

We were there in June and still had a rain shower now and then, although mostly not hindering the wildlife viewing. In December-January Uganda also sees a slightly drier season than the rest of the year. June to September is Uganda’s dry season. This means it doesn’t have winter and summer but rather dry and wet seasons. He knows where to find shobill storks in Mbamba Swamp, Uganda This is one of the most visited national parks in Uganda as it presents the ‘easiest’ access to gorilla tracking in the country, and maybe in the region.

On the other side of the tourism spectrum in Uganda is Bwindi National Park which we also did not visit. We did not visit Kidepo National Park but we hear and see from other travellers that it is one of the best wildparks of Uganda with possible sightings of the Big-5 on open savannahs. Quickly read on to find the best places to see your own favourite animals of Uganda! Including where to find shoebill storks… Where can you find shoebill storks in Uganda? Read on quickly! This is one of the places where you are almost guaranteed to find shoebill storks!

Victoria Lake, in particular Mbamba Swamp, still has large swaths of reed swamps which are rich in birdlife.Still, this is the only place in Uganda to see zebra. The park is a bit overgrown after elephants disappeared due to large scale poaching. Lake Mburo National Park, accessible from the main road from Kampala to Mbarara this national park sits at the heart of the longhorn cow rearing regions of central and southern Uganda.Thriving baby rhinos in Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, Uganda There are also dedicated shoebill tours here (we didn’t do). The sanctuary provides much work s well as tourism education to local communities. The wildlife program is highly sucsesful with now more than 20 rhinos from an original five animals. Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, a place set apart to re-introduce rhinos to Uganda.Golden monkeys, chameleons and, of course, gorillas (we didn t see Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, encompassing the Ugandan side of the volcanoes on the tri-border of Rwanda, DR Congo and Uganda – a mountain region with villages up to the edge of the national park, the park itself densely forested on the steep inclines of the vulcanoes.The Fort Portal region including the crater lake area, bu particularly Kibale National Park and local spots such as the Bigodi Nature Walk – a land of hills, mountains, forests and agricultural land, villages spread out through the hills, as well as tea plantations.Tree-climbing lion cub in the Ishasha sector Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda) Elephants, tree-climbing lions, large buffalo herds, leopards (we didn’t see though), many antelope species and more birds than you can count. Queen Elizabeth National Park, in particular Kazinga Channel and the Ishasha Sector – big lakes, crater lakes, river banks and large flat open grasslands, and some savannah country towards the Ishasha sector – villages and settlements are part of the patchwork region of QENP, which creates tension between wildlife conservation and daily life of the people living in or near the national park.

Giraffe, lions, elephants, kob antelopes, chimpanzees, abundant bird life (including shoebill storks, bit not guaranteed) and more This is quite the complete package of wildlife viewing as you’d expect it from Eastern Africa with the addition of the large Nile river falls as a spectacular extra. Murchison Falls National Park, both north of the Nile and to the south in Kaniyo Pabidi Forest – a mix of savannah, hilly country, dry forests, river banks, river delta, lake shores and rain forests.We visited five national parks and a few other wildlife areas. The country’s landscapes are part of the Great African Rift Valley and sits right in a fork between the Eastern and Western rifts. Uganda has an impressive ten national parks and more than two dozen wildlife reserves and sanctuaries. Save it on Pinterest Look mom, I’m walking! says the baby hippo to mamma hippo.
