How To Make The Best Choice For Your African Safari

UGANDA: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Queen
Elizabeth National Park, Murchison Falls National
Park.
Uganda is a country of varied
landscapes, with open savannah,
thick rainforest and spectacular
mountain scenery.
The country offers
immense biodiversity with 60
Protected Areas and 10 National
Parks which are home to a unique
range of wildlife including over 1000 bird species and varied flora
and fauna.
The fabled "Mountains of the Moon”, the Rwenzoris, are in western
Uganda along the Uganda-Congo border. Rwenzori Mountains
National Park protects the highest parts of the mountain
range. Other famous parks in Uganda include Bwindi
Impenetrable Forest, Kibale, Kidepo Valley, Lake
Mburo, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Mount
Elgon, Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth National Park,
and Semuliki.
Uganda is famous for its rare mountain gorillas and the opportunity
for tracking these wonderful creatures.
Mountain gorillas are a critically
endangered species with less
than 1,000 individuals remaining
in Africa. About half of these are
found in the Bwindi Impenetrable
Forest in Uganda, the rest in the
Virunga Volcanoes shared
between Uganda, Rwanda and DR
Congo.
Entebbe Airport is the hub for tourism into the country with a
number of international airlines and regular flights from Nairobi in
neigbouring Kenya.