September. It highlights the diverse habitats of the park including tropical rain forest, riverine forest, swamp and grassland.
You will have the chance to see a variety of birds and monkeys and perhaps duikers and bush pigs. The walk begins at 8.00am from Kanyanchu concluding at the elephant wallow in the afternoon hours.
Primate Walk – This activity starts from the camp at 8.00a.m and last for 2-4 hours. The activity is soundly popular with visitors highlighting the diversity of primates within the forest. Although it is not guaranteed, the chances of viewing the Chimps are in your favor (in excess of 85%). This walk is restricted to 4 groups of 4 individuals. Both morning and afternoon sessions are conducted.

Getting there and away

Fort Portal lies 320km from Kampala along a mostly surfaced direct road, an hour’s drive from Kasese -near Queen Elizabeth National Park. Kanyanchu Visitors Centre, 35km from Fort Portal, is reached via a dirt road and is accessible on public transport.

Other Safari Activities
• Bird watching
• Chimp Tracking
• Guided forest walks

Location

The Mountain is positioned approximately 100 km northeast of Lake Victoria and straddles the border of Uganda and Kenya. The International boundary is marked by the Suam and Lwakaka Rivers, and the beacon on Sudek Peak. Administratively, the Mountain falls in two districts (in Uganda), Kapchowra District to the north and Mbale District to the South.

Mount Elgon History

Although Mount. Elgon was well know to Arab traders passing along old slaving routes to its East (Kenya), explorer Henry Morton Stanley was the first to write about Mount. Elgon when he presumably saw it while circumnavigating Lake Victoria in 1875. Joseph Thompson, a British explorer and geographer was the first European to visit Mt. Elgon in 1883. Thompson referred to the mountain as “Masawa” or “Elgon” and generated curiosity among the explorers.
In 1890, with a 400 men caravan, Frederick Jackson of the Imperial British Exploration Association was the first European to visit the Caldera and to climb any of the major peaks. Ironically, Jackson climbed from the south and probably never even saw Masaba peak which was later named Jackson’s summit after him.
Mt. Elgon has been called a “Mountain of Illusion” partly because of the number of hiking parties lost on its slopes in the past and because no one could determine its highest point. Sudek and Koitobos peaks (Kenya) were both proclaimed “the top of Elgon” at different times. Wagagai, the highest peak (4321m), does not protrude markedly above the caldera rim and conceals its height well. In fact, Wagagai peak was overlooked by explorers until the early 20th century.

Mount Elgon National Park

The Mount Elgon National Park

The fourth largest Ugandan National park, Mount Elgon National Park encompasses 1154sq.km and stretches between 0052′-1025′ N and 340 14′ -340 44′E. The majority of the park is situated above 2000m and extends up to the highest peak i.e. Wagagai at 4321m.

Hikers on Elgon are unlikely to encounter many large mammals aside from blue monkey and black-and –white colobus. A small number of elephants are resident on the mountains is a population of leopards, bushpigs, buffaloes, sitatunga and common duiker. The park is known to Harbor more than 24 mammal species and 305 bird species. Of which 20% are unconfirmed. 12 of the species listed for Elgon occur in no other Ugandan National parks. For instance the moorland francolin, Jackson’s francolin, Hunter’s cisticola, red throated wryneck, Alpine chat and many others. Birdlife is particularly abundant. Elephant, Leopard, hyena, buffalo, bushbuck, duiker and tree hydrax may also be encountered.
Mount Elgon also offers plenty of alluring prospects such as the Lovely waterfall at Sipi, accessible from Mbale in less than an hour on a newly surfaced road.

Getting there and away

The national park can be explored only on foot, but most of the trailheads can be reached on public transport. The most established route up Elgon is the Sasa Route, the trailhead for which is at Budadiri on the western slopes. From Kampala to Mbale it takes about 4 hours and a 4WD is recommended.

Mountain Elgon safaris

• Mountain hiking tours
• birding safaris
• Sippi Falls Tour
• Cave Exploration
• Wildlife Safari

Overview

Queen Elizabeth National Park is Uganda’s most popular and accessible savanna reserve. It is primarily associated with open savanna, studded in some areas with a dense cover of acacia and euphorbia trees, but it also embraces large areas of swamp around Lake George.

The park also embraces carter lakes where by at least ten crater lakes lie within the park, including a highly accessible cluster immediately north of the main road to Mweya Lodge.

Tree Climbing Lion in Queen Elizabeth Park

Over 95 mammal species have been recorded in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Queen Elizabeth National park boasts of a variety of big game like; lions, elephants, buffaloes, Hyenas, Hippos, bushbucks, the comical warthogs and rare leopards.

The park harbors over 10 primates including chimpanzees, velvets, blue, red tailed and L’Host Monkeys and others. Around 20 predators are found in the park, including lions, side stripped jackals, hyenas, leopards and others. Antelopes common to the park include Uganda Kob, Defassa water bucks, Topi and many more.

Birds

Over 610 species of birds have been recorded in QENP, possibly the highest total for any national park in Africa, if not in the world. This multitude of bird species make the park a superb safari territory This total includes 54 raptors and water birds species resident in Uganda and a variety of woodland and forest birds, the latter largely confined to the Maramagambo forest. Birding any where in the park is good , but the Mweya region stands out for the myriad water birds on the Kazinga channel, whereas the riparian forest at Ishasha is a good place to see more unusual species.

Drive to Queen Elizabeth National park. You will drive along the Rwenzori ranges and Savanna grasslands.

Getting There

There are two main routes from Kampala, both of which work well for visiting queen Elizabeth either as part of longer itinerary or as a stand lone destination. You can use the fort portal road that goes Via Mityana and Mubende. The other road is via Masaka and Mbarara. The park lies 5-6 hours from Kampala on a surfaced road via Mbarara, and can be reached on a dirt road from Bwindi.

Queen Elizabeth Safaris

In the Queen Elizabeth National Park is potential to view lions relaxing and elephants ambling and giant forest hog snuffing. Any visitor to this park cannot fail to be amazed by the enormous diversity in each kingdom of creation. It is simply a visual feast. Take a boat trip, a game drive, a woodland walk or simply enjoy any of the myriad stunning views. You will also see crater lakes filled with huge flocks of flamingo. The National Park provides an unforgettable and unique experience on a single Uganda Safari. Common safaris in Queen Elizabeth are;

• Chimpanzee tracking tours

• Birding tours

• Primate watching safaris

• Wildlife safaris

• Game drives

• Kazinga channel launch cruises

Accommodation in Queen Elizabeth

At Mweya safari campsite is a superb up market lodge in a serene environment the offers good relaxations to the park visitors. There is also plenty more safari accommodation in neighbouring Kasese.

