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LB
CH
Visited:
January 2015
Reviewed: Apr 18, 2015
20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Uganda is a small country with a lot of variety to discover (landscapes, wildlife, vegetation, cultures), while distances are small; most places can be reached within a day. Tourism is only developping, you can find peace, tranquility and adventure. Some nice lodges in different price ranges offer basic or upmarket accommodation. Uganda is a safe country and can be travelled individually. The climate is pleasant, not too hot. People are extremely friendly and welcoming in general.
Phillip
UG
Visited:
December 2014
Reviewed: Apr 17, 2015
Email Phillip | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Uganda is gifted with a lot of wild life species, many mountain ranges and rivers and most parks have dirt roads making for a good bush vibe. The birding experience is also awesome because of the variety of birds species.
Tara
Visited:
February 2015
Reviewed: Apr 16, 2015
Uganda is the best part of Africa!! The people are the most hospitable, the geography is lush and green, the animals to see are amazing!
Sputnikboy
IT
Visited:
February 2013
Reviewed: Apr 16, 2015
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
You can have a typical safari trip in either Murchinson Falls NP or Queen Elizabeth NP, but I much more preferred the trekking on the wild Rwenzori mountains (my favourite place in Uganda), where in one day you can go from rainforest, to bamboo forest, to alpine vegetation. Kibale offers more rainforest with monkeys, chimps, butterflies, insects and plenty of birds. Bwindi is a world premiere destination to track the gorillas, a truly amazing experience that I HIGHLY reccomend to anybody. I went also to Mgahinga NP to track the golden monkeys: another underrated experience. The track at the foot of the Virunga mountains is beautiful and the monkeys are very cute and funny to watch.
In Jinja the adrenaline activities
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like rafting the Nile rapids was exhilarating, but there are many more to do.And after all this, when I needed to chill out from these emotions, I headed to the shores of Lake Bunyonyi to dip into its waters and have an easy paddle with a canoe doing some islands hopping.
For these reasons I highly recommend Uganda as a destination for nature lovers.
Debbie Stewart
GB
Visited:
February 2015
Reviewed: Apr 15, 2015
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
The Country is so lush and green and is packed full of wildlife wherever you look. The rolling hills and mountain scenery is stunning to wake up to, it's not over crowded and the lodges are all small taking on only a handful of guests at a time. There are birds galore even just in the hotels surrounding gardens and numerous other reptile, butterfly and primate species just doing what it does everyday and you get a real feel of nature and serenity.
KVaughn49
US
Visited:
March 2015
Reviewed: Apr 11, 2015
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
KVaughn49
US
Visited:
March 2015
Reviewed: Apr 11, 2015
50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
I was not disappointed in experiencing the wildlife and other animals, as well as the scenery of Uganda! My Nikon experienced over 1800 'clicks'! The photography was phenomenal!
Jesús-Loriente
ES
Visited:
September 2014
Reviewed: Oct 24, 2014
50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best african country to mix scenery, wildlife and people
We were a group of six spanish adults who went for 13 days to sipy falls, kidepo valley, murchinson falls and kampala, with Matoketours, have to say the trip was lovely, perfectly organiced, the people is very friendly, a variety of hotels, good food and a excepcional guide-driver
A great trip in a fantástic country
Marcel Abraas
NL
Visited:
May 2008
Reviewed: May 14, 2014
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wildlife: awesome! For Bwindi, mostly, of course, although I can imagine someone interested in birds could have fun in Kabale. I plan to go back there some day for other parks, to see the 'big five', as I didn't get a chance to do a 'regular safari' last time.
Scenic beauty: equally awesome! I wish I could have gone deeper into the forest, but that was up to the gorillas, not me ;) Lake Bunyonyi is also a place not to be missed - I took a 3 day trip in dugout canoes there, and the place as green as Holland. Forget the dust-filled footage you often see on TV... visit the rolling green hills in southern Uganda!
Bush vibe: travelling in a dugout canoe, a muddy motor ride, tracking gorill'as - yeah, there is certainly a bush vibe - even though both the canoe trekking and the gorilla tracking were basically very organised. It's not as if you're alone out there, but you won't be queueing to climb the volcano (another one for the to-do list!) either.
Cycads Safaris
UG
Visited:
January 2013
Reviewed: Mar 15, 2014
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Truly the Pearl of Africa
Uganda is a very interesting safari destination- recently ranked among the top 20 must visit places in 2012 by Lonely Planet magazine, Uganda is still discovered by a few and unspoiled with a wide variety of wildlife species and amazing activities both on water and land. Uganda's star attraction is arguably the mountain gorilla in Bwindi impenetrable forest with other attractive destinations like Murchison falls, River Nile (Africa's longest river), Queen Elizabeth park and activities like white water rafting, bird watching