Major Places to see in Uganda
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is located in the Southwestern part of Uganda in the districts of Kanungu and Kisoro. It was established in 1991 and the habituation of gorillas started, by 1993, it was gazetted as a national park and made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.
Lake Mburo National Park
It is the smallest National park in Uganda and the closest to Kampala the capital city of Uganda with various wild game species, most unique are the zebras, impalas, elands. Other wild animals include waterbucks, buffaloes, warthogs, topis, giraffes, wild cats such as leopards and lions. Lake Mburo National park is a sanctuary of various bird species making it one of the birding destinations in Uganda with about 350 bird species. Bird species may include; weaver birds, rare shoebill, crested crane, sparrows, fish eagle species among others. It is one of the National parks with human settlements within the park. The people live with the animals as their cattle graze with the zebras and impalas. Activities in and around the park may include; day and night game drives, bird watching, cultural encounters, horseback riding, launch cruises, cycling safaris, nature walks, sport fishing, and research trips.
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Queen Elizabeth National Park is located in the Southwestern region of Uganda covering the four districts of Kasese, Kamwenge, Rubirizi, and Rukungiri, about 1200square kilometers in size and 400 kilometers by road South West of Kampala city. The park was founded in 1952 as Kazinga National park, renamed 2 years later to commemorate a visit by Queen Elizabeth II, it is dominated by open savannah grasslands and woodlands. The park then became a world heritage site in 1991. It is home to 95 mammal species and over 600 bird species. Queen Elizabeth National Park is Uganda’s most popular touristic destination with two sectors therefore Ishasha in the South is famous for the tree-climbing lions and the Kasenyi sector in the North is known for the biggest number of wild games in the park. It is also dominated by a number of crater lakes, forested gorges (Kyambura gorge famous for chimpanzee tracking), calderas, cliffs, savannah plains, wetlands, Maramagambo forest with a lot of poisonous reptiles and the famous bat cave, the beautiful Kazinga channel that connects Lake George in Uganda and Lake Edward shared by DRC and Uganda, The Kazinga channel serves as a source of fresh drinking water for the wild game and also for launch cruises for viewing of most of the animals and bird species. Mount Rwenzori with the highest peak Margharita which is about 5000metres high with glacial features and climate. Activities in Queen Elizabeth National park include; Game drives in the Ishasha and Kasenyi sectors, launch cruise on the Kazinga Channel, crater drives through the crater lakes, bird watching, hiking, fishing, salt mining from lake Katwe and Bunyampaka, fishing on Kazinga channel, lake George and Edward, nature walks, Cultural encounters, Chimpanzee tracking in the Kyambura gorge, visit the bat cave in Maramagambo forest, visit the Equator at Kikorongo, coffee plantation tours and research tours.Kibale National Park
Kibale National park was established in 1993, it is located in Western Uganda in 6 districts namely; Kabarole, Kamwenge, Kasese, Kyenjojo, Bunyangabo, and Kyegegwa. The park can be accessed either from the North or Southern direction, the Northern route is via Mubende and Fort Portal while to Southern route is via Mbarara and Kamwenge.