Does Uganda Offer Great Safari Experience?
A country worth a visit in East Africa is undoubtedly Uganda but a lot more people are asking whether Uganda offer great safari experience to her visitors basically to those who are looking for safaris. Well if you google safaris in East Africa, Kenya and Tanzania will come on top than Uganda because it is less known in that part but there’s plenty of experiences you can get on a Uganda Safari tour.
The country (Uganda) is most known for it’s primate trekking tours having gorillas and Chimpanzees as the highlight. Most tours here are combined so that you get a wildlife scene with boat trips most of the times are also inclusive in packages. For example, you can start your safari with a City tout in Kampala, Rhino trekking at Ziwa, a safari to the famous Murchison Falls, Kibale National Park for Chimpanzee Tracking, Queen Elizabeth National Park for a boat cruise on the Kazinga channel, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for gorilla tracking and Lake Bunyonyi before catching your flight back home.
If it’s primates, there’s no other country that get close to Uganda because, from here you find a forest with the highest number of primate species in the world which is Kibale National Park in the South-West of Kampala City.
Primate Tracking Safaris in Uganda
Kibale forest boasts with 13 different species, Nyungwe forest in Rwanda has the same number however Kibale owns the highlight of every traveler visiting here which is Chimpanzee Trekking. Nyungwe forest also have chimpanzees however, Kibale has the highest population of chimps in Africa.
And when it comes to gorilla trekking tours, Uganda otshines other destinations where gorilla tracking is done. The country has two different destinations where you can see gorillas in the wild from. While Bwindi is the peak for everyone for gorilla tracking, Mgahinga gorilla National park also in Uganda owns a status as a gorilla trekking destination.
Golden Monkey trekking can also be done from Uganda, other destinations include Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Just like gorilla trekking is done from only the virunga mountains on earth, golden monkeys can also be seen from here only which makes Uganda an ideal destination for both gorilla and golden monkeys tracking tours.
Wildlife Safaris in Uganda
Besides primate tracking tours, Uganda also owns all of Africa’s big five animals that most people visit Kenya or Tanzania to see in East Africa. Well if you are expecting scenes as those in Kenya or Tanzania, Uganda is not that place however it’s uniquely different when it comes to wildlife viewing experiences.
The Murchison Falls National Park owns plenty of big game animals, vast herds of Elephants are often sighted both on a safari drive and at the boat on the Nile River.
Queen Elizabeth National Park owns a status of having the rarest tree climbing lions. And with that and the famous Kazinga channel that has the highest concertration of hippos in Africa makes it an got to destination for a big game safari.