BWINDI NATIONAL PARK

Bwindi, roughly translated, means a dark place, owing to the impenetratable nature of this park. The park is sorrounded by steep ridges and valleys and very densly thicketed. Find Out More>>

QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK

This park is special as it has been created from natural emigration in the 20th century. Rinderpest, a tick-borne disease, and the tsetse fly drove out humans and cattle, but the game remained. It was gazetted in 1952 when Queen Elizabeth II visited the area. Find Out More>>

SEMULIKI NATIONAL PARK

Semuliki National Park is an eastern extension of the vast Ituri Forest and forms part of the forest continuum during the climatic upheavals of the Pleistocene. It was gazetted in 1993. Find Out More>>

KIBALE FOREST NATIONAL PARK

Kibale is the most accessible of Uganda's major rainforests and is home to a remarkable 13 primate species, including the very localised red colobus and L'Hoest's monkey. Find Out More>>

KIDEPO VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

The Kidepo Valley National Park is one of Uganda's most spectacular parks and harbours scenery unsurpassed in any other park in East Africa. 'It could not be any better' is a common comment on the scenery by visitors who often promise and do go back to Kidepo. Find Out More>>