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Male avatar icon Fernando Spain flag ES       Visited: August 2025 Reviewed: Sep 9, 2025

Email Fernando  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Beautiful and friendly, but lacking a bit of wildlife.

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Uganda is a very friendly country and definitely worth the visit.

Pros:

Amazing primate wildlife: gorillas, chimpanzees and many other smaller primates (monkeys) can be easily watched.
Very good birding.
Beautiful forested hills and mountains to the West of the country.
Beautiful geographical features, like Lake Victoria, Murchison Falls, the Nile, Ruwenzori and Virunga mountains. All within reach.
Friendly people everywhere. Drivers, guides, rangers, hotel staff, all are very nice and devoted to their work.
Professional guides and drivers know their trade well.
Very good food everywhere we went.
Good lodges, although some were a bit below par for a mid-range aspiration.

Cons:

Other than primates, wildlife is unevenly present in the parks. Some lack this, some lack that, etc.
Overall, wildlife does not appear in vast numbers as it does in other countries in the region, despite
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Dreadful dirt roads in the forested areas, really bad even for trained drivers with adequate 4x4 cars. Well below the standard in neighbouring countries.
Driving times can be very long on account of the state of the roads (even those on tar).
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Male avatar icon Ian MacKenzie United States flag US       Visited: July 2025 Reviewed: Jul 29, 2025

Email Ian MacKenzie  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Go for the mountain gorillas, the rest is OK but Tanzania for the other animals if you can do both..

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Our 15 days in Uganda were excitng and fun and the gorilla trek in the Impenetrable Forest was outstanding . Our lodges were mostly outstanding and the Turaco Treetops was the best. That said, some advice: Skip Kampala City, don't spend an hour more than required--there is nothing of real interest there--the "historical stuff" is lame, the sites unimpressive and and the rest of the city is just dirty and crowded and very, very poor. The botanical garden in Entebbe is nice-ish and do take the boat tour into Lake Victoria from Entebbe to see the Shoebill Cranes on your way in or home--amazing. Bring lots of cash in small denominations of shillings--the hands are always out and every place you go you will be assigned rangers, guides, helpers, porters and whatever (aside from your own guide). I spent over $700 in tips before my main guide tip of $300 (he was funny, not great, but he had our back). If this is your one trip to Africa you will have an excellent chance of seeing
Read more many of the main animals, but aside from the incredible gorillas you would do better in Tanzania (where we have also been). Last piece of advice, and I hate to say it, but don't fly Ethiopian Airlines if you have an alternative. Some parts of the experience are great but the customer support if anything gets messed up in the slightest is just awful (our seconf try with them).
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Female avatar icon Astrid EM South Africa flag ZA       Visited: December 2024 Reviewed: Jan 20, 2025

Email Astrid EM  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

A quick visit with amazing experiences to friendly, beautiful Uganda

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Only having 3 days to see as much as possible, I opted for 1 day of relaxing on the shore of Lake Victoria where I enjoyed the view, discovered a multitude of birds (I am a birder) and met very friendly people. The next day I puttered along the narrow channels of the Mabamba Swamps to try and find the elusive Shoebilled Stork. Sadly, it was not to be, but I saw so many other birds including a couple of lifers. This is a highly recommended outing. Yona from Shoebill Safaris then drove all the way to Budongo Forest in Murchison Nat. Park for me to go Chimpanzee tracking with a ranger. What a magic experience! After a long trek through the jungle we eventually found 28-30 chimps and got very close to one of them. Definitely an unforgettable experience but you must be fit. Before sunset we viewed the Murchison Falls and carried on to the Hornbill Lodge where I was treated like royalty. Very early the next morning I saw a pride of lions on a fresh cob kill, a leopard in the grass, many elephants,
Read more giraffes and buffalo as well as various antelopes and birds. By lunchtime I was on a cruise boat chugging along the Nile, stopping for lovely sightings of crocodiles, hippos, elephants and many birds. Late that evening due to the incredibly bad traffic conjestion I was back in Entebbe for my very early morning international flight.
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Female avatar icon Véronique Switzerland flag CH       Visited: November 2024 Reviewed: Jan 6, 2025

Email Véronique  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Wonderful sightseeing

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A wonderful country to visit and for meeting the very kind People. It is the good time to go in the parks everywhere is secured.

