Tourism · Uganda

Places to visit in Uganda

National parks, mountains, lakes, coasts, cities and heritage sites, each with a full guide: official fees, the best months, how to get there and who to travel with.

9 places for birding

A mountain gorilla feeding on leaves in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

National park

Southwestern Uganda

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Ancient rainforest and almost half of the world's mountain gorillas.

Murchison Falls pouring through its narrow gorge into the Nile

National park

Northwestern Uganda

Murchison Falls National Park

Where the Nile forces through an 8-metre gorge.

National park

Western Uganda

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Kazinga Channel, crater lakes and tree-climbing lions.

An alpha male chimpanzee sitting on the forest floor in Kibale

National park

Western Uganda

Kibale National Park

East Africa's primate capital: 13 species and about 1,500 chimpanzees.

Golden savanna and distant mountains in Kidepo Valley with grazing buffaloes

National park

Northeastern Uganda (Karamoja)

Kidepo Valley National Park

Uganda's most remote and dramatic wilderness.

National park

Western Uganda

Lake Mburo National Park

Zebras, impalas and lakes, 3½ hours from Kampala.

Boiling water spouting from the female hot spring at Sempaya

National park

Western Uganda

Semuliki National Park

A slice of the Congo Basin with boiling hot springs.

A sandy beach on Lake Victoria in the Entebbe Botanical Gardens

Lakeside town

Central Uganda

Entebbe

Botanical gardens and Lake Victoria shores by the airport.

Wetland

Central Uganda

Mabamba Bay Wetland

Canoe through papyrus to find the shoebill.

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