Tourist Attractions in Uganda: Uganda is known to have thousands of attractions and this is one of the main points that have ranked Uganda as a great safari destination in East Africa, because of eth numerous beauties in the country this even earned it a name from sir Winston Churchill “the pearl of Africa”.
Uganda is surrounded by beautiful nature, a fantastic diversity of stunning landscapes, interesting wildlife species, plant life, bird species, and different cultures, and stunning waterbodies such as lakes and rivers that are flanked by wetlands and thickets.
Uganda has a number of tourist’s attractions that have led to the increase of the number of people who travel to Uganda while on a safari hence improving on the development of the tourism industry of Uganda. These tourists’ attractions include;
Tourist Attractions in Uganda
Wildlife (the Big five and more).
Uganda is home to numerous wildlife species like home to about 345 mammal species and these mammals include those from the West Africa and East Africa like the big five animals such as; lions Buffaloes, Rhinos, Leopards and the African Elephants.
And side the big five other wildlife species include; Red and blue duikers, baboons, bush pigs, giant forest hogs, warthogs, African Bush elephants, zebras, white rhinos, bush bucks, Uganda kob, Rothschild giraffe, warthogs, sitatungas, Oribis, Dik dik, Elands, waterbucks, crocodiles, hippos and many others.
All these can be found in different areas such as; Kidepo Valley National Park home of about 77 mammal species, Queen Elizabeth national park home to over 95 mammal species, Murchison falls national park home to about 76 mammal species, the Ziwa Rhino sanctuary with about 33 white wild rhinos and Lake Mburo national park which is a home to over 68 mammal species.
Birds.
Among the other attractions in the pearl of Africa include birds and these can be witnessed from even at just the entry of the country, Uganda is home to over 2,250 bird species making it a bird haven to all bird lovers, visitors who would love to view these numerous birds easily spot them in all the 10 national parks within the country, and these bird species are known to be both migratory and local birds. These birds include; Grey crowned crane, little grebe, Eared grebe, four banded sandgrouse, great crested grebe, four banded sandgrouse, purple crested turaco, Senegal Coucal, Dideric cuckoo, Eastern plantain eater, denham’s bustard , black bellied bustard, and the rare shoebill stork.
best birding destinations in Uganda include; Queen Elizabeth National Park which is a home to over 600 bird species, Bwindi impenetrable national park with 351 birds, Budongo forest with about 366 bird species, Murchison falls national park with 450 bird species, semuliki national park which harbours 442 bird species, Mabira Forest has about 316 bird species, lake mburo national park with around 350 bird species and among others.
Mountain Gorillas.
These are some of the main attractions that bring numerous sightseers in the country, the population of about 1063 endangered mountain gorilla species in the whole world and Uganda as a country is famously known because it harbours almost half of the population of these gorillas. While in Uganda there are majority two destinations to sightsee these and they are; Mgahinga gorilla national park which is a home of about 80 mountain gorillas and Bwindi Impenetrable national park which is a home to over 459 mountain gorillas.
Chimpanzees.
Uganda is a home to over 5700 chimpanzees and there are several amazing safari destinations where tourists can go to for chimpanzee trekking activities and these places include; Kalinzu forest which is a home to more than 300 chimpanzees, Queen Elizabeth national park which is a home of about 256 chimpanzees, Budongo forest which has about 800 chimpanzees and Ngamba island chimpanzee sanctuary which has about 52 chimpanzees.
Uganda Equator Line.
Tourists on a safari in Uganda can visit and Explore on the Equator of Uganda because it is one of the fascinating places where one can stand with one leg in the middle of the earth and in the Northern Hemisphere while the others in the southern part enjoy as they pose for pictures. More so, tourists on their Uganda wildlife safari or gorilla safari tours can get opportunities to visit the Uganda Equator line in Kayabwe.
Other tourist’s attractions include; Uganda’s diverse cultures such as the Batwa people, Baganda, Karamojong, Banyankole, ik people and among others, stunning waterfalls such as; Sipi falls, sezibwa falls, Murchison falls, mountains like; the Rwenzori mountains, Mount Elgon, Virunga mountains and volcanoes, Rivers and lakes and many others.
Contact our trusted tour operators in case of more inquires about tourist attractions in Uganda and Book with our tours and travel companies such as Achieve Global Safaris that offer the best tour packages while on your safari in Uganda.
