Most of Uganda national parks are located in
very remote areas, so accessing them at times becomes a little difficult, so a
4x4 tourist vehicles with pop-up tops are recommended to use when going on a
self drive safari in one of Uganda national parks. Uganda is gifted with over
10 national parks and a number of wildlife reserves, each park are reworded
with unique and incredible creature making each park different from one another.
The parks are gifted with a wide variety of animal species, birds, primates and
plant species most of them are waiting for you to explore. However, all Uganda
national parks can be accessed by our comfortable vehicle either self drive or with
a driver by our experienced drivers/guides. Here are the most five amusement
parks in Uganda that can be accessed with car
Bwindi
impenetrable national park;
This is Uganda’s most visited national park,
found in the south western part of Uganda, several routes with different
kilometers can be used, the first alternative route is that from Kampala- kanungu
then to Bukoma, this takes about 5-6 hours drive from Kampala Uganda’s capital
city, the other alternative route is that from Kampala-Ruhungiri-Kihihi-Buhoma
about 6-7 hours, Kabale –Ruhija –Buhoma 6-7 hours and finally from Kampala-Kabale-
Nkuringo 7-9 hours. Each route can lead you to the park with a lot of easy
especially if using 4x4 land cruisers or Rav 4, Van. This park is much known
for hosting the rare mountain gorillas which have attracted a very big number
of tourists from whole over the world to come and spend at least 1- 2 days in
the wild with these endangered apes while studding their behaviors as well as
taking photography for a period of one hour the recommended time to stay with
them.
Bwindi national park inhabit the highest
number of these remaining apes over 900 individuals apes left in the world
Bwindi houses over 400 of these apes the rest are shared by Mgahinga national
park(Uganda), volcanoes national park(rwanda) and the Virunga national park of
Democratic Republic of Congo. Our vehicles can take you to all these entire
gorilla tracking destinations either with a driver/guide or self drive. Ounce
you reach at the park, you will park your vehicle at the park headquarters and
then join another members in a group of 8 members who are allowed to track per
group, get briefed from the park wardens or senior ranger guides about gorilla
tracking activities and then after, follow the ranger guide to the forest to begin
the gorilla tracking activity possibly the most interesting activity done on
earth. Tracking time is unpredictable, it can go from a half to full day since
meeting these apes depends on where they spent their last from, and ounce you
meet them you are allowed only one hour with them. After the activity return
back to your booked accommodation or if you still have more energy you can go
for another activity, like community walk to meet the Batwa pygmies who will
entertain you through their cultural dance and music, teach you their hunting,
weave, fire making skills. The park has very many accommodations ranging from
budget to up market accommodation like the Buhoma lodge, clouds gorilla lodge,
mahogany springs, chameleon hill lodge, gorilla forest camp, bwind gorillas
resort and many more.
Kidepo
valley national park;
Kidepo valley national park is known as Uganda’s
remotest area located in the far northern part of Uganda, however with courtesy
of our good and comfortable vehicles access to this park is very easy
especially when using a 4x4 land cruisers. It’s about 705 kms from Kampala via
lira, Kotido and kaabong and up to Kidepo, the other alternative route that can
make you access the park is Kampala- Mbale-Sorot-Moroto via Kotido and Kaabong
up to Kidepo Park, this route covers about 740km. The park has very many virgin
incredible wonders untouched just waiting for you to explore. Kidepo is known
for its unique composition of wild game co-existing with the dry mountain
forests, open savannah and hilltops capped by the rock kopjes. The park offers
the best sight for a number of wild games including giraffe, elephant, lion, and
several species of antelopes, zebra, and hyena and over 500 species of birds
are registered at the park, others activities that you can enjoy at the park
include community walk, mountain hiking among others all these activities makes
the park attractive. Don’t get scared on where to sleep various accommodation
are available at the park including Apoka Lodge
Lake
Mburo national park:
If you need short but interesting Safari Lake
Mburo national park offers the best, its Uganda most nearest park located just
about 270 km from Kampala Uganda’s capital and about 30 km from Mbarara town
