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Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is Uganda’s smallest National Park with a size of 33.7km. It’s part of the larger Virunga Conservation Area that spans through Uganda, Rwanda, and the DRC. It was founded in 1991 and happened to be one of the few parks to harbor Mountain Gorillas in the world. The park also has […]
Lake Mburo National Park
Lake Mburo National Park is a compact gem, located conveniently close to the highway that connects Kampala to the parks of western Uganda. It is the smallest of Uganda’s savannah national parks and underlain by ancient Precambrian metamorphic rocks which date back more than 500 million years. It is home to 350 bird species as well as zebra, […]
Semliki Wildlife Reserve
Semliki Wildlife Reserve, formerly known as the Toro Game Reserve, is Uganda’s oldest protected area, established as a game reserve in 1926. The main reason was to protect the large numbers of Uganda Kobs in the area. It is located in the western part of Uganda within Ntoroko and Kabarole districts. It covers approximately 542 […]
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Queen Elizabeth National Park is one of Uganda’s most famous and diverse national parks. It’s located in the western part of the country. Laying between Lakes Gorge and Albert it spans approximately 1,978 square kilometers. The park is named after Queen Elizabeth II in 1954 following her visit. Key Attractions in Queen Elizabeth National Park […]
Murchison Falls National Park
The Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda is part of the Murchison Falls Conservation Area (MFCA), along with Bugungu and Karuma Falls Wildlife Reserve. One of the defining features of the Murchison Falls National Park is the large river where hippos and crocodiles are often spotted along the banks. Primarily, the area is made up […]
Kibale National Park in Uganda
The Kibale National Park in Southwest Uganda is populated by miles of evergreen rainforest and has the last significant expanse of pre-montane forest in East Africa. Kibale’s forest joins with the Queen Elizabeth National Park, which, in total, creates over one hundred miles of a ‘wildlife corridor’. This corridor is home to many primates, most […]
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Situated in southwest Uganda, the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is perhaps best known for its primate population. The park is spread out across valleys and ridges and has five major rivers that flow through the area and into the Rift Valley. It is thought that the forest protects around four hundred mountain gorillas, which surprisingly […]