Being a landlocked country, you might think there isn’t much to see. Well, you’re in for a surprise. Uganda is country you can visit all year long, with our very equatorial weather and landscape, the scenery is captivating from the time you land in the country. Here are some of the must see places when you visit Uganda.
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
Talk about the epitome of your trip. Your trip is not done until you come here. Home to the last Mountain gorillas or as we like to call them –The gentle giants. It is located in south western Uganda bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo and Virunga National Park. For a chance to appreciate nature in its most virgin state, you’ll be awarded a couple of hours to trek through this thick dense jungle and track for the gorilla families. With lodges that are at the edges of the forest, wake up to the most beautiful site of misty jungle and sleep to the sounds of the many birds that have found habitat. Click here for more details on how to make your gorilla trekking memorable.
Murchison Falls National Park.
Further north of the Albertine rift valley lies the Murchison Falls national Park. The vegetation is characterized by savannah and woodland. The community of game animals includes lions, leopards, elephants, giraffes, hartebeests, Uganda kobs, baboons, buffalos and many bird species. The Murchison falls stream all the way from Lake Victoria and Victoria Nile forcing itself down a small nick within the rocks, seven meters wide, and flows to forty three meters below with a booming sound therefore forming a cloud of water splashes that form a stunning rainbow. It is indeed quite a site.
Rwenzori Mountain National Forest
Lovers of hiking, this is a must stop for you. The park is endowed with a good number of mammals including elephants, chimpanzees, Leopards among others. The equatorial peaks of the mountains Stanly, Speke and Baker are all covered in snow making them quite the queer and beautiful considering how not very far north they are from the equator. Passing through the tropical rain forest, the tree heathers and bamboo up to the snow peaks is such a magnificent transition.
Source of the Nile
Located in Jinja, the Nile is birthed from the great Lake Victoria and flows north wards as the river Nile through Uganda to north Africa and consequently the Mediterranean. It is the same river that creates the Murchison rainbow forming falls and continues north to create a river delta at the shores of Lake Albert. It has been significantly considered to be the longest river in the world as it covers almost entirely the north eastern part of Africa.
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Welcome to the wild. It is understandably the most popular tour site of Uganda. It holds over 90 mammals including the primates and well over 600 bird species, making it the perfect stop for animal and bird lovers to witness this ecosystem. The vegetation is mainly savannah, with fig trees which provide a good cover for Lions and leopards, it I bordered by the picture perfect kazinga channel that house the hipos and crocodiles as well as a good number of crater lakes.
Lake Mburo national Park
Probably the most conveniently located park at the highway from Kampala to western Uganda. Easy stop over to or from Bwindi national Park. Be prepared to see so many zebras, impalas, buffalos, waterbucks, hippos floating at the shores of the lake, the few recently introduced giraffes and is a habitat for 350 bird species. The park is covered by rocky savannah so much woodland as there are fewer animals to eat down the trees. The park is the smallest park in Uganda.
The Kasubi Tombs
I’ll throw this in for those interested in culture and history. The Kasubi tombs are the traditional laying grounds of the Buganda ancient kings. Located in Kampala, this is a site you can visit on your last day of the trip as you chill in the city and prepare for the long journey. Get to learn the fascinating mystical history of the kingdom that dates back to the 13th century and the first king -Kintu with his wife Nambi daughter of the god of the sky.
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