the largest city in the sub-region. Access is very possible to any type of
vehicle available Rav 4, land cruiser or van. Many park activities are
available for you to enjoy including game drives, which provide you a chance of
viewing a number of wildlife species that inhabit the park, these include
buffalo, elephant, various species of antelopes including the Impala from which
the capital Kampala was named, bushbuck, burchell’s zebra warthogs the list is
endless all these animals will be best viewed with our comfortable vehicles
either self driven or with a driver. Other activities at the park include bird
watching, boat cruise to watch more species of animals like hippos, nature walk
among others. You will chose to sleep from among these accommodation type
ranging from budget to up-market accommodation including Lake View Hotel,
Rwonyo Tented Camp, Arcadia cottages, Mantana tented Camp among others
Queen
Elizabeth national park:
Queen Elizabeth N.P is known as Uganda’s
bio-diversified park situated in the south-western part of Uganda. You can use
the Mbarara Bushenyi road leads you to the center of the park covers over
402kms from Kampala, passing just 22km from Mweya Peninsula, while the north
through Fortportal covers a total of 410km. visitors have the opportunity to
enjoy short detours to lake Mburo national park, Rwenzori mountains and Kibale
forest national park which is renowned for chimpanzee tracking. You can also
access the park from the south from Bwindi impenetrable national park a
renowned park for gorilla tracking activities. Queen Elizabeth national park
offers a wide variety of activities to visitors these include game drives for
opportunities to see incredible species of mammals including the tree climbing
lions, elephants, buffaloes, antelope species, leopard, warthogs to mention but
a few. Others can’t miss activities include boat cruise on the Kazinga channel
that connects lakes George and Edward hippos and crocodile can be seen on the lake
plus several species of birds such as shoebill , kingfisher and many water
birds. Enjoy tracking/trekking Chip at the Kyambura gorge side of the park plus
several species of primates such as the black and colobus monkey, civet monkey
among others. Bird watching and culture walk is another alternative activity
done at the park. The park has very many
Accommodation options include jacana safari lodge, Katara Lodge, Mweya safari
lodge, Ihamba safari Lodge among others.
Murchison
falls national park:
This is one of the amusement parks in Uganda
you can’t miss to visit with our self drive car, it’s known as the biggest
amongst Uganda national parks with a wide variety of animal species. The park
is located in the north-eastern part of Uganda at the end of the Albertine Rift
valley. A number of route are available for you to access the Nile at Paraa at
the heart of the Murchison falls conservation area. The river is crossed here
using a vehicle ferry which runs at roughly hourly interval through the day.
You can enter the park using the southern entrance gate, passing via Masindi
town, which is about 4 hours drive (30km) from Kampala on the way you can make
a detour to the ziwa rhino sanctuary, a home to only rhinos in Uganda, you can
track them before you embark on an alternative run for 135kms from Masindi to
the park’s Bugungu gate passing through budongo forest up to the park. The
northern gate can also be entered via Chobe, Wankwa, Mubako and Tangai. They
are reachable from kampala-pachwach road which crosses the Nile at Karuma falls
bridge in the northern corner of the park about 260km from Kampala.
At Murchison
falls national park game you will enjoy a number of tourist activities
including game drives around the Buligi game tracks on the northern bank with a
trained ranger guide, this place is a fantastic way to see and photograph the
wide range of animals in the Nile valley, your guide will have a good idea of
where to spot lions and leopard and many other animals like elephant, buffalo,
antelope species, giraffe and many more. Others actives at the park include
birding, both game drives and launch cruise offers an opportunity for one to
come several species of bird, do hiking and nature walks, launch cruise, spot
fishing and cultural encounter. You can choose from among the following accommodation
for an overnight stay include Paraa safari lodge, Bwana Tembo, Chobe Lodge,
Pakuba Game Lodge, red chill among others.
With our vehicle, you can visit one of these
parks or you can visit them all together either self drive or with a drive. All
our drivers are experienced, they know very well Uganda, rwanda and DRC ,
just contact us for affordable and comfortable cars your safari will be a
memorable one.
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