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Male avatar icon Balint Hungary flag HU       Visited: August 2024 Reviewed: Aug 27, 2024

Email Balint  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Exceptional beauty and poverty.

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I visited the western half of Uganda that is full of green and wonderful. Murchison and Queen Elizabeth National Parks provide the opportunity to meet lots of wild species, and In Bwindi Impenetrable Forest you can visit gorillas. The beauty of Bunyonyi lake is go beyond everything. The country is basically safe, the lodges are below European standards, but the surroundings and athmosphere make them unforgettable experiences. The Ugandan kitchen is really good with mainly pork, chicken, beef and fish dishes, and a lot of fruits (mainly water melon and ananas). While taking the long routes between national parks you can watch the villages, markets and people along the road.

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Male avatar icon Rui Silva Portugal flag PT       Visited: June 2024 Reviewed: Jun 30, 2024

Email Rui Silva  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Pearl of Africa

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Amazing, especially the forests, rivers, lakes, chimps and gorillas. Bwindi is unforgetable. Kazinga channel, with so many elephants is wonderful.
Tubale safaris is great!

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Female avatar icon Erica United Arab Emirates flag AE       Visited: February 2024 Reviewed: May 26, 2024

Email Erica  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Uganda is a true description nature and beauty thus the Pearl of Africa.

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I truly recommend 👌 the adventure, it was really remarkable being one with nature an awesome feeling to cherish. The adventure indeed exceeded my expectations. Thanks team for your service to give us such unforgettable memories.

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Female avatar icon Dagmara Stefan Poland flag PL       Visited: January 2024 Reviewed: Mar 3, 2024

Email Dagmara Stefan  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Nature!

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First of all I have to thank you Karumuna Safaris for exciting time. We spent two weeks together. We visited Murchison Falls, chimpanzees, rhino sanctuary, gorillas, Bunyoni Lake. The operator even helped us with tickets in Kenya.
We felt safe, although there had adventures, malaria and repaired cars. Richard took care of everything! And we will remember this wonderful adventure forever!

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Female avatar icon Melanie Chitray South Africa flag ZA       Visited: November 2023 Reviewed: Jan 15, 2024

Email Melanie Chitray  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

Picturesque lakes and national parks. Friendly, kind and welcoming people

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My visit to Uganda was to fulfill my dream of Gorilla trekking. My travel was from Kampala to Bwindi forest by road. The roads itself are not the best as they are very bumpy but regular stops helps. We had amazing tour guides and we got to stop at various towns along the way. The equator line stop is lovely and a unique experience. The weather was quite humid and hot. Gorilla trekking experience at Bwindi forest was well-organised and experienced guides and trackers took good care of us and made sure we had an unforgettable experience. Our accommodations were really comfortable and all amenities were good. Visiting the Uganda lakes is a must. This beauty needs to be marketed more as I never expected to be so amazed by this experience. I was blown away by how kind and friendly the people are. So much patience and excellent hospitality. The food in Uganda is quite nice. More on the bland side though. I never felt unsafe at all in Uganda. Our tour operator was Montero Safaris and we did the
Read more 3-day gorilla trekking experience with them. I was very happy with their cost and what they delivered on.
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Male avatar icon Juan Pedro Spain flag ES       Visited: October 2023 Reviewed: Nov 19, 2023

Email Juan Pedro  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

The pearl of Africa is true, it is not a cliché

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You can't miss the gorilla trekking or the impressive Murchison National Park!!. The people are very friendly and usually help you. However, the food is not very varied.

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