Topography
Regarded to be one of the most biologically diverse forests in Africa, Bwindi Impenetrable forest has an altitude range between 1,160m and 2,607m above sea level. It has an average annual rainfall of almost 1,500 mm, and it is a vital a catchment area, the source of five major rivers, which flow into Lake Albert.
Vegetation
Stretching over an area of 331 sq km, Bwindi forest Park is one of the richest Eco-systems in Africa. It is  the most diverse forest in the region for tree species. It supports a tremendous  biodiversity, with more than 120 species of trees and over 160 species of ferns.  Bwindi hosts the highest diversity of tree species including several unique Albertine endemics. The forest acquires the name ‘impenetrable’ from the dense cover of herbs, vines and shrubs inhabiting the valley floor.

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The Local People
Local people that reside within the areas surrounding the park are mostly the Bafumbira, Bakiga and the insignificant numbers of the primitive Batwa (the Pygmies).
Wildlife-  Mountain Gorillas Tours in Bwindi
Impenetrable Forest is home of the last remaining habitats of the mountain gorillas. It is estimated that half of the world’s surviving population of mountain gorillas live within Bwindi boundaries, making it the most important stronghold of this magnificent species. It harbors half of the world’s remaining gorillas located in Buhoma and Nkuringo. Some other primates and rich variety of Flora and Fauna also inhabit this exceptional Park.
Looking deep into the expressive brown eyes of these gentle giants is surely the most exciting and poignant wildlife encounter that Africa has to offer – but we should not let it distract from Bwindi’s broader biodiversity, a result of its immense antiquity and an altitude span from 1,160 to 2,607m. The forest birding ranks with the best in Uganda, with 23 highly localized Albertine Rift endemics present.
Despite the focus on only gorillas and gorilla tracking, there are a wide range of primates to observe. The park is also known to Harbor at least 120 mammal species more than any national park in Uganda except Queen Elizabeth. The list includes mainly small mammals. The park also harbors about 11 primate species such as the white and black colobus, olive baboons, red-tailed and blue monkey and others. The forest itself is lush and green and there are streams running through it.
Bird Life

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is Bird watchers haven and offers some of the finest montane birding destinations in Africa. Over 360 forest bird species have been recorded which is remarkably high considering the fact that there are a few water birds compared to other parks.  The park hosts over 23 of the country’s 24 Albertine Rift endemics.The Park’s location within the Albertina Rift makes it an exceptional birding spot home to varieties such as the African Broadbill and Shelley’s Crimsonwing which are rare species in the region. Other birds found in Bwindi include Rwenzori Batis, White-tailed Crested Flycatcher, Yellow-streaked Greenbuls, Mountain MaskedApalises, Red-faced Woodland Warbler, etc.  Dedicated birders should hope to identify more than 100 varieties on a single day’s trail.
Getting There
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located in south western Uganda on the edge of western rift valley bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo shared by Kabale, Kisoro and Rukungiri districts.
Getting there on road; from Kampala to Kabale is a distance of 414 km on bitumen surface and takes 6-7 hours. Headquarters via Kanungu and Kanyantoroogo on murram surface takes 3-4 hours and may require a 4WD vehicle. Kabale-Ruhija-Buhoma is 95 kilometers and takes about 3-4 hours. This road is not frequently used by the public. A 4WD vehicle is recommended.
Gorilla Trekking

Gorilla trekking is the most captivating and memorable activity that the park visitors participate in. Bwindi has four habituated gorilla groups. Three of these are are sheltered in Buhoma and one at Nkuringo. Tracking these mountain gorillas is quite tiresome because,it involves walking long distances through steep slopes and dense forests. Tracking the gorillas is tiring. The activity usually starts at 08.30am and can take between 2-9 hours depending on where the gorillas are in the forest.  To track the endangered species, visitors must acquire gorilla permits well in advance.
Some of the gorilla tracking rules are smoking is forbidden within 200m of the gorillas, a distance of 5m should be left between the tracker an the animals, spitting and noise are not allowed, visitors with communicable diseases such as flu and diarrhoea are not permitted access as well as flash photography is restricted.
Other Bwindi safari Activities
• Forest walks – forest trails go through tracts of rainforests, passing beneath tree frens, epiphytic ferns and leadMunyanga River near Buhoma.
•Bird Watching – the birding hotspots in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park are Ruhija, at Buhoma and in the Valleyof Munyega River.
• Primate Safaris – Bwindi also inhabits 10 primate species including Chimpanzees, L’Hoest’s Red Tailed and Blue Monkeys, Black and White Colubus and Baboons.
ACCOMMODATION
There are top, medium and Up Market accommodation facilities in Bwindi. Some of them include Volcanoes Bwindi Camp, Mantama Luxury Tent Camp, Buhoma Homestead, Gorilla Resort, Gorilla Forest Camp and Lake Kitandara Camp

Top Luxury Lodges in Uganda

Gorilla Forest Camp, Bwindi
For bookings contact, Tel; 340290
Fax; 230254
Kingfisher Safari Resort
Phone: (043) 121063 / 077-632063
Email: mail@kingfishersafaris.com
Arra Fishing Lodge, Adjuman
Phone: 041-342926
Buhoma Homestead, Bwindi
For bookings contact African Pearl Safaris
Phone: 233566/7                                                                                                          Paraa Safari Lodge
Fax; 235770
Email: apsafari@swiftuganda.com
Jacana Safari Lodge, Queen Elizabeth
Phone: 258273
Fax; 233992
Sambiya River Lodge, Murchison Fall
Tel; 344855, 233596
Email: afritour@africaonline.co.ug
Paraa Safari Lodge, Murchison Falls
Phone: 031-260261
Fax; 031-260262                                                                                                                           Semliki Safari Lodge
Email: MweyaParaa@africaonline.co.ug 
Ngamba Tented Camp, Ngamba Island,
Phone: 321479, 077-502155
Email: gctour@imul.com
Red Chill Rest Camp, Murchison Fall
Phone: 077-709150, 077-509150, 223903
Email: chillrestcamp@infocom.co.ug
Mantana luxury Tented Camp, Lake Mburo
Tel; 320152, 321552, 077-525736
Bulago Island, off of Entebbe  
Phone: 077-709970
Email: lodge@islandinthesun.biz
Semliki Safari Lodge, Semliki Valley
Phone: +256 41 251182, +256 77-489497
Fax; 344653
Email: tusc@africaonline.co.ug
Speke Resort, Munyonyo
Phone: 031-227111
Fax; 031-227110
Email: spekeresort@spekeresort.com
Bushara Island Camp, Lake Bunyonyi
Phone: (0485) 22447, 077-464585
Fax; (0485) 22447, 077-464585
Email: bushara@maf.or.ug
Volcanoes, Sipi Falls, Bwindi Impenetrable & Mgahinga
27 Lumumba Avenue, Nakasero
Phone: 346464/5, 075-741718
Fax; 341718
Email: salesug@volcanoessafaris.com
Samuka Island
Phone: (043) 121301, 077-401508/9
Fax; (043) 121301, 077-401508/9
Email: island@swiftuganda.com
Continental Hotel
Plot 3 Lugard Road
P.O Box 244 Fort Portal
Phone: +256-483-22967, 22450
Fax: +256-483-22967.
Rwenzori View Guesthouse
Plot 15 Lower Kizza Road
P.O box 709 Fort Portal
Phone: +256-483-22102
Email: ruwview@africaonline.co.ug
Wooden Hotel
Plot 4 Kyebambe Road
P.O Box 560 Fort Portal
Phone: +256-483-22560

