Uganda Safari

 

Some of Uganda's tourist attractions include: It is at Murchison Falls National Park that you find immense concentrations of hippos and birds can be observed from morning and afternoon launch trips along the Nile below the spectacular waterfall for which the parks is named after. It is also the countries largest protected area, whose palm- studded grassland supports dense populations of wildlife including the Uganda Kob

Another attraction is the Rwenzori Mountains National Park which is the home of the "Mountains of the moon", the 120km long mountains which this park is named after. The park protects the eastern slopes and the glacial peaks of these mountains; a world class hiking and mountaineering destination whose significance as a source of the Nile was first alluded to by the geographer Ptolemy Circa 150AD rising from the Rift Valley floor to a wintry elevation of 5,109m, the Rwenzori supports the large tracts of evergreen and bamboo forest, while the higher moorland zone is known for its other - worldly cover of giant heathers, logelias and groundsels.

The Queen Elizabeth National Park set majestically in the shadow of the Rwenzori flanking lakes Edward and George, the lush savanna of Queen Elizabeth National Park offers prime grazing to buffalo, elephant and various antelope. A check list of 600 plus bird species testifies to the extraordinary ecological diversity of this park. Mammalian specialties include the giant forest hog and the legendary tree climbing lions of the Ishsha Sector.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park provides refuge to elephant chimpanzees, monkeys and various small antelope, but is best known for its superb gorilla tracking.