The southern white rhino is highly endangered, but the northern white rhino is already extinct in wilderness. In general, there is not even one of those impressive animals left in its original habitat in Uganda. Astonishingly, they haven´t given up the fight. The northern white rhino shall be replaced by southern white rhinos. The female […]
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Toro Crater Lakes – Die Toro Kraterseen
Starting north of Fort Portal, a concentration of crater lakes runs down south alongside the western border of Kibale National Park with its groups of habituated chimpanzees. The crater lakes south of Fort Portal sprawl over a large region with a lush, hilly countryside and a patchwork of cultivated areas and remnants of swamps as […]
Semliki National Park
Hidden in a remote corner of Uganda, Semliki National Park down in the valley of Semliki river protects 220 km2 of the Bwamba forest. There is now a paved road with spectacular views from Fort Portal along the northern end of the Rwenzori mountains down to Semliki valley on the western side of the Rwenzoris. […]
The chimpanzees of Kalinzu forest – Die Schimpansen vom Kalinzu-Wald
At the eastern border of Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kalinzu Forest Reserve is linked to the famous park. Protected Kalinzu forest is an extension of Maramagambo forest inside Queen Elizabeth National Park, and both are home to a vast variety of animals and plants, among them more than 400 tree species, 378 bird species, 262 […]
Bwindi Impenetrable
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in south-east Uganda comprises 331 square kilometres of dense montane rainforest as well as cloud forest between 1.160 m and 2.600 m in altitude. The forest are home to more than half of the remaining mountain gorilla population – about 400 animals. They live in around 30 groups, twelve of them […]
Lake Bunyonyi – Der Bunyonyi-See
Lake Bunyonyi is located only 7 kilometres from Kabale at 1.900 m altitude, while the surrounding mountains reach heights of 2.500 m. The lake was formed around 8.000 years ago when lava blocked Ndego river, and that led to the flooding of the valley. Today, Lake Bunyonyi is 25 km long, 5 km at its […]
Buggala Island
We took a minibus from Kalinzu Forest to Mbarara where we had to change transport, and then we took a big bus eastward on to Masaka near the shore of Lake Victoria. After the delicious Friday night BBQ buffet at the Frikadellen, a Danish-run eatery linked to the NGO Childcare Denmark, and a night at […]
Lake Victoria – Der Victoriasee
Lake Victoria is the second biggest freshwater lake on the planet with a size of 68.800 km². Parts of it belong to Kenya and Tanzania, but the biggest part is Ugandan. It is not only the source of the river Nile but also a source of food and work for around 30 million people living […]
Entebbe Botanical Garden – Der botanische Garten von Entebbe
Besides the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre, Entebbe Botanical Garden is another fine place worth a visit on your first or last day in Uganda. Established in 1902, the botanical garden is a wonderful retreat and home to indigenous forest as well as cultivation, horticulture and even a broad variety of animals, including several bird species, […]
Uganda Wildlife Education Centre, Entebbe
The Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) is the zoo of Entebbe, Uganda´s former capital about 40 kilometres from Kampala on a peninsula at Lake Victoria. Entebbe is the home of Uganda´s international airport, where Israeli military started “Operation Entebbe” in 1976 to end the hijacking of an Air France airplane by Palestinians and German RAF […]
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