In Kampala, you find all ranges of accommodation options, from luxury to cheap hotels.

Grand Imperial Hotel, Kampala Uganda
P.O Box 7195,
Plot 6/6A, Nile Avenue
Phone 256-41-250681/2
Fax 256-41-250606; Email; imperial@starcom.co.ug

Sheraton Hotel Kampala

Sheraton Kampala Hotel, Uganda
P.O Box 7041,
Ternan Avenue
Phone +256-41-344590
Alt. Phone +256-41-234804
Fax +256-41-256696; Email; Sheraton@apolohotel.com

Hotel International 2000 Limited, Kampala
P.O.Box 4037 Kampala, Uganda,
Tank Hill Road-Muyenga
Phone 256-41-510200
Alt. Phone 256-41-510201
Fax 256-41-269616

Speke Hotel

Speke Hotel Ltd, Kampala
P.O Box 7036 Kampala, Uganda,
Plot 7/9 Nile Ave.
Phone 256-41-259221
Alt. Phone 256-41-235332
Fax 256-41-235345; Email; speke@spekehotel.com

Hotel Africana Kampala Uganda
P.O Box 10218,
Plot 2-4 Wampewo Ave.Kololo
Phone +256-41-348080
Alt. Phone +256-41-348086
Fax +256-41-348090/1

Shanghai Hotel Ltd, Kampala
P.O Box 11726,
Plot8/10Ternan Rd
Phone 256-41-250366
Fax 256-41-236212

Fairway Hotel, Kampala
P.O Box 4595,
Plot 1/2 Kafu Rd
Phone 256-41-257571/4
Fax 256-41-234160

Hotel Equatorial, Kampala
P.O Box 7503,
Plot 37/39,William Street
Phone 256-41-250783
Alt. Phone 256-41-250780
Fax 256-41-250146; Email; equator@starcom.co.ug

Fang Fang Hotel, Kampala
P.O Box 6323,
Plot 9 Ssezibwa Rd, Nakasero
Phone 256-41-235828
Fax 256-41-250422

Others are;

Serena Hotel Kampala

Serena Hotel Kampala;

Hotel Triangle; Buganda Road

Hotels in Jinja

Sunset Hotel; 16/17 Kira Road
Tel; (043) 120575, 120194

Jinja Nile Resort;
Bujagali Falls Road,
Tel; (043) 121324, 122190/1/2
Fax; 122581
Email; nileresort@source.co.ug

Crested Crane Hotel
Hannington Square
Tel; (043) 120891, 121874

Hotels in Entebbe

Botanical Beach Hotel
Entebbe
Tel; 320800, 320806,
Fax; 320832
Email; ibbhotel@afsat.com

Entebbe Resort Beach
15-17 Mpigi close
Tel; 320999, 320244, 320914

Entebbe Flight Motel
20 Queens Road
Tel; 320812

The Boma
20A Gowers Road
Tel; 077-467929, 078-309213
Email; thebomaentebbe@yahoo.com

Windsor Lake Victoria Hotel
19-21 Circular Road,
Tel; 320645, 320238, 320644, 031-310100
Fax; 320404
Email; Windsor@imul.com

Sophie’s Motel
Entebbe
Tel; 320885, 321370
Fax; 320897
Email; smotel@africaonline.co.ug

Hotels in Gulu

Hotel Pearl Afrique
8 Paul Odongo Road
Tel; 077-435032

Acholi Inn Hotel
4/6 Elizabeth Road
Tel; (0417) 22560

Hotels in Mbarara

Lake View Regency Hotel
Fort Portal Road
Tel; (0485) 21398, 075-642025
Fax; 21399

Agip Motel
Mbarara
Tel; (0485) 20645, 21615

Katatumba Resort Hotel,
Kabale Road
Tel; (0485) 20273
Fax; 21300

Hotels in Mbale

Mount Elgon Hotel
Masaba Road
Tel; (045) 33454, 33612

Mbale Resort Hotel
Bungokho Road
Tel; (045) 33920, 34485
Fax; (045) 33922
Email; sales@mbaleresort.com

Hotels in Kisoro

Kisoro Tourist Hotel
Kisoro
Tel; (0485) 30135
Fax; 30134

Travelers Rest Hotel
Tel; 077-445805, 077-370263
Fax; 510927
Email; postmaster@gorillatours.com

Hotels in Mukono
Colline Hotel Mukono
Mukono

The Ankrah Foundation
Besania Hill
Tel; 290411, 077-431926
Email; taf@utlonline.co.ug, emanfrah@yahoo.com

• Air Tanzania, Suite 14 Ground Floor,
Workers House, 1 Pilkington Road.
Tel: 345772, 255501, 345773, 077-767803
Fax: 345774

• British Airways, Centre Court, 4 Ternan Avenue
Tel: 257414, 257416
Fax: 259181, 257508
Email: contactba.1.uganda@british airways.com

• Eagle Air, 11 Portal Avenue. Tel: 344292, 232185.
Fax: 344501
Email: eagle@swiftuganda.com

• East African Airlines, Ground Floor, Airways House,
6 Colville Street.
Tel: 344150/2/3
Email: reseveations@flyeastafrican.com

• Egypt Air, Shop 11, Grand Imperial Arcade.
Tel: 233960, 341276, 077-200119
Fax: 236567

• Emirates, FNC Building, Kimathi Avenue
Tel: 349941/2

• Ethiopian Airlines, United Assurance Building,
1 Kimathi Avenue. Tel: 345118, 254796/7
Fax: 231455

• Gulf Air, United Assurance Building, 1 Kimathi Avenue.
Tel: 343190, 343210
Fax: 343210

• Kenya Airways, Jubilee Centre, 11 Parliament Avenue.
Tel: 233068
Fax: 259472

• South African Airways, Suite 14 Ground Floor, Workers House
1 Pilkington Road. Tel: 345772/3, 255501, 077-767801
Fax: 345774

• SN Brussels Airlines, Ground Floor, Rwenzori House
1 Lumumba Avenue. Tel: 234200-2.
Fax: 342790

• United Airlines, Pan Africa House, Kimathi Avenue.
Tel: 349841/2
Fax: 349843

Visa guidelines within Regional Countries

ETHIOPIA – If coming from a country where there is no Ethiopian Mission you can acquire a visa at entry points. No multiple entry visas are offered. Visas take 2 working days to process. Transit visas are for a maximum of 3 months.

