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!
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Mountain
Gorillas- with no question Uganda is known for its mountain gorillas 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 nationalpark 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 gorillas making it a must not miss activity
when on a Ugandan safari.
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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
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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 or one
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.
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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.
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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.
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Ugandan
Kitchen – no visitor come to Uganda minus testing the traditional Uganda food.
Local food like matooke, kaloo, yam, G.nut Chapati, 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.