Queen Elizabeth National Park

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Queen Elizabeth National Park spans the equator line; monuments on either side of the road marking the exact spot where it crosses latitude 00. Overview The park was founded in 1952 as Kazinga National Park and renamed two years later to commemorate a visit by Queen...
Lake Mburo National Park

Lake Mburo National Park

Wetland habitats comprise 20% of the park’s surface The parks’ precarious past has seen wildlife virtually eliminated several times: firstly, in various attempts to rid the region of tsetse flies, then to make way for ranches, and finally as a result of...
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

The Mubare gorilla group was the first to become available for tourism in Uganda in April 1993. Nine groups are now habituated for tourism, and one group for research. Spread over a series of steep ridges and valleys, Bwindi is the source of five major...
Kidepo Valley National Park

Kidepo Valley National Park

The park contains two rivers – Kidepo and Narus – which disappear in the dry season, leaving just pools for the wildlife. The local communities around the park include pastoral Karamojong people, similar to the Maasai of Kenya, and the IK, a hunter-gatherer tribe...