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Queen Elizabeth National Park, Queen Elizabeth Safari Tour , Holiday Vacation Uganda

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From open savannah to rainforest, from dense papyrus swamps and brooding crater lakes to the vastness of Lake Edward, it is little wonder that QENP boasts one of the highest biodiversity ratings of any game reserve in the world.
The park is set in the western rift valley and runs from the foothills of Mountain Rwenzori to the Ishasha border post in the south and covers about 1,978 sq km.
The Park has a vast bird diversity of 611 recorded species, of which there are both endemic and migrant albertine species.

Access
Access to Queen Elizabeth National park is by tarmac road from Kampala (420km) and the nearest town is Kasese (41km). The journey will take you approximately 6hrs of enjoying the different en route attractions like Mpanga forest for echo-tourism, drum makers besides the road, stopping over in Masaka to take photos at the equator, before reaching Mbarara one will go through L.Mburo and see some wild animals like the zebras. for visitors interested in flying to the national park, there are charter services and the nearest landing site is in kasese town and another one near Mweya safari lodge.

Accommodation Uganda safari
There are a number of camping sites inside the park, a student s camp, the Uganda institute of Ecology Hostel, a rest camp at ishasha and Mweya safari lodge. There also some bandas
near ishasha.

Queen Elizabeth National park Uganda

When to visit
Queen Elizabeth National Park is at its best after the heavy rainy seasons of March-April and October-November. The air is fresh, the grass green, and there is an air of spring time and renewal. However the area can be visited at anytime of the year.

Please note that we also provide tailor made safaris and tours or expeditions to Africa involving cruises, visiting primates, sightseeing tours, adventure trails , mount trekking and trips to various safari journeys in africa.
We can help you plan for your perfect voyage or holiday vacation in the uncrowded destinations of Africa. We make travelling and tours to Uganda and Rwanda memorable ! Get away with an expert Company!

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Mgahinga National Park

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Mgahinga National Park

Amongst the national parks of Uganda, this park sits on the smallest piece of land in Uganda with its 38 sq. km and situated in the fur southwest part of Uganda bordering with Virunga National Park in Congo and Park des Volcanoes in Rwanda. The park comprises of parts of three extinct volcanic mountains: Mt Muhavura (4127m), Mt. Gahinga (3474m) and Mt. Sabinyo (3669m) are an attraction to the hikers. The park also acts as an attraction because it inhabits a diversity of mammals in the forest like 2 juveniles and infants the great primate including 3 adult females and 2 silverbacks. Other bushbucks, mammals include buffaloes, elephants, golden monkeys, giant forest hog, a number of small rodents and small predators.180 species of birds are found here especially the Rwenzori Turaco and the Red Tufted Malachite Sunbird and crowned crane.

What can be done at the Mgahinga National Park

•Gorilla trekking.

This activity is tiring but unforgettable because of the out comes of the expedition. Walking through the evergreen vegetation searching for the great left over Gorillas is a rewarding activity. However this is done on condition that the Gorillas are available at the park.

Volcanic Mountaineering

Mountaineering is another activity that one is not supposed to miss while at the park. It provides you with the chance to exercise your bones as you go up the 3 extinct volcanoes. Mt. Gahinga (3474 m) acquired its name from the small piles of stones spotted in the fields called “Gahinga”. On the 6 hours round trip hikers will go through pure Bamboo forests. Mt. Sabinyo (3669 m) provides 3 challenging peaks to climb. For one to succeed in this adventure, there are about 8 hours of struggling to arrive at the end point of 14km. Mt. Muhavura (4127 m) this peak is the best place for viewing the greatest part of the country. You may utilize about 8hrs to cover up 12km.

Additional activities include the guided nature walk to the Garama cave which is approximately 342m long and 14 deep and is at the currently filled up by a colony of bats. Sabinyo Gorge trail is of very relevant to the bird watchers however you are likely to spend half a day moving through the bamboo forests. An additional trail takes you to the Rugezi Swamp where there is a possibility of seeing birds, elephants and the giant forest hog
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Kibale National Park, Uganda Kibale Safari Tour

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Kibale National Park is one of the beautiful and stunning forests in Uganda and covers 776 sq km, south-east of Fort Portal.

