🇺🇬 UG
The Pearl of Africa — mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, Murchison Falls and the source of the Nile.
Uganda delivers a truly green Africa — gorilla trekking in Bwindi, chimpanzee tracking in Kibale, tree-climbing lions in Ishasha, and the thunderous Murchison Falls where the Nile forces through a 7-metre gap.
UNESCO forest with half the world's mountain gorillas.
🗓 Best: June–September; December–Februa…Virunga volcanoes crossing — gorillas and golden monkeys on the Rwanda border.
🗓 Best: June–SeptemberThe primate capital of Africa — 13 primate species including chimpanzee trekking.
🗓 Best: June–September; December–Februa…Ishasha tree-climbing lions, the Kazinga Channel and crater-lake country.
🗓 Best: June–SeptemberThe 'world's most powerful waterfall' — the Nile blasted through a 7-metre gap.
🗓 Best: December–February; June–Septemb…Where the White Nile flows out of Lake Victoria — Uganda's adventure capital.
🗓 Best: Year-roundAfrica's largest concentration of hippos and Nile crocs on a 40-km natural channel.
🗓 Best: Year-roundThe legendary Mountains of the Moon — glaciated equatorial peaks.
🗓 Best: June–August; December–FebruarySempaya hot springs and the only Congo-Basin lowland rainforest in East Africa.
🗓 Best: June–September; December–Februa…Remote Karamoja frontier park with huge buffalo herds and dramatic Narus Valley.
🗓 Best: December–February; June–AugustA trio of waterfalls on the flanks of Mt Elgon — Uganda's signature coffee country.
🗓 Best: December–MarchAncient shield volcano with cave paintings, giant caldera and mountain elephants.
🗓 Best: June–August; December–FebruaryAfrica's deepest lake of 29 islands — the 'Switzerland of Africa'.
🗓 Best: Year-roundUganda's smallest savannah park — zebras, impala and endemic papyrus birds.
🗓 Best: Year-roundArchipelago of 84 Lake Victoria islands — beaches, forests and cultural roots.
🗓 Best: June–SeptemberEmerald-rimmed volcanic crater lakes hidden in tea country.
🗓 Best: Year-roundRemote Karamoja highlands — home of the Ik, Karamojong and vast open landscapes.
🗓 Best: Year-roundUNESCO-listed royal burial site of the Buganda kings.
🗓 Best: Year-roundUganda's most-visited pilgrimage site — memorial to the 1886 Uganda Martyrs.
🗓 Best: Year-roundKampala cultural loop — national museum plus the 17,000-worshipper Gaddafi Mosque.
🗓 Best: Year-round
Mountain gorilla trek in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest — Africa's bucket-list experience.
Ishasha tree-climbing lions, Kazinga Channel hippos, and Kibale chimpanzee trekking.
The Nile's most powerful waterfall plus rafting the source rapids.
Gorilla trek + tree-climbing lions + Kazinga hippo boat — Uganda's pearl circuit.
Africa's 3rd-highest peak — snow-capped equatorial mountains of the moon.
Uganda's most remote park — buffalo superherds + Karamoja cultural expeditions.
Three-tier waterfall + UNESCO ancient caldera + Tuboi cave paintings + Arabica coffee.
Africa's deepest lake + Batwa heritage + canoe to 29 islands.
Bwindi gorillas + Kibale chimps + Queen Elizabeth safari — Uganda's signature primates week.
Murchison + QENP + Bwindi + Kibale + Lake Mburo — the full Uganda bench.