Why Africa Safari Retreat To Uganda Is A Vacation Highlight

Changing vacation environment every trip builds memories that last for a long time. Planning a superb Africa safari retreat requires selecting the best destination which Uganda qualifies to be. Taking photos that you keep going back to if you want to have lovely flashbacks of your vacation experience all starts with selecting the best destination.

 Uganda as an Africa safari destination has some of the best natural parks harboring a plethora of wild game and great primates of the world. It’s common in Uganda to spot some of the wild big five chilling in the wild that is to say lions, leopards, elephants, Rhinos, cheetahs, jackals, giraffes, cape buffaloes, topis, crocodiles, hippos, zebras and so much more.

The mountain gorillas are the highlights of any Uganda safari, the biggest number of habituated chimpanzees are Ugandan residents. Other primates like black and white colobus monkeys, red tailed monkeys, blue monkeys, olive baboons the list is endless show there presence too. The choice of what to do is wide.

How To Plan A Uganda Safari Tour In Africa

Selecting from a variety of activities to do in Uganda for your Africa safari experience gives you a great choice of what to be part of. Enjoying the available beauties couples with a great itinerary gives you enough time to explore the untamed wilderness.

Game safaris In Uganda expose you to the wild drama that may not be seen in animals reserved zoos or cages. The mighty Murchison falls National Park is nourished by a great River Nile that bisects. It harbors a variety of animals like giraffes, lions, cape buffaloes, leopards, oribi, hartebeests to mention but a few.

The spectacular launch trip to Murchison Falls brings out the extraordinary beauty of River Nile as it squeezes through the narrow bend of about 6 meters to burst out forming a cloudy appearance. These are the strongest falls in the entire world and indeed worth including in your itinerary.

Talking a 3 day game safari to Murchison Falls gives you a chance to explore the hidden beauties that prompted Winston Churchill to call the Park a kew garden and untamed zoo.

Queen Elizabeth National park offers incredible views of the rift valley when standing on available platforms. It sits at the floor surrounded by lovely ridges and rolling hills of Rwenzori. The lovely network of wet craters like blue lake, Katwe salt lake, Lake Nyamunuka and several others create a great scenery.

With a launch trip on Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park the outstanding sceneries come into view. Lots of animals flood the banks of Kazinga channel especially during the dry seasons, a rich avian life feeds from the banks including foreign migrants.

A 3 day Queen Elizabeth National Park safari gives you time to adventure the wilderness of Uganda.

Gorilla trekking in Bwindi forest National Park

Thisis a top Africa safari primate highlight choice to select. You need to have a gorilla trekking permit as the entry ticket to this renowned activity.

Every trekker must have gorilla trekking gears packed in the travel bag. Unlike other African activities where a vehicle is used to locate wild animals, gorilla trekking requires your active participation.

Walking the Bwindi forest with other trekkers gives you chance to explore the beauties of the ancient wilderness. Looking around to spot other primates like olive baboons, black and white colobus, vervet monkeys, blue monkeys makes the trip even more interesting. A variety of birds that linger the forest tell the hidden history of an old forest.

When with the gorillas, it’s like visiting lost relatives as they are all about family. Every member of the family that lives in the human family is represented starting from the silverback, mother gorillas, infants, juveniles all actively involved in all affairs.

Hiking the Rwenzori Mountain

Checking your fitness is a great option for your Uganda game safari in Africa. This however requires you to have some level of fitness, enough holiday time to hike and return to the starting point.

The Rwenzori Mountains have several peaks but the highest of them is Margheritah peak which is snowcapped all year round. Getting to the summing of Rwenzori the second highest mountains in Africa is like winning a lottery.

Birding in Uganda during Uganda safari

Not only is birding experience in Uganda a keen birder’s dream but also an opportunity to enjoy the vegetation cover where most birds spend the biggest time of the day. Bwindi Impenetrable forest is the best destination for birding in Africa giving you chance to spot about 90% of Albertine endemics.

Some birds you may have a chance to see include the famous shoe bill, Egyptian vulture, black stork, pygmy falcon, grey wagtail, Brown chested alethe, black throated Apalis and so much more.

What Accommodation To book For Uganda Safari Retreat

Each destination in Uganda has different accommodations available for holiday makers. Selecting the right accommodation depends on how much you are will to spend.

At Arch safaris And tours, we give free advice on the variety of facilities available ranging from Luxury, Midrange and Budget accommodations.

Its better to book where to spend the night after identifying the activities you ar e interested in being part of, for those that book gorilla trekking, the trick is selecting accommodation in the area close to where your permits is booked.

This is because of the wide area that is covered by Bwindi forest yet each area is accessed differently. The difference in routing and the roads that get wet and slippery especially during severe down pour cause you to spend the night close to where you are tracking the gorillas.

What Is The best Time To Book Uganda Safari in Africa

Any time of the year is open for Uganda safari in Africa but the drier months are more interesting to do game safaris in Uganda. During the game drives, its easier to spot wild animals feeding in the savannah grasslands while the anglers sneak for a meal.

The months of June to September are usually drier and even the grasslands also have lower vegetation cover. At times these animals are also forced to converge closer to water points when there is scarcity of food supply creating a lot of drama.