KENYA – Kenya Airways has made visa application forms available on their website for visitors to Kenya. By visiting www.Kenya-airways.com, travelers can download, complete and print out the visa application form, which can be presented for processing at any of Kenya’s entry points. Kenya offers Transit (Maximum of 7 Days), single Entry and multiple visas. Single entry visas permit travel to Uganda & Tanzania and re-entry to Kenya.

RWANDA – Ugandans, Germans and Americans do not require visas. British and South Africans do require visas but they are acquired free of charge. Others must get a visa before proceeding to Rwanda. Transit Visas (7 days), Entry Visas (3 months) and multiple (3 months) are offered. Visas can be obtained on the same day depending on how the application satisfies the embassy.

TANZANIA – Citizens of Commonwealth Nations apart from Nigeria, India, Australia, Canada, and the UK, do not require a visa to Tanzania. If coming from a country where there is no Tanzania mission, visas can be obtained at points of entry. The same visa allows you to Zanzibar. Visa fees vary. Transit visas last a maximum of 14 days. No multiple entry visas are offered.

SUDAN – Visas are changed at US$ 30 for single entry and US$ 100 for multiple entries. A visa is required prior to entry into Sudan and can take close to 7 days to process. Transit Visas last a maximum of 14 days. No multiple entry visas are offered.

UGANDA – Visas are issued at Ugandan Missions abroad and also at entry and exit points. Underlying the Uganda visa policy is the principle of reciprocity, that is, all countries that
Note: Require visas for Ugandans are also visa prone to Uganda.

Start your adventurous holiday in Kampala and travel to Budongo Forest Reserve near Masindi and from there to Murchison Falls National Park, Kibale Forest National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, and Lake Mburo National Park. Extend your holiday for a further 7 days to include Mount Elgon National Park and the Pian-Upe Game Reserve.

It has well over 1000 bird species alone. Uganda is strategically positioned at the center of an oyster, and sits at the centre of most of the major biogeographically zones of Africa –this means the tropical rainforest, savannah, semi-desert, massive swamps, lakes and rivers like the Nile. The country takes a lot of pride in its variety of birds and mammals. There is a well established network of local bird watching by guide across the nation- both within and outside of the Uganda Wildlife Authority’s national park system.

Mountain Treks in Mount Rwenzori and Mount Elgon

Mount Rwenzori Trekking Safaris

Wildlife Diversity in Uganda

So what will you see? Over 540 different species of birds and 66 different mammals are in viewable sites. Where else in the world can you see this much in one country while you still chance to engage in some “responsible” drinking of the several local beers?

Mountain Gorillas & others Primates

Of course the mountain gorillas are near or at the pinnacle of anyone’s “must see” list in terms of world wildlife. A great number of chimps but obviously less exciting than the gorillas are also present. Also present are the commoner Lions, elephants (both bush elephants and forest elephants), buffalos, hyenas etc. Enjoy your water tour by taking a boat trip along the Victoria Nile to Murchison Falls where you get to see bulk amounts of hippos.
Mammals are becoming quite abundant in the bigger Parks like Lake Mburo, Queen Elizabeth, Murchison, and Kabale. At Lake Mburo you get to see 10 different groups of large mammals gathered together at one point whist on foot.

The bird list for Uganda makes dedicated bird watchers who haven’t been there rush to the liquor cabinet. Once on birding safaris in Uganda, you view grey parrots regularly, and a flock of several hundred crested cranes. The highlights are too ambiguous to enlist.

Amazing Birds in Lake Mburo Park

You will not know about the scenery until you arrive for a vacation. Murchison Falls is much more spectacular than the image on the postcards, the shores of Lake Victoria are not forgettable at first cite.

The biggest surprise any traveler to the Pearl of Africa is the nature of the Ugandan people. Their genuine warm welcome to strangers makes a home away from home. Now what are you waiting for to explore this to joy.

Enjoy your adventure holiday in Uganda.

1. African Hotel, 2-4 Wampewo Avenue
Tel; 348080-6
2. Equatorial Hotel, William Street
Tel; 250781-5,
Fax; 250146,
Email; equator@starcom.co.ug
3. Grand Imperial Hotel, Nile Avenue
Tel; 250681-8, 250831/2,
Fax; 250606,
Email; imperial@starcom.co.ug
4. Sheraton Hotel Kampala; Ternan Avenue,
Tel; 344590-6,
Fax; 256696,
Email; Sheraton@apolohotel.com
5. Speke Hotel; 7/9 Nile Avenue,
Tel; 235332/5, 259221
Fax; 235345,
Email; speke@spekehotel.com
6. Hotel International; Tank Hill Road, Muyenga
Tel; 510200, 510201, 510204
Fax; 510203
7. Serena Hotel Kampala;
8. Hotel Triangle; Buganda Road

Hotels in Jinja

1. Sunset Hotel; 16/17 Kira Road
Tel; (043) 120575, 120194
2. Jinja Nile Resort; Bujagali Falls Road,
Tel; (043) 121324, 122190/1/2
Fax; 122581
Email; nileresort@source.co.ug
3. Crested Crane Hotel; Hannington Square
Tel; (043) 120891, 121874

Hotels in Entebbe

1.  Botanical Beach Hotel; Entebbe
Tel; 320800, 320806,
Fax; 320832
Email; ibbhotel@afsat.com
2. Entebbe Resort Beach; 15-17 Mpigi close
Tel; 320999, 320244, 320914
3. Entebbe Flight Motel; 20 Queens Road
Tel; 320812
4. The Boma; 20A Gowers Road
Tel; 077-467929, 078-309213
Email; thebomaentebbe@yahoo.com
5. Windsor Lake Victoria Hotel; 19-21 Circular Road,
Tel; 320645, 320238, 320644, 031-310100
Fax; 320404
Email; Windsor@imul.com
6. Sophie’s Motel; Entebbe
Tel; 320885, 321370
Fax; 320897
Email; smotel@africaonline.co.ug

