NATIONAL PARKS

MGAHINGA GORILLA NATIONAL PARK

Sharing a border with neighbouring Congo(Parc National des Virunga) and Rwanda(Parc National des Volcans),Mgahinga is the country’s smallest national park and protects the Ugandan part of the ‘Virunga mountains;a range of extinct and active Volcanoes that straddle the border.A tropical […] [READ MORE »]

SEMLIKI RESERVE AND NATIONAL PARK

Situated within the remote Semliki Valley,the park protects an extension of the Congo’s vast Ituri rainforest.It abounds with birds,including 40 essentially Congolese species found nowhere else in Uganda.The Sempaya Hot Springs,named after the river what forms the Congolese border are […] [READ MORE »]

Murchison Falls National Park

Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda’s largest protected area covering an area of 3,893 square kilometers. The area extends to include Karuma (675 sq.km) and Bugungu (501 sq.km) buffer reserves in the southern sector. The park is located in northwestern […] [READ MORE »]

QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK

History; The history of Queen Elizabeth national park is fascinating. In the first quarter of the 1990’s in 1925, a department was set up to stop the Elephants  from marauding villages and destroying cultivation- the overall aim being to keep […] [READ MORE »]