Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a leading gorilla safari destination in East Africa.

Located in south western Uganda, covering parts of Rukungiri, Kisoro and Kabale Districts, Bwindi forest is home to half of the world’s 700 surviving families of the endangered mountain gorilla.

Bwindi (meaning impenetrable in the local Lukiga language) is so called because of the dense undergrowth, vines and other vegetation that make it almost ‘impenetrable’.

Bwindi is home to two habituated groups of Mountain Gorilla’s; the Mubare group of 16 gorillas and the Habiyanja group 23 gorillas. Both groups are tracked daily by up to six visitors who are escorted by National Park rangers and guides. The remaining half of these rare primates is found in Rwanda’s Virunga National Park.

The forest was first gazetted as a reserve in 1942 and later upgraded to the a national park in 1992. Bwindi National Park was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 and it offers some of world’s best opportunities to watch the giant mountain gorillas in their natural habitation. Trekking through the 32,000 hectares of tangled vegetation in search of these primates ranks among the world’s best wildlife encounters. As a result, the park offers some of the best Uganda safaris attracting the majority of visitors to Bwindi. Read the rest of this entry »

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Queen Elizabeth National Park, located in south western Uganda, is one of the most scenic national parks in East Africa.

The national park was established in 1952, named after Queen Elizabeth II, but the park was later re-named Ruwenzori before it returned to its royal name.

Occupying an area of 1,978 square km, east of lake Edward and south of Ruwenzori Mountains, Queen Elizabeth National Park contains an incredible number of species – about 100 mammal species and over 600 species of birds. The rich flora and fauna of Queen Elizabeth National Park confirms the reason as to why the park is the most-visited game reserve in Uganda. The park is also famous for its volcanic cones and deep craters - many with crater lakes such as the salt generating Lake Katwe. See other popular safari destinations in Uganda.

Some of the wildlife hosted by Queen Elizabeth National Park include elephants, leopards, lions, water buffaloes, antelopes and hippos. In deed the Kazinga Channel, the 40-km channel connecting Lake George to Lake Edward, is said to hold the largest concentration of hippos in the world. However, there are no impala, giraffe, zebra or rhino in the park. Read the rest of this entry »

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For the first time in Uganda, doctors at the International Hospital Kampala successfully carried out the first two open-heart operations.

The operations to repair atrial setal defects, commonly known as a hole in the heart, were carried out by a fourteen strong team of experts, including two British, carried out both operations Read the rest of this entry »

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