Category: Uganda Tourism News

Uganda is often called the more affordable side of East African safari, but "affordable" is relative. A budget self-drive trip and a luxury gorilla-and-lodge itinerary can differ by thousands of dollars per person — and most of that gap comes ...[ read more ]

There's a moment on every gorilla trek in Uganda when the forest suddenly goes quiet, your ranger raises a hand, and there — through the tangle of vines and undergrowth — is a wild mountain gorilla, close enough to hear ...[ read more ]

Planning a trip to Uganda usually starts with the same question: how are you actually going to get around? Between gorilla trekking in Bwindi, game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park, and long stretches of murram road in between, your ...[ read more ]

Uganda is often called the Pearl of Africa, and for good reason: it's one of the only places on Earth where you can trek face-to-face with mountain gorillas in the morning and watch tree-climbing lions from a game drive vehicle ...[ read more ]

Uganda's history stretches from Iron Age kingdoms to nineteenth-century religious martyrdom to the fight against the slave trade, and much of that story is still visible on the ground today. Royal tombs, ancient earthworks, colonial-era forts, and pilgrimage shrines sit ...[ read more ]

Uganda isn't only about gorilla trekking and game drives. Around the town of Jinja, where the Nile River begins its journey out of Lake Victoria, in the hills of Sipi Falls in the east, and up in the glacier-capped Rwenzori ...[ read more ]

Uganda rarely tops the list when people picture the Big Five — that mental image usually belongs to Kenya's Maasai Mara or South Africa's Kruger. But Uganda quietly offers all five: lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, and rhino. The catch — ...[ read more ]

For years, Uganda safaris were booked almost exclusively by families and larger groups. That's changing fast. Solo travelers and couples are now among the country's fastest-growing visitor segments — and the reasons go well beyond a general global uptick in ...[ read more ]

Whether you are dreaming of locking eyes with a majestic mountain gorilla in the misty depths of Bwindi, tracking tree-climbing lions in Queen Elizabeth National Park, or standing at the thunderous foot of Murchison Falls, Uganda is a destination that ...[ read more ]