Mount Rwenzori National Park is famous for mountaineering and hiking adventures. In AD150, the Alexandrine geographer Ptolemy wrote of a snow 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 curious notion of …
Murchison Falls National Park is the largest in Uganda with an area of 3,840 km (1,480 sq mi). It is one of Uganda's best safari parks for game viewing safaris and birding tours The park is bisected by the Nile River, which first races down 80 km (50 miles) of white-water rapids before plunging 40 …
Kibale Forest National Park is located in western Uganda, east of the Rwenzori Mountains on the edge of the Rift Valley between Fort Portal and Queen Elizabeth National park. With lush tropical rain forest and a fascinating diversity of animals, Kibale Forest National Park is home to one of the most beautiful and stunning natural …
Queen Elizabeth National Park is Uganda's most popular game reserve and certainly one of the most scenic. The park lies on 5,000 square kms (1,900 square miles), making it the second largest park in Uganda. The park is bordered to the southwest by Lake Edward and to the northeast by Lake George with the Kazinga …
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park lies on the edge of the western rift valley. In the local Lukiga language, Bwindi means 'Impenetrable.' The name is appropriate, for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is 331 square kilometers (205 square miles) of tangled vegetation draped over a deeply fissured landscape of steep, slippery valleys and high, draughty ridges. The …
