Uganda Safaris Bucket List Wildlife Experience

Uganda Safaris Bucket List Wildlife Experience 

Exploring the two Giant Mountain Gorilla habitats, four wildlife game reserves, hiking the most scenic, beautiful mystic diverse mountain in Africa and spending a day in the chimpanzee capital that make Uganda one great countries filled to brim with some of the most epic wildlife adventures you will ever like to experience.

Nature gives you a giant hug the minute you go beyond the cities into the land of Savannah plains, rain forests, lakes, islands and remote villages. Be it trekking mountain gorillas, chimpanzees or viewing wildlife in their nature habitats that makes Uganda a unique bucket list destination and Pearl of Africa.

Mountain Gorilla Tracking safaris

Its only in Africa jungle forests in the Albertine Rift valley of Uganda, Rwanda and DR Congo that the Giant Mountain Gorillas can be seen in their nature wild in the World. Uganda has two parks Bwindi impenetrable Forest Jungle park and Mgahinga park that are habitat to the giant apes. These parks are visited all year round but be ready to carry good hiking shoes especially in the rainy seasons when its more slippery and raining all the time. Some times your lucky to even wake up when they are at the door steps of your cottages in the jungle though they are migratory in search for food and safety, exhibiting human like behaviors amazing to watch. The Silver back male (Gorilla family head) who will do anything to protect his family and aggressive when provoked or feels unsafe moves from trackers, that’s why you have to follow the precautions as advised by the guides. This is a life time experience and memorable as often explained by primate trackers.

Viewing Nature Wildlife

The Savannah plains coupled with forest reserves and trans-versing rivers makes the nature sighting breath taking in all Uganda National parks. Most visited parks include; Murchison Falls National park which is 3-4Hours drive from the Kampala city embracing primates like the chimpanzees and monkey species and the Big Five besides other game and the might River Nile streaming through as it makes its journey to the Mediterranean Ocean via South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt; QueenElizabeth National park famous for the Tree climbing Lions of Ishasha and the Kazinga chanel boat cruise connecting Lake George and Lake Edward shared between Uganda and DR Congo with different game and Big Five sighting besides salt mining and people and culture exploration. Queen Elizabeth park is nearby Bwindi Impenetrable Rain forest Jungle park making it easy to connect. Other parks include Kibaale forest park for primates and birding safaris, Kidepo and Lake Mburo national parks are also amazing destinations to explore the country side.

Chimpanzee Trekking

Chimpanzees are the other primates with close genetics to human of about 99% are habited in Uganda Destinations for Chimpanzee trekking include Kibaale National forestpark, Murchison falls park, Queen Elizabeth National park forest reserves of Kalinzu and Kyambura gorge. And besides trekking the chimpanzees, many other primates like monkey species, baboons, birds and other game like leopards, antelopes are sighted in the process. The nature wild habitat is the best places to watch and observe the chimpanzee and other primate behavior characters in untamed manner.

Bird Watching

With over 350 bird species to sight, Uganda wetlands and forest jungles are now a trending bird safari destination in the region. Destinations for bird lovers that will not disappoint include Queen Elizabeth park Kazinga channel which links Lake Edward and Lake George, Bigodi swamp in Kibaale forest park, Lake Mburo, swampy valleys of Warukiri, Miriti road sides, Rwonyo camp. Catch sight of the rare bird species like Shoe bill in Mabanda wetland, Murchison falls, Semuliki park, Kidepo and Entebbe wetlands besides Kampala and Jinja where they can be spotted with ease.

The Hunt for the River Nile origin

River Nile is the longest River in the World with its source on Lake Victoria (Second largest lake in the world) in Jinja as discovered by one of the great British explore John Speke. Jinja is one town treasured by many tourists and you wont be surprised to find many already settled in it and running some businesses in the hospitality industry. Besides sighting the source of the great Nile River, you can also engage in many activities such as boat cruises on the Nile and lake Victoria, Spot fishing, Bungee jumping and white water rafter to check your adrenaline stability and fear and also sight the existing Ntanda water falls on the Nile as the strong hearted water rafters make way through the rough water falls, This is for the string hearted. You can also adventure in kayaking, quad biking and forest walks in the largest Mabira forest of Uganda en route to Jinja town.

 

Travel will define your perception of places and people than exhibited in literature and text books for it makes you feel it to your soul!