Planning a safari holiday in Uganda doesn’t have to be daunting for first-time travelers because you can find the essential information in this Uganda travel guide. Uganda is a wonderfully diverse safari destination, offering everything from rainforest jungle to traditional savanna safaris. On a single trip, you can encounter the mystical mountain gorillas, walk with wild chimpanzees, go on wildlife game drives, and marvel at big game on a boat safari. Bird watchers will find top-of-the-list birding spots, while you can enjoy plenty of authentic cultural experiences away from the parks. Let our local experts guide you in planning your first safari journey to the ‘Pearl of Africa’.
Highlights
Uganda’s uniqueness attracts many first-safari travelers hoping to explore these outstanding highlights.
- Coming face-to-face with four hundred pounds of a silverback mountain gorilla in the impenetrable jungle and on the bamboo-clumped slopes of the Virunga mountains.
- Following a narrow rainforest trail awkwardly with the heart-throbbing pant-hoot chorusing of chimpanzees
- Cruising the Kazinga Channel in the shadow of the Ruwenzori mountains while elephants drink from the nearby shore
- Watching a prehistoric shoebill swoop down on a lungfish in the brooding reed beds of Mabamba Swamp.
- The roaring, spraying sensory overload standing on the tall rocks above Murchison Falls, bungee jumping, or rafting grade-five rapids on the Nile.
- Walking through native remote villages, speaking one of the 52 native languages, moments with a most generous population, and experiencing evocative traditions on a cultural trail.
- Marvel at more than 1000 colorful bird species found within the most accessible birding habitats on the continent.
- Hiking the tallest mountain ranges in Africa, through alpine forests and glaciers to the highest summit on Mount Stanley, Margherita Peak, reaching a 5109-meter altitude.