Hotels in Gulu

1. Hotel Pearl Afrique; 8 Paul Odongo Road
Tel; 077-435032
2. Acholi Inn Hotel; 4/6 Elizabeth Road
Tel; (0417) 22560

Hotels in Mbarara
1. Lake View Regency Hotel; Fort Portal Road
Tel; (0485) 21398, 075-642025
Fax; 21399
2. Agip Motel; Mbarara
Tel; (0485) 20645, 21615
3. Katatumba Resort Hotel, Kabale Road
Tel; (0485) 20273
Fax; 21300

Hotels in Mbale

1. Mount Elgon Hotel; Masaba Road

Tel; (045) 33454, 33612

2. Mbale Resort Hotel; Bungokho Road

Tel; (045) 33920, 34485

Fax; (045) 33922

Email; sales@mbaleresort.com

Hotels in Kisoro

1. Kisoro Tourist Hotel; Kisoro

Tel; (0485) 30135

Fax; 30134

2. Travelers Rest Hotel; Tel; 077-445805, 077-370263

Fax; 510927

Email; postmaster@gorillatours.com

Hotels in Mukono

1. Colline Hotel Mukono; Mukono

2. The Ankrah Foundation; Besania Hill

Tel; 290411, 077-431926

Email; taf@utlonline.co.ug, emanfrah@yahoo.com

Uganda's Bird

The crested Crane is a friendly, gentle and peaceful bird and is a highly cerebrate pride for Uganda. As such, this beautiful bird features as the heart-piece of the country’s national flag. Depicted standing on one leg facing the flagpole, the bird is symbolic of a country that is not stationary, but moving ahead.

The Uganda flag carries the colors of Black, Yellow and Red that were adapted after attaining sovereignty in 1962. It is punishable by imprisonment if someone is discovered harming and killing the bird. There are legal implications if one is caught.

Cranes as a group are probably best known for their impressive and graceful courtship displays; the most famous of which, the dances of the crane, are imitated and adopted by many native people. Cranes pair for life and the strong pair bond necessary to maintain this partnership is initiated and continued by such dances.

The Flying Crested Crane

A flying Crane

Cranes are fine flyers but often prefer walking. There is a no more elegant sight among birds than a tall and stately crane walking with a deliberate and dignified gait. In flight, cranes have a characteristic wing action – a slow down stroke followed by a quick, flicking up stroke. The crowned crane has a crest of stiff golden feathers. Cranes have an extremely long trachea, or wind pipe, that is coiled in several convolutions of the trachea. These convolutions of the trachea most likely give added power and resonance to the voice, which can carry for distances of a mile or more.

Cranes bridge the gap between the marsh and dry land birds, nesting in marshes but occurring in open plains and cultivated fields.

Cranes use their powerful bills to dig in the ground and forage for bulbs and roots below the surface. The breeding cycle of many cranes like any other bird within the Gruiforme family begins with elaborate courtship rituals and displays.

This project aims to reforest an area of 25,000 hectares that was deforested in part during the chaos of the 1970s and 1980s under the regimes of former Presidents Idi Amin and Milton Obote. Aside from reforesting Mount Elgon, the FACE Foundation trees are intended to store carbon to offset greenhouse gas emissions from air travel. The National Park has been recognized under the Forest Stewardship Council certification system.

However, the farmers surrounding the National Park last year cut down an estimated half-a –million of the FACE Foundation’s trees and planted crops on the land. Any carbons stored in the trees that farmers cut down has now gone up in smoke. The Farmers have been struggling to get their land back since they were evicted after Mount Elgon was declared a National Park in 1993. None of the people living in and around the mountain were consulted about the decision, which resulted in the loss of rights to their farms and homes. Neither did anyone receive compensation.

Evictions and sometimes violent conflict has continued. In 2002, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) evicted 550 families from Mount Elgon and destroyed their houses and crops. They were left homeless and without food and were forced to live their caves and mosques, according to reports in the local press.

The FACE Foundation aims to plant trees in a strip around the boundary of the National Park- precisely the land that is contested by the large number of farmers living around the Park. The land around Mount Elgon is green and the volcanic soils are fertile. Farmers grow bananas, maize, beans, potatoes, and other vegetables and fruit trees. Some Villagers grow coffee. Villagers also graze cattle in and around the Park. There are several land wrangles near and around the Mount Elgon National Park that UWA is aware of.

Some steps have been taken to address such grievances of land rights of the people living.
• First Step; acknowledge and demarcate permanent boundaries of the National Park.
• Second Step involves the recognition the North does not have a right to continue polluting.

Arua Airport
Airport Description
Airport type; Public
Operator; Uganda Civil Aviation Authority
Serves; Arua Town
Location; Arua, Uganda
Airlines; Eagle Air
Destinations; Uganda
This is a civilian Airport in the town of Arua, Uganda. It is the second busiest airport in Uganda, behind Entebbe International Airport.
The Airport is near the town of Arua, approximately 350 km northwest of Kampala, Uganda’s capital. The coordinates of Arua Airport are 03 degrees 02 minutes 50 seconds north and 30 degrees 54 minutes 44 seconds east. Arua Airport is only 19 km from Uganda’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo and about 32 km from the border between Sudan and Uganda.
Arua Airport has an elevation of 1,204 m above sea level. The Airport’s single unpaved runway measures 1,700 m. Its strategic location makes Arua Airport an important hub for both passenger and commercial air traffic between Uganda and her immediate neighbors Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Airport news
On July 9th, 2009, the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda which operates Arua Airport publicly announced that it had started to upgrade the airport to International standards. A modern airport terminal with a capacity for 200 passengers will be constructed. In addition to tarmacking the surface, the runway will be widened from 30 m to 45 m. It will also be lengthened from 1.8 km to 2.5 km. These improvements are part of the efforts to improve the Airport to International standards.