Accommodation
There are several places to stay while in Kibale, one can book into a hotel in Fort Portal, or in the near by villages of Bigodi and Nkingo in simple lodges. Inside the park, camping facilities are found at Kanyanchu, plus four bandas.

Vegetation
The park supports pristine lowland tropical deciduous forest. There are also areas of grassland swamp which is a home to water birds.
The forest also boasts of having one of the highest diversity and density of primates in Africa totalling 13 species including the Black and white Columbus, Blue monkey, Grey-cheeked manageably, Red tailed monkey and Bushbabbies and Pottos.
A network of shady forest trails provides much to delight botanists and butterfly lovers.

Access
Kanyanchu Visitors Centre where the park headquarters are located, is 35km from Fort Portal, while Fort-Portal lies 320km from Kampala.

The most accessible of Uganda’s major rainforests, Kibale is home to a remarkable 13 primate species, including the very localised red colobus and L’Hoest’s monkey.

Kibale National Park Uganda safari

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Semuliki National park, Semliki Safari Tour Uganda

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Hit the tracks for an elusive game drive. The park remains a beautiful, tranquil and provides many opportunities to enjoy a true wilderness experience. At it’s prime, the park supported extremely high numbers of Uganda Kob, hartebeest, Buffalos and Elephants.

The park also provides opportunities to see chimpanzees, black and white Colubus, baboons, buffaloes, giant forest hogs, bush pigs, duiker, kob, etc

Because of the diverse habitat it is a home of 400 recorded species of birds. Butterfly species identified include; 46 species of forest swallowtails and charaxes plus at least 235 species of moth characterised as restricted.

The forest is partly made of 305 tree species of which 125 species are restricted to Semiliki N.P. Millenii excelsu, cordia millenii and lovoa surymertonii are considered to be the three endangered tree species in the forest.

Uganda National Parks

Uganda National Parks

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Uganda offers some of the last truly wild game parks in Africa, where visitors can enjoy the scenery and wildlife almost without interruption.Game stocks are on the increase thanks to careful and strict conservation measures by the Ugandan Wildlife Authorities – Uganda safari Visitors can expect to see Elephant, Giraffe, Zebra, Buffalo, Giant Forest hog, Hippopotamuus, Lion, Leopard, Uganda Kob, Waterbuck, Kongoni and an extensive variety of antelope to name just a few!

Uganda is renounced for its abundant bird life and many rare species can be found in the parks and forests throughout Uganda.

Bwindi National Park
Murchison Falls National Park, Wildlife Safaris
Queen Elizabeth National i Park
Kibale Forest Primates Safari Park
Rwenzori Mountain Climbing Hiking Tour
Mount Elgon National Park
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Kidepo Park, Wildlife Safari
Lake Mburo National Park
Semuliki National Park

There are two major Game Parks, which are the primary places of interest to visitors, however Uganda offers may smaller parks and reserves, bird sanctuaries and fauna reserves.The abundance and rich variety of wildlife in our Parks, will, we are certain, provide you with the diversity and excitement of any African Game Safari.

To help plan your trip to Uganda, we offer an updated information sheet on each of the National Parks and surrounding areas, reserves and areas of interest you may possibly wish to visit during your trip, detailing the species of bird and wildlife to be seen, together with information on accommodation options and activities unique to the park.

Please let us know by e.mail if you would like to receive copies of this information and we will be happy to send it to you to read through at your leisure !Because we beleive that the success of your trip is to ensure that you target areas within Uganda that are of particular interest to you, we offer “Set” Itineraries and “Budget Group Packages” for you to join in on.We also offer you the opportunity to tell us your personal interests, your budget and your time available to spend with us, and then we will tailor make your Safari around this information

Lake Mburo National Park, Mburo Safari Tour , Holiday Vacation Uganda

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A small but interesting savannah reserve within a two hour-drive from Kampala. Herds of Zebras, Impala, Leopard and Buffalo are among the animals that may be encountered, alongside a rich diversity of birds more typical of Tanzanian acacia-savannah. A Uganda safari boat trip will help to view the diversity of animal and plant species.

The park is located in Mbarara district and covers 260 square Kilometres in area. It is naturally endowed with five lakes from which the parks diverse wildlife flourishes.

