East Africa’s national parks are curved out of the diverse vegetation that is basically determined by altitude, rainfall, and temperature. The biggest vegetation cover is savannah (woodlands and grasslands), giving way to tropical rainforests in the basins, alpine flora on the great mountains, and mangroves along the Indian Ocean coast. Here our main focus will be the national parks in the Eastern DR Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi.
Murchison falls national park
Murchison Falls National Park lies at the northern end of the Albertine Rift Valley, where the sweeping Bunyoro escarpment drops into vast, palm-dotted savanna. First gazetted as a game reserve in 1926, it is Uganda’s largest and oldest preservation area, having 76 species of mammals and 451 birds. Read More
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park lies in southwestern Uganda on the edge of the Rift Valley. Bwindi, with mist-covered hillsides, is covered by one of Uganda’s oldest and most biologically varied rainforests. This rainforest dates back over 25,000 years and contains almost 400 species of plants. The forest also harbors an estimated 320 mountain gorillas – approximately half of the world’s inhabitants. Read More
Queen Elizabeth national park
Queen Elizabeth National Park is said to be Uganda’s most admired tourist destination. The park’s various ecosystems include sprawling savanna, shady, humid forests, crater lakes and wetlands. This makes it an ideal home for classic big game, ten primate species including chimpanzees and over 600 birds species. Read More
Kibale National Park
Kibale National Park comprises of a diverse zones of tropical forest in Uganda. Large forest cover, mixed together with some patches of grassland and swamp covers much of the northern and central parts of the park along a high plateau. Kibale forest is habitat to a over 13 primate species including the chimpanzee.
Chimpanzee tracking is the mojor safari activity that takes place in this park. The park also comprises of over 375 species of birds. Read More
Rwenzori Mountains National Park