Bisate Lodge Luxury Villas for Rwanda Gorilla Trekking Bisate Lodge is an exclusive luxury lodge bordering Volcanoes National Park in northwestern Rwanda. Set within a dramatic natural amphitheatre formed by ancient volcanic cones, the lodge enjoys sweeping views across the Virunga Mountains. The journey to the lodge winds through rural villages before climbing into a […]
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Kibuye in Rwanda, Karongi on the Shores of Lake Kivu Kibuye in Rwanda, now officially called Karongi, is one of the calmest lakeside towns on Lake Kivu. It sits in Karongi District and also serves as the administrative centre of Rwanda’s Western Province, with the provincial headquarters in Bwishyura Sector near the eastern shore of […]
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Gishwati Mukura National Park is Rwanda’s youngest national park and one of the strongest forest recovery stories in the country. It was created in 2015 by bringing together the Gishwati and Mukura forest blocks, two highland forests sitting along the Congo-Nile Divide in western Rwanda. The park covers about 35.5 sq km and forms part […]
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Semuliki National Park sits in Bwamba County, Bundibugyo District, in western Uganda, close to the Democratic Republic of Congo border. The Rwenzori Mountains rise on the south-eastern side, Lake Albert lies to the north, and the Semliki and Lamia rivers run along the park’s edges. This is not a typical Uganda savannah park. It protects […]
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Rwenzori Mountains National Park rises along Uganda’s western border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the mountain range continues into Virunga National Park. This is one of the most dramatic mountain landscapes in Africa, covering 99,600 hectares, or 996 square kilometres, across Kasese, Kabarole and Bundibugyo districts. About 70 percent of the park lies […]
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Queen Elizabeth National Park is Uganda’s most visited safari park and the country’s second largest national park, covering about 1,978 sq km in western Uganda. It sits at the base of the Rift Valley, between Lake George and Lake Edward, and stretches across Kasese, Kamwenge, Rubirizi and Rukungiri. On the western side, the park reaches […]
Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda’s largest national park, covering approximately 3,893 km² within the wider Murchison Falls Conservation Area, which extends to about 5,072 km² together with Bugungu Wildlife Reserve and Karuma Wildlife Reserve. Located in northwestern Uganda at the northern edge of the Albertine Rift Valley, the park stretches from the shores of […]
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Mount Elgon National Park Uganda Safari and Hiking Experience Mount Elgon National Park protects one of East Africa’s great mountain landscapes, rising along the Uganda and Kenya border in eastern Uganda. This is an old extinct volcano, and its highest point, Wagagai Peak, reaches about 4,321 metres above sea level. The mountain gives you a […]
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Kisoro, Uganda Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is Uganda’s smallest national park, covering 33.7 km² in Bufumbira County, Kisoro District, in the country’s far southwestern corner where Uganda meets Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The park occupies the Ugandan slopes of 3 extinct Virunga volcanoes, Mount Sabyinyo (3,645 m), […]
Lake Mburo National Park is Uganda’s smallest savannah national park, but it gives you one of the easiest and most relaxed wildlife safaris in the country. The park sits in western Uganda between Masaka and Mbarara, about 240 kilometres from Kampala and around 30 kilometres from Mbarara. This makes it a good stop if you […]
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