Entebbe International Airport

Entebbe International Airport (EBB)
Airport Description;
Airport type; Military / Public
Operator; Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda
Location, Entebbe-Kampala, Uganda
Airlines; Air Uganda, Africa Safari Air, British Airways, Egypt Air, Eagle Air, Brussels Airlines, Air Burundi, Ethiopian Airlines, KLM, Royal Daisy Airlines, Rwandair Express, South African Airways, United Airlines Ltd, Emirates
Cargo airlines; Avient Aviation, Martinair, Great Lakes Airways
Destinations; Arua, Gulu, Mbarara, Johannesburg, Bujumbura, Nairobi, Juba, Khartoum, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, London-Heathrow, Brussels, Moyo, Kidepo, Kitgum, Juba, Yei, Cairo, Dubai, Addis Ababa, Lilongwe, Amsterdam, Kilimanjaro, Mwanza, Kigali, Khartoum
Entebbe International Airport is the chief international Airport in Uganda. It is located near the town of Entebbe, on the shores of Lake Victoria, of and about 35 km from the capital, Kampala. The main offices of the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda are located at the Airport.
The current passenger terminal building was constructed in the mid to late 1970′s. The Old Entebbe airport is now used by Uganda People’s Defense Forces and was the scene of a hostage rescue operation by Israeli Sayeret Matkal, named operation Entebbe, in 1976 after an Arab-German hijacking of Air France Flight 139 out of Tel Aviv.
In late 2007, a domestic terminal was constructed at the site of the old airport, leaving the “new airport” to handle International flights exclusively. Entebbe International Airport served 720,000 International passengers in 2007.
Soroti Airfield
Airport Description
Airport type; Public
Location; Soroti town
Soroti Airfield is the training base for the Soroti Flying School and provides training through instrument and multiengine ratings. The flying school has lecture rooms, dormitories and food service. The airfield is within Soroti town. The runways and apron are tarmac and can support aircraft up to business jet size without damage to the surface.
Other Airports in Uganda
• Adjumani Airport
• Gulu Airport
• Jinja Airport
• Lira Airport
• Mbarara Airport
• Kabalega Airport
• Masindi Airport
• Moroto Airport
• Kotido Airport
• Moyo Airport

Without a game drive in one of the largest parks of Uganda, particularly Queen Elizabeth National Park, your wildlife safari expedition will not be as rewarding. The best time for the drive is always early in the morning and late in the evening. The drive is done through the tracks which are over 200 kilometres. You are encouraged to drive at leisure so you can see more.

On the Ishasha route, you will see the tree climbing lions resting and playing on the large fig trees in the park. Other attractions present include the Uganda kob, the Buffaloes and the White Colobus and other monkey varieties in the Acacia savannah grassland

Kyambura Gorge
This is established in the eastern region of the sheltered region and supports related mammals to the remainder of the park. It has three crater lakes, which draw big numbers of Flamingos that are not any where else in Uganda. The precipitous Kyambura gorge formed by the tumultuous waters of the roaring Kyambura River provides a luxuriant riverine woodland, habit to the chimpanzees, dark and light-colored colobus and red-tailed monkeys, Olive baboons and new primates as easily as lot of woodland birds.

A guidebook nature walks takes visitors into the gorge and offers a good opportunity to chase habituated chimp in their normal habitat.

Most International Airlines charge between $420 and $800 to overseas destinations, depending on the airline.
Airports near Entebbe Airport
• Nairobi Airport (255km)
• Moi International Airport
• Mwanza Airport (282km)
• Kigali International Airport (339km)
• Bujumbura International Airport (510km)
The most popular Regional destinations from Entebbe International Airport
• Flights to Addis Ababa from Entebbe
• Flights to Nairobi from Entebbe
• Flights to Kigali from Entebbe
• Flights to Juba-Southern Sudan from Entebbe
• Flights to Dar es Salaam from Entebbe
• Flights to Bujumbura from Entebbe

Airport Terminal
Car Rentals at the Airport
Hertz, Europcar, Stemar Tours & Travel
Restaurants
Crane Cafeteria Restaurant Bar and Snacks
Banking Services
.Barclays Bank Uganda
.Stanbic Bank Uganda
.DFCU Bank
.Equity Bank
.Crane Bank
.Western Union Transfer Service
Most of the banks have also established ATM’s (Automated Teller Machines) service and are Visa enabled which has eased money access from personal accounts from even far.
Communication Services
Telecommunication operators in the country including MTN, Uganda Telecom and Airtel have also stalls to take care of Phone sim-cards, airtime, cell phones purchase and other local communication requirements for the arriving travelers.
Latest Airport News:
CAA, is considering making certain internal adjustments next year. The new plans entail relocating the Cargo and aviation fuel stations to the locale close to the Authority’s Headquarters to enable modernization and boosting cargo volumes as well as fuel storage.

Entebbe is a Ugandan town located on the shore of Lake Victoria about 35 km from Kampala, the capital city. The city is serviced by Entebbe International Airport (EBB), the principal International Airport in Uganda.

This  is the largest and most important airport in Uganda. It  is located on the southwestern outskirts of Entebbe and is on the Kampala – Entebbe road. The Airport is controlled by the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda with the main offices at the Airport.
Service telephone:
• +256 41 353-000
Parking spaces:
• Yes; paid short and long-term parking – about 800 spaces.
Public transport:
• The airport is on the south western outskirts of Entebbe Municipality. Please use the Kampala Road that ends at the airport.

Entebbe International Airport

Prominent Regional & International Flights
• Fly to Nairobi from Entebbe @ US$ 309 with Kenya Airways
• Fly to Dar es Salaam from Entebbe @ US$ 200 with Air Uganda
• Fly to Zanzibar from Entebbe @ US$ 199 with Air Uganda
• Fly to Dubai From Entebbe with Emirates Airlines
• Fly to Cairo from Entebbe with Egyptair
• Fly to Juba from Entebbe @ US$ 140 with Air Uganda
• Fly to Kisumu from Entebbe with Royal Daisy Airlines
• Fly to Libreville from Entebbe with Promech Airlines
• Fly to Johannesburg from Entebbe @ US$ 229 with South African Airways

Airlines that fly to Entebbe International Airport
• British Airways – If you are coming to Uganda from North America or the United Kingdom. You can easily use British Airways and arrive at Entebbe in the morning hours. (direct flight from UK)
• Brussels Airlines
• Air Emirates
• KLM
• Kenya Airways -  One of Africa’s better airlines with International flights, but flights to Entebbe are not direct but go through Nairobi, Kenya.
• Ethiopian Airlines -  Another one of the better airlines in Africa with high standards and International connections, but you have to stop over id Addis Ababa, Ethiopia before arriving in Entebbe.
• Air Uganda – A new airline that is high quality and flies from and to Entebbe from Juba, Sudan, Kigali, Rwanda, Nairobi, Kenya, Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar and South Africa
• South African Airlines -  Flies into Entebbe several times a week and will allow you to come to Uganda from the southern regions of Africa.
• Eagle Air - Is a local airline that gives quality service within Uganda but also flies to South Sudan.
Fly from Entebbe to Aberdeen, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Gatwick, Heathrow, Dublin, Newcastle, Manchester, Southampton, London and other cities.

So, book your flight now!

