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7 Best Places to visit in Uganda 2022/2023

7 best places to visit in Uganda 2022/2023; Uganda is one of the best and adventurous place to visit in 2022/2023 due to that fact that it has a lot to offer ranging from wildlife viewing, gorilla trekking, chimpanzee trekking, mountain climbing, bird watching, sport fishing, horseback riding, guided nature walks, cultural tours among others. Uganda is richly blessed with different tourist attractions which are found in various protected areas and this article highlights the 7 best places to visit in Uganda for your vacation in 2022/2023 which include,

7 best places to visit in Uganda 2022/2023.

  1. Murchison falls national park

Murchison falls National Park is the largest national park located in northwestern part of Uganda. The national park is a home of over 76 mammal species including the big four mammals which are elephants, buffaloes, lions, leopards, other animals like waterbucks, giraffes, Oribi, Jackson’s hartebeest, Uganda kobs, primates like chimpanzees, red tailed monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, olive baboons and over 450 bird species.

7 Best Places to visit in Uganda 2022/2023
Murchison Falls National park

Murchison falls national park offers interesting activities that visitors can engage in during the safari including game drives where you will be able to explore the park in a comfortable safari vehicle, boat cruise to the bottom of the falls and Nile delta boat cruise where you will be able to view hippos and Nile crocodiles in water, bird watching where you will be able to view different bird species like the elusive shoebill stork, sport fishing, guided nature walk, top of the falls hike, chimpanzee trekking in Budongo forest where you will be able to spend one hour with the chimpanzees among others.

  1. Queen Elizabeth national park

Queen Elizabeth national park is the second largest national park and another top safari destination to visit in Uganda. The national park is located in western part of Uganda in Kasese, Rukungiri, Kamwenge and Rubirizi districts. Queen Elizabeth national park is a home of 95 mammal species including the famous tree climbing in Ishasha sector, buffaloes, elephants, leopards, Uganda kobs, waterbucks, topi, bushbucks, warthogs, hippos, giant forest hogs, primates like chimpanzees, black and white colobus monkeys, red tailed monkeys, olive baboons, l’hoest monkeys and over 600 bird species. Queen Elizabeth national park offers a number of interesting safari activities that visitors can engage in during the safari including day game drives in Kasenyi and Ishasha sector where you will be able to view different animals, night game drive in Mweya peninsula where you will be able to view nocturnal animals with spotlight torches, boat cruise on Kazinga channel where you will be able to view large concentrates of hippos and Nile crocodiles in water, birding, lion racking experience, community tours where you will interact with the local people, chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura gorge where you will be able to spend time with the chimpanzees, guided nature walks among others.

  1. Bwindi impenetrable national park

Bwindi impenetrable national park is located in southwestern part of Uganda in Kanungu district. The national park is famously known for harboring the endangered mountain gorillas other primates like chimpanzees, l’hoest monkeys, baboons, black and white colobus monkeys, animals like forest elephants, bushbucks, and different bird species. Bwindi impenetrable national park offers different safari activities like gorilla trekking where you will be able to spend one hour with the mountain gorillas, community visits where you will be able to interact with the Bakiga and Batwa people in the communities, gorilla habituation experience where you will be able to spend four hours with the gorillas, bird watching, guided nature/forest walks among others.

  1. Kibale forest national park

Kibale forest national park also known as the primate capital is another best destination to visit in Uganda. The national park is located in western in Kabarole district and it’s a home of 13 primate species including over 1,500 chimpanzees, red tailed monkeys, grey cheeked mangabey, black and white colobus monkeys, vervet monkeys, blue monkeys, l’hoest monkeys, olive baboons, patas monkeys among others. Kibale forest national park is a home of other wildlife species like forest elephants, buffaloes, warthogs, bushbucks, giant forest hogs, duikers, bush pigs and different bird species. Kibale forest national park offers different safari activities like chimpanzee trekking where you will be able to spend one four with the chimpanzees, bird watching, chimpanzee habituation experience where you will be able to spend four hours with the chimpanzees, nature walks and night walks, children’s activities among others.

  1. Mgahinga gorilla national park

Mgahinga gorilla national park is located in southwestern part of Uganda in Kisoro district bordering with Volcanoes national park in Rwanda and Virunga national park in Democratic Republic of Congo. The national park is one of the top destinations to visit in Uganda and it’s famously known for harboring the endangered mountain gorillas and golden monkeys, other animals like forest buffaloes, elephants, giant forest hogs, bushbucks, bush pigs and different bird species. Mgahinga gorilla national park offers various safari activities including gorilla trekking, golden monkey trekking, birding, Batwa cultural trail where you will be able to learn about the Batwa people who used to live in the forest, nature walks, mountain climbing where you will be able to climb the volcanic mountains that is Mount Muhabura, Mount Sabinyo or Mount Gahinga.

7 Best Places to visit in Uganda 2022/2023
Golden Monkey Trekking in Mgahinga
  1. Kidepo valley national park

Kidepo valley national park is one of the top safari destinations located in northeastern part of Uganda in Karamoja region between Uganda’s border with south Sudan and Kenya. Kidepo valley national park is a home of abundant wildlife species including lions, leopards, cheetahs, buffaloes, elephants, bat eared fox, stripped hyena, giraffes, Uganda kobs, waterbucks, roan antelopes, klipspringer, Dikdik, elands, Jackson’s hartebeest, oribi, bush pigs, jackals, greater and lesser kudus and over 475 bird species including the ostrich, pygmy falcon, Kori bustard among others. Kidepo valley national park offers interesting activities that visitors can engage in including game drives in the Narus and Kidepo valley, nature walks, bird watching, cultural visits where you will be able to visit the Karamajong and IK tribe.

  1. Lake Mburo national park

Lake Mburo national park is the smallest savannah national park located in western part of Uganda in Kiruhura district along Mbarara Kampala highway. Lake Mburo national park is a home of different wildlife species including buffaloes, impalas, elands, leopards, oribi, hippos, waterbucks, hyenas, reedbucks, giraffes, zebras and over 350 bird species including the shoebill stork, black billed bustard, black throated barbet, bare faced-go-a way bird among others. Lake Mburo national park offers interesting activities that visitors can engage in during the safari including day game drives, night game drives where you will be able to explore the park at night, boat cruise, sport fishing where you will be able to catch different fish types, guided nature walk where you will be able to explore the park on foot, horseback riding, bird watching, cycling, community visits where you will interact with the Banyankole people in the community among others.

There are other safari destinations in Uganda that you can visit including Lake Bunyonyi in Kabale, Source of the Nile, Semuliki national park, Mount Elgon national park, Pian Upe Wildlife reserve, Mabira forest, Mabamba swamp, Ngamba Island, Ziwa rhino sanctuary among others.

Best time to visit Uganda

Uganda can be visited anytime throughout the year though the best time is during the dry season in the months of June, July, August, September, December, January and February because during this period there is less or little rainfall in the national parks therefore vegetation will be short which gives you an opportunity to view different wildlife species clearly, nature walk and trekking trails will be dry and passable. During the dry season many animals gather around the water bodies to drink water which helps you to view abundant wildlife species and take beautiful pictures

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