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Uganda Tourism Attractions
Kibale forest national park-Uganda
Kibale Forest National Park harbours the greatest variety and concentration of primates found anywhere in East Africa. Not less than 13 different species are living in this small area of 560 km², including the black-and-white colobus, blue monkey, red-ta ...
uganda primates and gorillas
Gorillas
Uganda’s star attraction is the endangered mountain gorilla, the bulkiest of living primates, and among the most peaceable. Staring into the pensive brown eyes of these gentle giants, who share 95% of their genes with humans, is as humbling as ...
uganda adventure tourism
Uganda is a classic adventure tourism destination. Indeed, Bujagali Falls, which lies downstream of the Source of the Nile an hour’s drive east of Kampala, is the East African counterpart to more southerly ‘adrenaline capitals’ such as Victoria Fall ...
uganda bird watching
Transitional to the East African savannah and the western rainforests, Uganda is Africa’s most complete birdwatching destination, with more than 1,000 species recorded within an area comparable to that of Great Britain. Specialist birding tours through ...
Uganda Lakes & Ssese Islands
Lakes of Uganda & Ssese Islands
Roughly one-quarter of Uganda’s surface area consists of wetlands, ranging from vast inland seas to the mysterious marshy expanse of Lake Kyoga, formed by the Nile as it drains into a shallow sump at the very centre o ...
Uganda National Parks
Sprawling across both sides of the equator, a network of 10 national parks and several other protected areas offers wildlife enthusiasts a thrilling opportunity to experience Uganda’s biodiversity: not only the mesmerising tracts of thorn-bush savannah ...
Uganda Tourism @ a glance
From the moment you land at Entebbe’s modern and efficient international airport, with its breathtaking equatorial location on the forested shore of island-strewn Lake Victoria, it is clear that Uganda is no ordinary safari destination. Dominated by an ...
Uganda: People and Culture
Situated at the geographical heart of the African continent, Uganda has long been a cultural melting pot, as evidenced by the 30-plus different indigenous languages belonging to five distinct linguistic groups, and an equally diverse cultural mosaic of mu ...
Uganda:holiday planning
When you make up your mind to go for a holiday to Uganda, you want to know exactly what to expect and what your route will be on arrival in the country. It is also useful if, when consulting your travel Agent, you have some background information on the p ...
Uganda:Tourism Zoning
In its effort to ensure that visitors to www.habariafrica.com enjoy the benefit of having access to as much information as possible before they make the vital decision to visit Uganda, we have gone a step further to dig up, more details on tourism in Ugan ...
Uganda & Rwanda Gorilla facts
Gorilla Facts
Gorilla Facts: Source: Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund International
There are two main species of gorilla, containing several subspecies. The western gorilla includes two subspecies (Western lowland gorilla with about 35,000 gorillas and ...
Uganda Gorillas Update 18.10.09
In the forest with gorilla 17th and 18th Oct 2009
1. Rushegura group
Eating the right food (diet) Kalembezi (sub adult) gorilla yesterday decided to engage in selective feeding. While trackers were with Rushegura gorilla family Kalembezi was consiste ...
Uganda:Wildlife Conservation Initiatives
We Must Conserve Wildlife on our Land-Local Communities Declare
In Uganda, wildlife outside Protected Areas (PAs) is virtually all over the country and this explains why Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) as a Government agency in charge of wildlife in the ...
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Queen Elizabeth
The 1978km2 Queen Elizabeth National Park enjoys a stunning location on the rift valley floor between Lakes Edward and George where a mosaic of habitats supports 95 mammal species and a remarkable 612 species of birds. Forty years ago, ...
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
The Impenetrable Forest Reserve was gazetted in 1942, upgraded to the Bwind Impenetrable National Park in 1992 and recognised as a World Heritage Site in 1994. in the local Rukiga language, Bwindi actually means 'Impenetrable.' This double warning is apt, ...
Murchison Falls National Park
Murchison Falls
The Murchison Falls National Park lies at the northern end of the Albertine Rift Valley, where the bulky Bunyoro escarpment merges into the vast plains of Acholiland. One of Uganda’s oldest conservation areas, it was initially gazetted ...
Kidepo National Park
Kidepo Valley is Located in Uganda’s remote north-eastern corner, some 700km from Kampala and tucked between the borders with Sudan and Kenya, Kidepo Valley is our most isolated park. However the few who make the long journey north through the wild fron ...
Mount Elgon National Park
Mount Elgon National Park
Mount Elgon is a massive solitary volcanic mountaint on the border of eastern Uganda and western Kenya. Its vast form, eighty kilometres in diameter, rises 3070m above the surrrounding plains, providing welcome relief in mor ...
Semliki Western Uganda
Semliki
SIZE:
220 sq km
LOCATION:
In the west, about 50km from Fort Portal.
(Uganda map)
Semuliki National Park is an eastern extension of the vast Ituri Forest and forms part of the forest continuum during the climatic upheavals of the Pleis ...
Rwenzori Mountains Uganda
Rwenzori Mountains
In AD150, the Alexandrine geographer Ptolemy wrote of as now capped mountain range, deep in the heart of Africa that, he claimed, was the source of the Nile and which he called the Mountains of the Moon. Over the centuries this ...
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park-Uganda
Mgahinga Gorilla
Mgahinga Gorilla is Uganda’s smallest national park. However, it is also one of the most dramatic for the park lies on the northern slopes of Mts. Muhabura, Mgahinga and Sabyinyo, three volcanoes that create an unforgettable regiona ...
