Uganda Tours & Safaris

Legendary limestone caves near Fort Portal with dripping stalactites tied to Tooro folklore, plus a short waterfall trail and crater-lake viewpoint.

The largest natural mahogany forest in East Africa, on the southern edge of Murchison, with 600+ chimpanzees, 24 mammal species and the famed Royal Mile birding trail.

A UNESCO World Heritage rainforest home to nearly half the world's mountain gorillas, offering unforgettable trekking through ancient misty jungle.

A leafy peninsula on Lake Victoria hosting the international airport, the UWEC zoo, the botanical gardens filmed in the original Tarzan, and easy launches to lake islands.

A tea-country town beneath the Rwenzoris, ringed by dozens of volcanic crater lakes, tea estates and the Tooro kingdom palace.

A museum, hotel and restaurant complex near Mbarara showcasing the culture of the Ankole, Bakiga and Banyarwanda peoples, and the famed long-horned Ankole cattle.

Powerful grade-6 rapids on the Nile downstream of Jinja — a sacred site for the Basoga and now the launch point for professional kayakers and cliff-side viewing decks.

Where the world's longest river begins its journey from Lake Victoria — a hub for whitewater rafting, bungee jumping and lazy sunset Nile cruises.

A montane rainforest bordering Queen Elizabeth NP with habituated chimpanzees, six other primates and one of Uganda's most affordable primate-tracking permits.

The vibrant capital sprawled across seven hills — palaces, markets, mosques, museums and a nightlife scene that rarely sleeps.

A semi-arid highland region in the north-east where the pastoralist Karamojong live much as they always have, framed by Mount Moroto, Mount Kadam and Mount Napak.

A dramatic 23 km stretch of white-water rapids on the Victoria Nile in northern Murchison Falls, best viewed from the Karuma bridge and surrounding conservation area.

A UNESCO World Heritage site in Kampala where four Kabakas of Buganda are buried inside a majestic thatched palace — the finest example of traditional Ganda architecture.

A lesser-visited reserve of swampy channels and wooded savanna between Kampala and the west — the only Ugandan park designed primarily for walking and canoe safaris.

A tall tropical rainforest holding the highest density of primates on Earth, including a 1,500-strong chimpanzee population you can track on foot.

A remote Karamoja gem ringed by mountains, with vast open savanna, rare species and the feel of untouched Africa — Uganda's finest wildlife park.

Africa's second-deepest lake, ringed by 29 emerald islands and terraced hills — a bilharzia-free refuge for swimming, dugout canoeing and slow travel.

Uganda's smallest savanna park and the only place to see impala and zebra in the country — perfect for walking safaris and horseback game drives.

A Ramsar-listed papyrus swamp on Lake Victoria's edge, arguably the world's best place to see the prehistoric-looking shoebill stork from a dugout canoe.

A 306 sq km tropical rainforest between Kampala and Jinja — canopy walks, zip-lines and 300+ bird species just an hour from the capital.

Tucked into the Virunga volcanoes, this tiny park offers mountain gorilla and golden monkey tracking beneath three dormant volcanic peaks.

An extinct shield volcano straddling the Kenyan border, with the biggest intact caldera on Earth, cave paintings and moorland hikes to Wagagai peak (4,321 m).

Where the White Nile squeezes through a 7-metre gorge and thunders 43 metres into the valley below — Uganda's largest and most dramatic national park.

A 100-acre forested island 23 km off Entebbe, home to 50+ rescued chimpanzees you can watch from a raised viewing platform or on caregiver-for-a-day programmes.

Six rock-shelter sites near Kumi bearing red geometric paintings up to 3,000 years old — Uganda's most important prehistoric art site and a proposed UNESCO listing.

The country's second-largest protected area — vast Karamoja plains beneath Mount Kadam with cheetah, roan antelope, ostrich and true off-the-map solitude.

Straddling the equator between the Rwenzoris and Lake Edward, this park pairs classic savanna game drives with the famed tree-climbing lions of Ishasha and the wildlife-packed Kazinga Channel.

Africa's highest mountain range, glaciated and eerie, with afro-alpine vegetation and Margherita Peak at 5,109 m — a serious trekking challenge.

An extension of the Central African Ituri rainforest, famous for the Sempaya hot springs, Congo-basin birds and rare shoebill sightings.

A cascade of three waterfalls tumbling down the north-western slopes of Mount Elgon, framed by Arabica coffee farms and dramatic cliffs.

An archipelago of 84 palm-fringed islands on Lake Victoria — sandy beaches, laid-back fishing villages and world-class sunsets.

A 1,800 m volcanic plug rising abruptly from the plains of eastern Uganda, climbable in a couple of hours for sweeping views over Uganda, Kenya and Mount Elgon.

A 70 sq km private sanctuary along the road to Murchison, where all of Uganda's reintroduced southern white rhinos roam free and can be tracked on foot.