10 THINGS YOU CAN'T MISS ON A SAFARI IN UGANDA

10 THINGS YOU CAN'T MISS ON A SAFARI IN UGANDA

Uganda is endowed by very many natural wonders waiting for you to explore and are very difficult to miss when you’re on a safari to this ‘’Pearl of Africa‘’. Uganda is regarded as the best safari destination and loved by those who have visited it. Visitors to Uganda can enjoy many outstanding attractions found in the Uganda’s national parks and reserves which provide uncrowded viewing of the varied animals, birds and plant species.  To mention some of the secrets you can’t miss when on the Ugandan safari include!

·         Mountain Gorillas- with no question Uganda is known for its mountain gorillas safaris and its one of the three countries in the world where these species still exist, the other two are Rwanda and the democratic republic of Congo. Uganda is refers to the best gorilla safari destination as it houses almost a half of the world’s population over 480 individuals live in Bwindi impenetrable forest national park and Mgahinga gorilla forest national park out of 880 individuals that live worldwide, the rest is shared by Rwanda and DRC. Several gorillas tracking family are available for tracking in the three regions of the park that’s Buhoma side in the northwestern side, Ruhija in the North east, Nkuringo in the southwest and in Rushaga area in the southeast. Many tourists whole over the world come to Uganda purpose to track gorillasmaking it a must not miss activity when on a Ugandan safari.

·          Mountain Hiking – Hiking is one of the most interesting activities you can’t miss on a Ugandan safari, hiking can be done on the Rwenzori Mountains which is sometimes referred to as mountains of the moon. it provide challenging climbing expedition for those who are physically fit. The Rwenzori Mountains is the third highest mountain in Africa, hiking also on the Mt. Elgon/Sipi Falls is also rewarding to all sorts of tourists. reaching at the top of the peak is a memorable experience you can’t miss on the Ugandan safari

·         Lake Expeditions—Uganda is the home to the second largest lake in the world and also the source of the Nile which provide stunning activities like swimming and water rafting orone can perform a bungee jump into the fresh river for adventure lovers, other small lakes that you can’t miss to visit when on a Ugandan safari include lake George and Edward, Lake Mburo, Lake Mutanda, Lake Bunyonyi and lake Murehe in the south western Uganda are very clear and in a breathtaking environmental setting. All these offer attractions like boat cruise, fishing white sand beaches among other activities.

·         Kidepo Valley National Park – this far Uganda national park has very many untouched wonders waiting for you to discover, it’s one of Uganda’s top gifted national parks with very many attractions ranging from the big five mammals such as  Lions, elephants, buffaloes, leopard and countless other wildlife are waiting for you. You can reach the park by a plane from Entebbe up to the park or you can go by road, you have to reserve an extra day if your road transport.

·          Adventure Safari – Bungee jumping, abseiling, and white water rafting – Uganda is well known among adventure travelers. On the White Nile, one can perform a bungee jump into the fresh river or go for white water rafting. In Kapchorwa, our travelers love to hike along the Sipi Falls, but also abseiling is possible from these more than 100 m deep falls.

·         Ugandan Kitchen – no visitor come to Uganda minus testing the traditional Uganda food. Local food like matooke, kaloo, yam, G.nutChapati, are just a few of the many traditional food found in Uganda, try to test a different ingredients Ugandans use when preparing food that you might have never tested before.

·         Primates and Culture Hiking – Uganda is one of the gifted countries in the whole world for housing almost 13 species of primates coupled with chimpanzee the most close relative of man sharing almost 98% of human DNA make- up. Other primate species include the black and white colobus monkey, baboons, civet monkeys; golden monkeys grey checked manga bay the least is endless. Go to Kibale forest National park, Queen Elizabeth national park, Semulik valley national park, Budongo forest national in Murchison falls national park. Chimps plus other primate species, they are fabulous fan to watch when playing in fruitful trees as well as taking as many photos as you can.a safari for wild game viewing  in Uganda's national parks is considered a memorable one

·          Cultural hiking on a Uganda safari is also breathtaking as you will meet the neighboring people around the park, explain to you how they have managed to live in the area for a long period of time and also learn more about their culture. You can join them during their song and dance performances, it’s so interesting.

·         Tree Climbing Lions – this is a must not miss activity at the park, visit the queen Elizabeth national park to have a glance at these rare animals lion climbing trees and they can be spotted in the southern sector of the park that’s the Ishasha part of QENP. 

·         Night Safari Game Walks/Drives :  its only in Uganda where you can do a night game drive to catch up with more games like leopard, hyena among other nocturnal predators in Murchison falls  national park, QENP and  Lake Mburo N.P.