Mountain gorillas in Bwindi, tree-climbing lions in Ishasha, the Nile at Jinja and equatorial forest full of chimpanzees.
Best time to visit
June – August and December – February
Getting there
Overnight coach from Nairobi, or a 1-hour flight to Entebbe
Ideal for
Gorilla trekking, Adventure travel, Primates, Rafting
Churchill called Uganda the pearl of Africa and the description has held up. It is greener, hillier and wetter than Kenya, and its wildlife list includes species you cannot see next door.
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest holds roughly half the world's remaining mountain gorillas. A permit buys one hour with a habituated family, and it is routinely described as the single best wildlife experience on earth.
Beyond the gorillas: chimpanzee tracking in Kibale, tree-climbing lions in Queen Elizabeth's Ishasha sector, Murchison Falls forcing the entire Nile through a seven-metre gap, and white-water rafting at Jinja.
One hour with a habituated family in Bwindi.
The Nile squeezed through a seven-metre gorge.
Grade five white water at the source of the Nile.
Lions that spend their days in fig trees.
Every one includes transport, park fees and a guide. Private dates available for all of them.
Jinja, Kampala & the Nile
Our flagship cross-border group trip, now in its tenth edition — the source of the Nile at Jinja, Busowoko Falls, the Buganda Kingdom and a New Year crossing, by road from Nairobi.
From
Ksh 25,000
per person
30 December 2026 – 2 January 2027
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