Uganda Self-Drive
Complete guides, itineraries, road conditions and tips for self-drive safari in Uganda.
Uganda Sipi Falls: Coffee Farm Trek and Waterfall Hiking in the Slopes of Mount Elgon
Sipi Falls in eastern Uganda — a series of three consecutive waterfalls on the Sipi River as it descends from the Mount Elgon escarpment into the Karamoja…
Uganda Kidepo Valley National Park: The Most Remote and Wild Uganda Safari
Kidepo Valley National Park in northeastern Uganda — 475 km from Kampala on roads that range from good tarmac to severely corrugated murram — is widely…
Uganda Mgahinga Gorilla National Park: Golden Monkeys and Multiple Volcanoes
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in southwestern Uganda — at only 33.7 sq km Uganda's smallest national park — shares the Virunga volcanic mountain massif with…
Uganda Queen Elizabeth National Park: Tree-Climbing Lions and the Kazinga Channel
Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda is the country's most ecologically diverse national park — encompassing savanna, forest, wetland, and alkaline…
Uganda Murchison Falls: The Most Powerful Waterfall in the World
Murchison Falls — where the entire flow of the Victoria Nile is compressed through a 7-metre-wide gap in the Rift Valley escarpment and drops 43 metres into…
Kenya and Uganda Bird Watching: Top 20 Species Every Africa Birder Must See
East Africa has over 1,600 bird species — more than in all of North America and Europe combined. Uganda alone lists 1,081 species, making it the third-richest…
Uganda Kampala City Guide: What to See and Do Beyond the Airport
Kampala — Uganda's capital city, spread across seven original hills on the northwest shore of Lake Victoria — is one of East Africa's most dynamic and…
Uganda Rwenzori Mountains: Glacier Trekking on the Equatorial Snow Peaks
The Rwenzori Mountains in western Uganda — the "Mountains of the Moon" of Ptolemy's 2nd-century geography — are Africa's only glaciated non-volcanic range,…
Uganda Budongo Forest: Chimp Trekking and Mahogany Forest Birding
Budongo Forest Reserve in northwestern Uganda is East Africa's largest mahogany forest — 825 sq km of Cynometra-Celtis lowland rainforest on the Albertine…
Uganda Food Guide: What to Eat and Drink on Safari and in Kampala
Uganda's culinary landscape is one of the least documented aspects of the Uganda safari experience — most visitors arrive without expectations of the food and…