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Mountain Elgon National park is the oldest extinct volcanic mountain with the largest volcanic base in the world. It is located on the Uganda-Kenya boarder. The mountain is shared with Uganda and Kenya but Uganda takes the largest part, it has trekking trails like Sasa, Sipi and Piswa. Mt Elgon is a home of two […]
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Rwenzori mountains national park “mountains of the moon” is the third highest mountain in Africa with six glacial peaks namely Mount speke, Mount Emin Pasha, Mount Baker, Mount Luigi da savoia, Mount Stanley and Mount Gessi. It’s a block mountain formed as a result of faulting. It lies in southwestern Uganda along Uganda-Congo border. […]
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Semliki national park is located in western Uganda bundibugyo district. It was gazetted in 1932 and upgraded as a national park in 1993 and its 220 square kilometers with an altitude of 670-760m above sea level. The park has around 336 tree species recorded, 441 bird species and 53 mammals including elephants, buffales, leopards blue […]
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Mgahinga Gorilla National Park “where Gold meets Silver” is located in the southwestern region of Uganda, Kisoro district in Virunga Mountains and contains three active volcanoes Mount Muhavura, Mount Gahinga and Mount Sabinyo. It is contiguous with Rwanda’s Volcanoes national park and southern sector of Virunga National Park in the Democratic republic of Congo. It […]
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Lake Mburo National Park is located in Kiruhura district conveniently close to the highway that connects Kampala to Mbarara. It is the smallest of Uganda’s Savannah National Parks. It is 370 square kilometers in size. Together with 13 other lakes in the area, Lake Mburo forms part of a 50km-long wetland system linked by a […]
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Kidepo national park is located near karenga in kaabong district in northeastern Uganda. It is the most isolated park in Uganda but the few who make the journey to this park would agree that it is also the most magnificent. It ranks among Africa’s finest wilderness. 2 rivers that are river Kidepo and river Narus […]
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Kibale national park is located in western Uganda; it is 795 square kilometers in size. It forms a continuous forest with Queen Elizabeth national park. It’s famously known as a home of Chimpanzees but also keeps other primates like the red colombus monkey and the rares L’Hoest’s monkey. Kibale is highest at the park’s northern […]
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Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located in the southwestern region of Uganda on the edge of the Albertine rift valley near the boarder of Democratic republic of Congo. It is approximately 331 square kilometers and accessed only on foot. It is one of the most bio-diverse forests in Africa with one of the best ecosystems […]
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Queen Elizabeth National Park was originally called Kazinga National Park and renamed Queen Elizabeth National Park after the visit of Queen Elizabeth II. It is located in southwestern Uganda spanning the districts of Kasese, Kamwenge, Rubirizi and Rukungiri. The park is approximately 400 kilometers by road south west of Kampala Uganda’s capital and largest city. […]
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Murchison falls is Uganda’s oldest and largest national park gazetted in 1952. It is located in northwestern region of the Albertine rift valley around Victoria Nile. The park is situated in the districts of Buliisa, Nwoya, Kiryandongo and Masindi (the nearest large town). Its is about 283 km by road northwest Kampala Uganda’s capital and […]
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