Moses Synagogue
An unexpected find in this neck of the woods, the Jewish Abayudaya community in the outskirts of Mbale on Nabugoye Hill dates back to the early 20th century. The synagogue is a simple, yet appealing, rustic red brick building (though there are plans to redevelop it into a modern sl
Source of the Nile River
The birthplace of the mighty Nile river (or one of them anyway…), here the water spills out of Lake Victoria on its journey to the Mediterranean flowing fast from the get-go. It’s estimated no more than 5% of water here will end up in Egypt. There’s a landmark identifying the sourc
Kibale National Park
The 795-sq-km Kibale National Park is a lush tropical rainforest, believed to have the highest density of primates in Africa. Its most famous for being one of the best places in the world to track wild chimpanzees, with five groups habituated to human contact. Its home to 13 primat
Semuliki National Park
The Semliki Valley is a little corner of Congo poking into Uganda. The only tropical lowland rainforest in East Africa is a continuation of the huge Ituri Forest in the DRC and forms a link between the heights of East Africa and the vast, steaming jungles of central Africa. The Sem
Rwenzori Mountains National Park
The legendary, mist-covered Rwenzori Mountains are presumed to be the Mountains of the Moon, described in AD 350 by Ptolemy, who proclaimed them to be the source of the Nile River. Because of both its beauty and biodiversity, Unesco named Rwenzori Mountains National Park a World He
Top of the Falls
Once described as the most spectacular thing to happen to the Nile along its 6700km length, the 50m river is squeezed through a 6m gap in the rock and crashes through this narrow gorge with unbelievable power. The 45m waterfall was featured in the Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bog
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Covering 1978 sq km, Queen Elizabeth National Park is one of the most popular in Uganda. With landscape including savannah, bushland, wetlands and lush forests, the park is inhabited by 96 species of mammals, including healthy numbers of hippos, elephants, lions and leopard as well
Mengo Palace
Built in 1922 Mengo Palace is the former home of the king of Buganda, though it has remained empty since 1966 when Prime Minister Milton Obote ordered a dramatic attack to oust Kabaka Mutesa II (then president of Uganda). Led by the forces of Idi Amin, soldiers stormed the palace a
Kasubi Tombs
The Unesco World Heritage–listed Kasubi Tombs is of great significance to the Buganda kingdom as the burial place of its kings and royal family. The huge thatched-roof palace was originally built in 1882 as the palace of Kabaka Mutesa I, before being converted into his tomb followi
Kidepo Valley National Park
Offering some of the most stunning scenery of any protected area in Uganda Kidepo Valley National Park is hidden away in this lost valley in the extreme northeast of Uganda. The rolling, short-grass savannah of the 1442-sq-km national park is ringed by mountains and cut by rocky ri
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Although it’s the smallest of Uganda’s national parks at just 34 sq km, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park punches well above its weight. Tucked away in the far southwest corner of the country, the tropical rainforest cloaks three dramatic extinct volcanoes and, along with the contiguo
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Home to almost half of the world’s surviving mountain gorillas, the World Heritage-listed Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is one of East Africa’s most famous national parks. Set over 331 sq km of improbably steep mountain rainforest, the park is home to an estimated 360 gorillas:
Mt Elgon National Park
A good alternative to climbing Uganda’s Rwenzori Mountains or Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, trekking in Mt Elgon National Park offers a milder climate, lower elevation and much more reasonable prices. The park encompasses the upper regions of Mt Elgon to the Kenyan border and this is
Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary Reserve
The Big Five are back. In 2005, Rhino Fund Uganda opened this private 70-sq-km reserve, 170km northwest of Kampala, about 30 years after poachers shot the nation’s last wild rhino in Murchison in 1983. There are now 15 southern white rhinos roaming the savannah and wetland, nine of
Murchison Falls National Park
Uganda’s largest national park and one of its very best; animals here are in plentiful supply and the raging Murchison Falls a sight to behold. Sir Samuel Baker named Murchison Falls in honour of a president of the Royal Geographical Society, and the park was subsequently named aft
Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary
Day trips (from US$50 per person) to see the residents here in Lake Victoria are popular. Plan ahead and you can join the overnight experience and a forest-walk with the chimps, wholl climb all over you.
Doing business & staying in touch while in Uganda
Uganda: Doing business & staying in touch
Uganda Weather, Climate and Geography
Uganda Weather, climate and geography
Uganda History, Language and Culture
Uganda History, Language and Culture
Uganda Travel Guide and Travel Information
Uganda Travel Guide
