Ecologically, Uganda is where the East African savannah meets the West African jungle. Where else but in this impossibly lush country can one observe lions prowling the open plains in the morning and track chimpanzees through the rain forest undergrowth the same afternoon, then the next day navigate tropical channels teeming with hippo and crocodiles before setting off into the misty mountains to stare deep into the eyes of a mountain gorilla?
Certainly, Uganda is the only safari destination whose range of forest primates is as impressive as its selection of plains antelope. And this verdant biodiversity is further attested to by Uganda ‘s status as by far the smallest of the four African countries whose bird checklist tops over 1,000 mark!
Uganda is a destination blessed with a diversity of wildlife found in its unique and lovely national parks. These include
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga National Park, home to the endangered mountain gorillas
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Kibale Forest National Park
- Lake Mburo National Park
- Semiliki National Park
- Kidepo National Park
- Mount Elgon National Park and Mount Rwenzori National Park suitable for mountain hiking.
Uganda’s national parks are spectacular and untouched with marvelous natural landscape ranges from big lakes, big rivers, open savannah, big forests, rift valley floor.
There are spectacular waterfalls like
- Sipi Falls
- Bujagali Falls
- Murchison Falls
- Sezibwa Falls