Uganda safaris beyond gorilla tracking – Boat cruise safaris – game viewing – chimpanzee tracking- golden monkey tracking
Uganda safaris beyond gorilla tracking – Uganda is one of the best African countries to visit for tourism experience, whereby it boosts with a lot of attractions that have attracted many people to Uganda. Travelers to Uganda often visit Uganda due to the fact that it’s among the tree East African countries boosting with Gorilla tracking experience. Gorilla tracking is done in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. Today, Bwindi Forest has become the prime destination in Uganda for Gorilla tracking. Gorilla tracking is mostly done on habituated Gorilla families since they are already used to human presence. But Uganda as a country, has offered a lot more attractions to travelers beyond Gorilla tracking experience. There other several attractions that you may combine together with Gorilla tracking experience.
Tourist attractions beyond Gorilla tracking in Uganda
Although Gorilla tracking is one of the most thought of activities in Uganda, but Uganda as a country, has got a lot more to offer beyond Gorilla tracking. Uganda is referred to as the Pearl of Africa due to the fact that, the country comprises of a number of attractions ranging from National parks, colour, physical features, and many others. Uganda is indeed the great country for tourism experience that any person shouldn’t miss to visit at any point in Africa.
Besides Gorilla tracking, Uganda also boosts of primate tours and safaris, you can take a trip to Kibale Forest National Park for Chimpanzee tracking and Chimpanzee habituation experience, the activity you can also find in Budongo Forest in Murchison Falls National Park, Kyambura gorge in Queen Elizabeth National Park and Kalinzu Forest Reserve where you will have an opportunity to take part in Chimpanzee tracking with habituated Chimpanzee communities. You will also have an opportunity to sight other primate species like the black and white colobus monkeys and others. Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, offers both Gorilla tracking and Golden monkey tracking whereby you will visit the habituated Golden monkeys that have been opened for Gorilla tracking. The park is located in south-western Uganda on the boarder of Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Uganda safaris beyond gorilla tracking – There are several National parks you can visit in Uganda offering a lot of activities like game viewing, boat safaris, and nature walks which can be done in Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth and Lake Mburo National Park. The game drive will expose you to a lot of wild game roaming around the forest and on the savannah vegetation, animals such as the Lions, Elephants, and Antelopes like Uganda Kobs, Jackson’s heart beasts, Water bucks and Buffaloes, Zebras, Rothschild’s Giraffes among others. A trip to these National parks, will also offer you an opportunity to take a boat safari on water bodies available in these areas that is the River Nile in Murchison Falls National Park, Kazinga channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park and Lake Mburo National Park. During the boat cruise, you will be able to sight many water animals like high concentration of hippopotamus, lonely buffaloes, Nile crocodiles and many water bird species around the shores.
For mountain climbers, take time and visit Mountain Rwenzori the largest and the highest mountain in Uganda Mount. Mgahinga, Mount Sabinyo and Mount Muhavura, these are the volcanic mountains situated in south-western Uganda. Mountain Elgon is in the eastern part Uganda. Climbing these mountain come with a lot of excitement and fun that you ought not to miss during your visit in Uganda.
Uganda safaris beyond gorilla tracking – Uganda is rich in culture; Uganda has many different traditional cultures and hospitable people. During your Gorilla trek, you will also visit some of the nearby local communities of the Batwa and pygmies in Bwindi Forest National Park, and the country as a whole has a number of people who are welcoming and hospitable that will offer you the best of your stay and safari in Uganda and beyond. Contact Great Adventure Safaris and we will organize your Gorilla tracking trip altogether with other attractions that you ought not to miss during any of your visits for a safari holiday in Uganda the Pearl of Africa.
