Uganda is one of the top African gorilla tours and safari tour destinations that present fantastic wildlife safari and tour opportunities and the chance to do Gorilla Trekking Uganda tours and Gorilla Tracking tours. Given the fact that Uganda is home to more than half of the remaining 700 mountain gorillas in the world, Uganda is arguably the most exciting wildlife encounter in Africa, gorilla trekking ultimately stands out as Africa's top tourist safari-tour activity especially in Bwindi impenetrable forest national park as Uganda’s top safari-tour destination for Uganda gorilla trekking and Uganda gorilla tracking safaris and tours that should not miss on your African holiday safari-tour or vacation. Gorilla Tracking in Uganda is a privilege for any visitor to this fascinating country. In addition to the rare mountain gorillas, there are 3 locations to track wild chimpanzees in Uganda. Primates are also exceptionally well represented in Uganda, with a check list that presently includes 13 diurnal and 6 nocturnal species.

Apart from Uganda primates like Gorillas, Chimpanzees and Monkies among others, there are amazing Savannah parks such as Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth National Park that have made incredible wildlife diversity. The impressive wildlife numbers in Uganda's national parks present wonderful opportunities to tourists interested in game viewing/wildlife tours. Uganda's parks are now full of game including vast herds of elephants, hundreds of hippos, giraffe, climbing lions and even leopards. From Queen Elizabeth national Park, you can take a ride along the Kazinga Channel in the shadow of the Ruwenzori Mountains, as you watch elephants drink from the nearby shore and hundreds of hippos relax in the shallows.

Uganda also possesses a remarkable avian diversity, with over 1010 bird species recorded in an area with a small size similar to Great Britain. For those clients yearning to experience the African Culture, the people of Uganda are as diverse as its landscapes. Diverse systems of Karimojong pastoralists in the east, to the Batwa people of the West are worthy to meet. Many Cultural traditions, monuments and relics may be explored on your Uganda Tour, ranging from the Kasubi tombs of the Kabaka (a world Heritage Site), to the routes and meeting places of the early explorers Emin Pasha, Baker and Speke.That is, Uganda wildlife tours including Kampala city tours and cultural tours as a whole.

Gorilla Facts

Gorillas are sub divided into Lowland gorillas and mountain gorillas. Mountain gorillas are endemic to the regions of the borders of Uganda, Rwanda and Congo. There are currently just over 700 mountain gorillas left in the wild thanks to an aggressive campaign by wildlife conservations and the efforts of the above mentioned three countries.

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When tracking gorillas, visitors are required to wear sturdier clothing to protect them against stinging nettles, and solid walking shoes. A hat and sunglasses provide protection against the sun, and a waterproof jacket may come in handy in the moist mountains More on gorill tracking...

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Let Jewel Safaris help you to design your perfect Uganda Safari. Whether looking for a Wildlife Tour or any other Ugandan Safari combining gorilla tours with Chimpanzee Trekking Tours as well as other safari activities that you may want to be included in your Uganda tour itinerary, we are ready to offer you the best package ever that suits your budget, time and the best of your Uganda safari or Uganda tour needs or desires. We also organise tailor-made trips to any Uganda National park or all of these Parks. Our tailor made tours not only enable you to see Gorillas in both Uganda and Rwanda, but may also include different features that you may want to be include in your own itinerary. So let us design a tailored wildlife tour including Gorilla Trekking tours, Chimp Trekking tours and safaris to see Tree Climbing Lions and other amazing African safari. Uganda Safaris here