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Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park |
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 Bwindi is found in South Western Uganda on the edge of western rift valley. It covers an area of 321 square kilometres, it also lies a long the border of Uganda an the Democratic Republic of Congo. The park is well known as the home of the world’s mountain gorillas.
Uganda is ranked number one in the world as a destination to experience the thrill of a mountain gorilla safari. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in Uganda has been designated as a world heritage site for the protection and conservation of these amazing animals.
Within Uganda there are, six habituated gorilla groups - five in Bwindi and one in the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. Each of the habituated gorilla families is named where in Bwindi they are Mubare, Habinyanja, Rushugura, Bitukura and Nkuringo. In Mgahinga the group is named Nyakagezi.
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Queen Elizabeth National park |
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 Queen Elizabeth National Park is situated astride the equator in south western Uganda. It’s the second largest national park in Uganda covering an area of 1,978 square kilometres. The park has varied habitats that include grass savannah, dense bushes, forest, swamp and lakes. The park offers magnificent game viewing experiences, a memorable launch trip and spectacular bird watching opportunities.
The park has over 100 species of mammals among which lion, elephant, buffalo, Uganda kob, warthogs, hyena, and leopards are the main draw cards.
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Rwenzori Mountains National Park. |
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 The snow capped peaks of the Rwenzori mountain range lie along and shares the western border of Uganda with the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is regarded to be legendary snow-capped mountains of the moon, described by Ptolemy in AD150. The highest peak reaches an elevation of 5,102m, it is also Africa’s tallest mountain range, exceeded in altitude only by the free standing volcanoes of Mount Kenya and Mount Kilimanjaro.
The distinctive glacial peaks are visible form miles around, but the slopes above 1600m are the preserve of trekkers who rate the Rwenzori to be the most challenging of all African trekking tours.
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Murchison Falls National Park |
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 This is Uganda’s largest protected area situated north of Masindi District and spanning the Victoria Nile. The park is named after the dramatic Murchison falls, where the River Nile explodes violently through a narrow 7m gap to fall a distance of 47m. The River Nile is the world’s longest river which cuts a grove through the Murchison Falls National park.
The park covers an area of 3840 square kilometres with a variety of vegetation ranging from riparian forests, swamp, to broad savannah.
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Kidepo Valley National Park |
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 Kidepo Valley National Park is located in the far North East of Uganda sharing a border with both Sudan and Kenya. It is one of the most spectacular parks where visitors will experience a real feeling of wilderness. It’s the fifth largest National Park in Uganda covering an area of 1,442 square kms. The park offers a wonderful scenery with varied terrain consisting of mountains and savannah landscapes. The vegetation can be described as open tree savannah which varies much in structure and composition, dry mountain forest dominates some of the hills, while areas along the Narus river supports dense acacia forest.
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 The park is located in west of Kampala covering an area of about 370 square kms and is the smallest of Uganda’s savannah national parks. The park harbours 68 different species of mammals including Zebra, Impala, Eland, Topi and Buffalo. Leopards, hyena and jackals are the predators that are present. The bird population includes 315 species of birds including the rare Shoebill stork, papyrus yellow warbler, African fin foot, saddle billed stork, brown chested wattled plover, ground hornbill, and white wing warbler. The beautiful landscape with grass hills and idyllic lake shore provides a varied mosaic of habitat with gallery forest, rich acacia valleys, seasonal and permanent swamp to support this wealth of wildlife.
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Mount Elgon National Park |
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 Mount Elgon National Park lies on the Uganda - Kenya boarder east of the town of Mbale. The park size covers 1,145 square kilometres. The park is named the mountain of the same name which is the 8th highest mountain in Africa at 4,321m, with the largest base of any extinct volcano in the world.
This volcano is estimated to have first erupted more than 20 million years ago and it is thought to have remained active for another 14 million years. The highest peak is found on the Ugandan side of the border; it's called Wagagai peak (4,321m). The other three peaks on the Kenyan side are Sudek (4,302m), Kuitobos (4,222m), Mubiyi (4,211m), with Masaba (4,161m) in Uganda.
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Mgahinga Gorilla National Park |
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 This is the smallest national park in Uganda covering an area of 33.7 square kilometers. As you approach from the east the huge cones of volcanoes start to dominate the landscape. The region surrounding the park is primarily inhabited by Bafumbira and a small population of Batwa peoples.
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The park is part of the great Virunga conservation area covering the northern slopes of three volcanoes, namely, Mt Muhavura 4,127 metres, Mt Sabinyo 3’645 metres and Mt Gahinga 3,474 metres.
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