Wildlife Holidays in Uganda
Tell me about Uganda …
Once the fertile but isolated land of such relatively sophisticated medieval kingdoms as the Buganda, Bunyoro, Ankole and Toro, Uganda's 72 years as a British protectorate saw a peaceful and prosperous nation pass into the hands of Dr Milton Obote at independence in 1962. Yet the subsequent murderous regimes of both Obote and Idi Amin saw 24 years of chaos and anarchy rip this inheritance apart, before a benevolent President Yoweri Museveni came to power in 1986, backed by his highly disciplined National Resistance Army.
Today, after 19 years of peace, Museveni’s achievements in rebuilding his country are remarkable. Uganda's large human population is happy, peaceful and optimistic, and its mammal population is fast recovering.
What’s special about its wildlife?
Uganda remains a most beautiful country – a luxuriant land of great lakes, abundant swamps, a snowclad equatorial mountain range, and rolling grasslands.
Above all, it is the country's tropical forests that provide the greatest attraction for the naturalist. Here, among an unrivalled population of primates are over 300 Mountain Gorillas.
Naturetrek tour to Uganda
Naturetrek's wildlife holiday in Uganda offers the chance to search for the country's mammals, particularly primates and birds. These include the Mountain Gorillas of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and the Shoebill Storks of Mabamba Swamp.