10 Uganda National Parks

Uganda's national parks offer some of the country's best wildlife and scenery. Choose from ten parks, from Murchison Falls to Bwindi Impenetrable and Kidepo Valley.

Each park can be visited in a day along with other tourist attractions. The price from USD 300 per person includes a driver guide, transport, airport pick-up and park entrance fees.

The ten national parks

• Murchison Falls: the Nile is squeezed through a narrow gorge to form a powerful waterfall
• Queen Elizabeth: the Kazinga Channel and the tree-climbing lions of Ishasha
• Lake Mburo: the smallest savannah park, known for zebras and giraffes
• Kibale: chimpanzee tracking and around 13 primate species
• Bwindi Impenetrable: a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to mountain gorillas
• Mgahinga Gorilla: another park in the south-west where mountain gorillas live
• Mount Elgon: the extinct volcano on the Uganda and Kenya border, with Sipi Falls on its slopes
• Rwenzori Mountains: a UNESCO World Heritage Site with the continent’s third-highest peak
• Semuliki: lowland tropical forest in western Uganda
• Kidepo Valley: the most isolated park, in the north-east near the Kenya and South Sudan borders

How to choose your park

Choose by what you want to see. For wildlife on the savannah, look at Queen Elizabeth, Murchison Falls and Lake Mburo. For primates, look at Kibale and Bwindi. Distances matter too: Murchison Falls, Bwindi and Kidepo are a long way from Kampala, while Lake Mburo is one of the closest. Read our guide to all ten parks to compare them.

What the price covers

The price covers a driver guide, transport, airport pick-up and park entrance fees. Activity permits, such as gorilla trekking, are issued separately by the Uganda Wildlife Authority, so ask us about permits when you plan.