Please note that we also provide tailor made safaris and tours or expeditions to Africa involving cruises, visiting primates, sightseeing tours, adventure trails , mount trekking and trips to various safari journeys in africa Uganda safari .
We can help you plan for your perfect voyage or holiday vacation in the uncrowded destinations of Africa. We make travelling and tours to Uganda and Rwanda memorable ! Get away with an expert Company!

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Mount Elgon National Park, Mount Elgon Safari Tour , Holiday Vacation Uganda

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Mt. Elgon National Park covers 1,145 sq km revolving around the extinct volcanic mountain that first erupted more than 24 million years ago. This mountain has the largest surface area of any extinct volcano in the world (50km 80km) and with the largest intact caldera; it is also the fourth highest mountain (Wagagai peak 4,321m) in East Africa.
The mountain national park lies along eastern boarder of Uganda and western boarder of Kenya.

Vegetation
Elgon is an important watershed, and it’s slopes support a rich variety of altitudinal vegetation zones ranging from Montana forest to high open moor land studded with the otherworldly giant lobelia and groundsel plants, which are unique in Africa.

Accommodation
For tourists who wish to stay inside the park , there are camp sites available and the necessary camping facilities will be provided on request. One can also spend the nights in crow’s nest backpackers hostel and campsite, sipi falls hotel, Elgon Masai lodge and the up market volcanoes resort on sipi falls.
There are also many categories of accommodation in Mbale town which is not far from the park.

Access
Accessing the park is by a tarmac road from Kampala city to the park headquarters in Mbale (250km, 4hrs). The nearest airstrip is in Tororo which is 45km to the headquarters.

When to visit Uganda safari
Visiting Mt.Elgon, will give you the best experience, during the dry season which is during June-August, and December-March.

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Rwenzori National Park Uganda, Rwenzori Trekking, Climbing Safari

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The fabled Montains of the Moon lie in the western Uganda on the Congolese border, with snow covered, equatorial peaks rising to the height of 5110m, form the unique mountain national park. Most of the park is accessible only to hikers to yield magnificent scenery.

The distinctive glacial peaks are visible from miles around, but the slopes above 1,600m are the preserve of hikers, who rate the Rwenzoris to be the most challenging of all African mountains.

This park covers 120 km and is easily accessible through Kasese and Fortportal. The trails lead through rainforest rattling with monkeys and birds, then tall bamboo forest, before emerging on the high-altitude moorland zone, a landscape of bizarre giant lobelias, towered over by black rock and white snow, looking for all the world like the set of a science fiction film.

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Murchison Falls National Park Uganda, Murchison Falls Safari Tour , Holiday Vacation Uganda

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Covering 3840 sq km Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda’s largest national park protecting a chunk of untamed African savannah bisected by the mighty river Nile. It is named for the dramatic Murchison Falls, where the world’s longest river explodes violently through a narrow cleft in the Rift Valley escarpment to plunge into a frothing pool 43m below.
Murchison Falls National Park Uganda

The altitude is 619m at the delta and 1,292 at Rabongo Hill. The mean temperature is 29 0C-high and 21 0C-low. Uganda safari Wildlife records reveal 76 mammal species like elephant, lions, buffalo, giraffe, hippo and crocodile populations and a variety of antelope and 450 bird species exposing a dazzling variety of water birds including the world’s most accessible wild population of the rare shoebill stork along the Nile delta on a launch cruise.

Explore Rabongo and Kaniyo Pabidi tropical forests for their natural atmosphere and attractions. Chimp tracking at Kaniyo Pabidi will be a rewarding experience. Nature lovers will view primates like Black and White colobus monkey, red-tailed monkey and baboons, and many forest birds.

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Kidepo Valley National Park, Kidepo Safari Tour , Holiday Vacation Uganda

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A landscape of vast plains and semi-arid savannah framed by jagged mountains and wooded hills, Kidepo is one of the wildest and most spectacular reserves in Africa. The landscape throughout the park is studded with small hills, rocky outcrops and inselbergs from which one can obtain stunning views in all directions.

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Situated in Karamoja district in the extreme north-eastern boarder of Uganda on the boarder with Sudan, the 1,442 square kilometres park is a remote wilderness that supports many animals not found else where in the country, including greater and lesser Kudu and cheetah."
"It could not be any better is a common comment on the scenery by visitors who often promise and do come back to Kidepo. Huge latitudinal range and correspondingly wide climatic conditions have evolved an extremely diverse flora.

Uganda National Parks