Destinations

Uganda destinations

Guides to the national parks, lakes and cities of western Uganda and beyond, with best times to visit and travel advice from our base in Mbarara.

Steep, mist-wrapped rainforest where you sit within metres of wild mountain gorillas.

Your arrival gateway: airport transfers, a lakeside stopover in Entebbe and city culture in Kampala.

Uganda's best rainforest for chimpanzees, with thirteen primate species and a community-run wetland.

A terraced highland lake with quiet islands, dugout canoes and the best recovery day after a gorilla trek.

Uganda's closest savanna park to Mbarara, with zebra, impala, boat trips and walking safaris.

Western Uganda's hill city and the Nkore cattle heartland where Nkore Pearl Safaris is based.

Three volcano peaks on the Rwanda and Congo border, with gorillas, golden monkeys and Batwa stories.

The Nile forced through a seven metre gap in Uganda's biggest park, with boat trips and big game.

Kazinga Channel hippos, tree-climbing lions and crater lakes in Uganda's most varied savanna park.

Snow-capped peaks, giant heather and glacial lakes on Africa's third highest mountain range.

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