Kampala City

Kampala – Capital
Kampala is the largest city and capital of Uganda. It is set among hills with fine modern architecture, tree-lined avenues, cathedrals, mosques and palaces of the old Kingdom of Buganda, other sights include the Uganda Museum and the Buganda Royal Tombs – a World Heritage Site at Kasubi. The city is divided into 5 political divisions that oversee local administration; the Central, Kawempe, Makindye, Nakawa and Rubaga. Entebbe International Airport (EBB) is the principal International Airport. It is located in the municipality of Entebbe near the town, on the shores of Lake Victoria about 35 km from the capital.
Natural Wonders – biodiversity
Uganda is where the East African savannah meets the West African jungle. In this lush country, one can observe lions prowling the open plains, track chimpanzees through the rainforest undergrowth, then navigate tropical channels teeming with hippos  and crocs before setting off into the misty mountains to stare deep into the eyes of a mountain gorilla. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Queen Elizabeth National Parks are

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Uganda’s most visited Wildlife Parks. Famous for gorilla tracking or trekking safaris, game viewing, sight seeing- the Western Arm of the Great Rift Valley, the scenic lake Bunyonyi and Rwenzori Mountains. Uganda’s tour safaris are thrilling and offer adventure, curiosity that fulfills its visitors’ dream of visiting Africa.
Best Time to Travel
Uganda can be visited at any time, though mountain treks, gorilla tracking and other forest walks are more challenging during the rains, which generally peak over mid-September to November and March to May. Rainy season is no reason to postpone your travel however, as generally it rains for an hour or two and the rest of the day is clear and sunny. Travel tours in Uganda are extremely weather dependent that you need to plan well in advance to avoid harsh weather conditions.
Getting There
There are connections with all neighbouring countries, although borders are not always open. However, travellers should take local advice before crossing the border with Rwanda, and should not attempt to cross the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Entebbe International Airport, which lies 40km from the capital Kampala, is serviced by a number of international airlines, including SN Brussels, British Airways, South African Airways, Kenya Airways, Air Tanzania, Rwandair Express, Egypt Air and Ethiopian Airlines. Uganda can also be reached by road from Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania.
Getting Around
Most major towns have good access routes and airstrips, as do most Wildlife Parks and Game Reserves. Charter flights are available with small aviation companies and can be privately arranged on request for private adventure holidays. You’ll love it in Uganda – as the country has its head high in the clouds.

Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bounded by Kenya on the east, Sudan on the north, on the west by the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda lies on the southwest and in the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, which is also bordered by Kenya and Tanzania.
Uganda derives its name from the Buganda Kingdom, which encompassed a portion of the south of the country including the capital Kampala. Half the population of the country lives below the international poverty line of US$1.25 a day.
The country is located on the East African plateau, averaging about 1100m above sea level, and this slopes very steadily downwards to the Sudanese Plain to the north. However, much of the south is poorly drained, while the centre is dominated by Lake Kyoga, which is also surrounded by extensive boggy areas.
Uganda lies almost completely within the Nile basin. The Victoria Nile drains from the lake into Lake Kyoga and thence into Lake Albert on the Congolese border. It then runs northwards into Sudan. One small area on the eastern edge of Uganda is drained by the Turkwel River, part of the internal drainage basin of Lake Turkana. The country, which lies across the equator, is divided into three main areas—swampy lowlands, a fertile plateau with wooded hills, and a desert region. Lake Victoria forms part of the southern border.
Uganda offers many attractions to visitors. The source of the Nile is also here, is in East Africa.
History and Culture
Uganda’s cultural diversity is boosted in the northeast by the presence of the Karimojong, traditional pastoralists whose lifestyle and culture is reminiscent of the renowned Masai, and in the Bugisu Initiation northwest by a patchwork of agricultural peoples whose Nilotic languages and cultures are rooted in what is now Sudan. The Rwenzori foothills are home to the hardy Bakonjo, whose hunting shrines are dedicated to a one-legged, one-armed, one-eyed pipe-smoking spirit known as Kalisa, while the Bagisu of the Mount Elgon region are known for their colourful Imbalu ceremony, an individual initiation of young boys to manhood that peaks in activity in and around August of every even numbered year. English is the official language used in business and public administration. But over 30-plus different indigenous languages are spoken including Luganda, Lumasaba, Lunyakore, swahili and several other languages.

Safaris Animals in Lake Mburo National Park

Wildlife
The country also takes pride in its vast Game Reserves where it’s possible to get close up to the “Big Five.” The star attraction here is the endangered mountain gorilla, the bulkiest of living primates in Bwindi Forest and Mgahinga National Parks. A game drive at morning or dusk is one of life’s great experiences. With vast National Parks, trekking opportunities and the possibility of sighting the highly endangered mountain gorilla is high in Uganda on a single safari trip. Several Other national parks include Mt. Rwenzori, Mount Elgon, Virunga Mountains, Lake Mburo, Kidepo Forest Park and Murchison Fall National Park.
No greater a personage than Winston Churchill had this to say of Uganda: it’s the “Pearl of Africa.” He was no doubt impressed by its beauty: shimmering lakes, grand mountain ranges and impenetrable forests where gorillas and chimpanzees roam wild. That Uganda still exists today, and now it’s your turn to visit one of the most colorful places in East Africa. You’ll love it – it’s a country with its head high in the clouds. “UGANDA IS A SINGLE COUNTRY, BUT TOURING IT IS NOT A SINGLE EXPERIENCE.” These are vividly recorded words of one tourist.
It is a travel experience of contrasts: Lush tropical forests and vast barren plains; busy Kampala city streets and laid back rural villages; towering skyscrapers and beating African drums. Trips are very weather dependent It is often said that Uganda is a world in one country.
Getting There
All international flights to Uganda touch down at Entebbe international airport, situated on the shores of Lake Victoria about 40km from the capital city. The Airport is serviced by several prominent international airlines, such as SAA, Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways, and Air Tanzania. Charter flights are also available to majority domestic tourist attractions.
Best Time to Travel
The country can be visited at any time because it’s blessed wit an inviting all year climate in an equatorial location. For adventure tours involving mountain treks, gorilla tracking safaris and vacation holidays, the traveller should avoid the rainy season which generally peak over mid-September to November and March to May.

Top Tour Packages in Uganda

Most of the Uganda Safari packages entail discovery and exploration of much of Uganda’s treasures and range from short holiday trips to vacation tours.
Gorilla Trekking – In Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, you will have the best opportunity to get closer to the great apes on a gorilla safari trek. Bwindi’s Impenetrable Forest is ‘Tarzan’s Jungle’ and it is mysterious and awesome! It is filled with dense undergrowth; vines and other vegetation make it almost ‘impenetrable’. It is one of Africa’s richest ecosystems and at least 120 species of mammal are found here including mountain gorillas, chimpanzee and 8 other species of primate. There are elephant, bush pig, giant forest hog, many species of bats and rodents and at least 346 species of birds including rare forest birds. The numbers go on and on … 27 species of frogs and toads, 6 chameleons at least 202 species of butterfly.
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Wildlife safaris – Uganda is global safari destination famous for its exotic rich flora and fauna. There are over 10 national parks, bird sanctuaries and forest reserves in Uganda. The country draws travelers, nature lovers, adventure seekers and wildlife adventure enthusiasts from all over the world. Tourists can enjoy exciting wildlife safaris enjoying wildlife viewing and nature walk. See the tree climbing lions prowling the open plains of the Ishasha Sector in Queen Elizabeth National Park. There is excellent game viewing in other national parks including Kidepo National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, Lake Mburo National Park and Semliki National Park.
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Chimpanzee Tracking Tours – trek through Kibale Forests, Kaniyo Pabidi, Budongo Forest, Kyambura Gorge and Semliki to see the wild chimpanzees.
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Hiking Safaris – Hiking tours to the snow capped peaks of the Rwenzoris filled with glaciers, Muhabura rages and Mount Elgon are equally exciting.
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Bird Watching Tours – Bird watching in Uganda is one of the other most exciting experiences for nature lovers visiting the country on holiday. From tweeting Eagles to dancing peacocks, Uganda has been rich with bird species with sheer dynamics & impressive diversity. Most Bird watching tours are arranged by the tourist for better sighting & bird knowledge with the best birding hotspots being Budongo Forest, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Mabira Forest, Lake Victoria, Lake Mburo, etc. The amazing atmosphere with the thick greenery will spell you bound with an exciting experience during your Birding in Uganda.
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Murchison Falls Park Tours
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Cultural Tours – Uganda is a land of cultural diversity. One of the best ways to absorb the cultural pride of Uganda is by signing up for cultural tours. Visiting the historically and culturally rich places offer sights into the beautiful amalgamation of exotic cultures, multiple languages and a spectrum of diverse heritages and why the present cultural influences in the country.
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Most of these categories of Uganda Safari tours are customized such a way that they are affordable to any traveler of any budget size and interests. So, make online bookings for Uganda safari by availing tour packages of leading safari companies of East Africa. Almost all of them are budget target Uganda safaris.

Tracking of the mountain gorillas is quite tiring exercise because, you will have to walk long distances through steep slopes and dense forest. Much as tourists can visit the park any time throughout the year, only eight members are allowed to visit these endangered primates. The hours spent with the primates are limited and every group must obtain a permit. Each group must be accompanied by a guide.
BWINDI BIRDS
Bwindi is equally a prime destination for birdwatchers.  It boasts over 348 species of birds including 90% of the albertine rift endemics, difficult or impossible to see in any other part of East Africa, and 7 red data book species. An experienced bird watcher can identify up to 100 species in a day. Several rare birds are short-tailed including warbler Hemitasia neumanni, white-bellied robin chat Cossypher roberti, Fraser’s eagle owl Bubo poensis, white-bellied robin chat Cossypher roberti, Grauer’s warbler Graueria vittata, yellow-eyed black flycatcher Melaenornis ardesiaca, montane double-collared sunbird Nectarinia ludovicenis and dusky twinspot Clytospiza cinereoinacea.
LOCAL PEOPLE
The local people neighboring Bwindi are mostly Bakiga and Bafumbira. Small communities of Batwa (Pygmies) are also present. These Batwa pygmies who were hunter-gatherers are believed to be the original inhabitants of the forest. And the other neighbouring people are the Bakiga, Barwanda and the Bafumbira and their population ranges from 350 people per square kilometer.
WHERE TO STAY
A wide range of accommodation caters for both up-market and budget tourists. It is recommended to book well in advence. Accommodation includes Gorilla Forest Camp, Mantana Tented Camp, Gorilla Resort, Lake Kitandara Camp, Volcanoes Bwindi Camp, Gorilla Homestead, Buhoma Community Campground and Bwindi View Canteen.
GORILLA TRACKING RULES
- To protect the gorillas and visitors, the following rules are adhered to;
- No one is permissible with a communicable infections such as flu or diarrhea
- Do not surround the gorillas but remain in a tight group
- Leave a distance of at least 5m between yourself and the gorillas
- Flash photography is strictly forbidden
- Avoid littering the park
- When with the gorillas, desist from making loud noises or sudden movements.
- Contact time with the gorillas is strictly limited to one hour.

Safari Tours in Queen Elizabeth

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• Apoka Safari Lodge
• Imperial Resort Beach Hotel
• Lake Mburo UWA Bandas
• Ssese Island Beach Hotel
• Hotel Africana/ Le Bougainville
• Banda Inns/ Red Chilli
• Mabira Rain Forest Lodge
• Jinja Nile Resort/ Black Lantern
• Buhoma Homesteads/Traveler’s Rest Hotel
• Nile Safari Lodge/ Paraa Safari Lodge
• Nile River Explorers Campsite
• Mihingo Lodge/Mantana Tented Camp
• Nature’s Prime Island/ Bushara Island Camp
• Mweya Safari Lodge/ Jacana Safari Lodge
• Albertine Rift Safari Camps and Lodges
• Kibale Primate Lodge/Mantana Tented Camp
• Rwenzori View Guesthouse
• Kanyanchu River Camp
• Lacam Lodge/Volcanoes Safari Camp
• Mountains of the Moon Hotel/ Rwenzori View Guest House/
• Kingfisher Safari Resort
• Semuliki Safari Lodge

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Several international Regional flights to Uganda include;

• Cheap flights from Nairobi to Entebbe; Nairobi Flights
• Cheap flights from Dar es Salaam to Entebbe; Dar es Salaam Flights
• Cheap Flights from Johannesburg to Entebbe; Entebbe Flights
• Cheap Flights from Mombasa to Entebbe; Mombasa Flights
• Cheap flights from Addis Ababa to Entebbe; Addis Ababa Flights
• Cheap flights from Kigali to Entebbe; Kigali Flights

Other international Flights are;
Cheap flights from Johannesburg to Entebbe, Uganda
Cheap flights from Lagos to Entebbe, Uganda
Cheap flights from Cairo to Entebbe, Uganda
Cheap flights from Accra to Entebbe, Uganda
More information on travel, vacation and holidays to Uganda has been presented here.

International Airlines flying to Uganda
Airlines operating International Flights to Uganda include;

All international Flights to Uganda touch down at Uganda’s only International Airport at Entebbe International Airport. The Airport is controlled by the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda
Travel Tips:
Uganda offers everything and more and it has become a haven for Flight holidaymakers. The country boasts of a condusive climate. Enjoy your Flight!