safaris

Tour and Travel Agencies

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Ultimate Safaris
345 Makay Road, Kampala
PO Box 21827
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)41 373476
Fax. +256 (0)41 373476
Mobile. +256 (0) 772 512779
email. info@ultimate-safaris.com
Website. ultimate-safaris.com
Managing Director: Ms Harriet Kyomugisha

Uganda Africa Adventure
Plot 127 Albert Cook Road
Mengo, Kampala
PO Box 27645
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)41 270071
Fax.
Mobile. +256 (0)772 414866, (0)772 488778
email. info@ugandafricadventure.net
Website. ugandafricadventure.net
Managing Director: Emanuel Nduwayo

Volcanoes Safaris
27 Lumumba Avenue
Nakasero Hill, Kampala
PO Box 22818
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)414 346464/5, 0312 263823
Fax. +256 (0)414 341718
Mobile. +256 (0)772 741718
email. salesug@volcanoessafaris.com
Website. volcanoessafaris.com
Managing Director: Praveen Moman

Whistling Duck Tours and Travel
Plot 16 Kisinja Road, Jinja
PO Box 53
Jinja, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)434 122168
Fax. +256 (0)434 122168
Mobile. +256 (0)772 767605
email. whistlingduck@utlonline.co.ug
Website.
Managing Director: Helmut Buttner

Wild Frontiers Uganda
Plot 3 Nsamizi Close, Off Nsamizi Road Entebbe
PO Box 619, Entebbe, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)414 321479
Fax. +256 (0)414 321479
Mobile. +256 (0)772 502155
email. wildfront@icon.co.za, info@wildfrontiers.co.ug
Website. wildfrontiers.com, wildfrontiers.co.ug
Managing Director: Jane Goldring

World Adventure
UMA Show Grounds, Kampala
PO Box, Kampala, Uganda
Mobile. +256 (0)77 509784
email. worldadventurestours@yahoo.co.uk
Website.
Managing Director: Victor Baitwa

Xplore World Ltd
Property Services Building, Plot 65, Yusuf Lule Rd,
Opposite garden City Complex, Kampala
PO Box 16732, Kampala, Uganda
Tel/Fax. +256 414 236 233
Mobile. +256 752 648 684
email. xploreworld@utlonline.co.ug
Website. xploreworld.ug
Managing Director: Annet Kajubi

Abacus African Vacations
Kimathi Avenue Plot 4
P.O.Box 34944
Tel: +256772331332, +2567013331332, +256752331332
Email:info@abacusvacations.com
Website: www.abacusvacations.com
www.gorilla-safari.com

Uganda Tour Operators listed in Alphabetical order

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Uganda Tour Companies

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Great Lakes Safaris
Susie H'se Rm 5, Ggaba Rd
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)414-267153
Fax. +256-414-267153
Mobile. +256(0)782-282791
email. info@safari-uganda.com
Website: www.safari-uganda.com
We offer Uganda safaris, birding, mountaineering, mountain gorilla tracking, trekking, wildlife tours
Managing Director: Amos Wekesa

Great Lakes Safaris: Mountain Gorilla Safaris
Susie H'se Rm 5, Ggaba Rd
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)414-267153
Fax. +256-414-267153
Mobile. +256(0)782-282791
email. info@safari-gorilla.com
Website: www.safari-gorilla.com
We offer mountain gorilla tracking, trekking, wildlife tours, primates tours
Managing Director: Amos Wekesa

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Green Break Company
Topher Road, Mbuya, Kampala
PO Box 548
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)414 267153
Fax.
Mobile. +256 (0)772 200337
email. ignaki@greenbreaks.co.ug
Website: greenbreaks.co.ug
Managing Director: Ignatius Nakishero

Gorilla Tours
Plot No 17, Mugula Road, Entebbe
PO Box 29333
Kampala, Uganda
Fax. +256 (0)414 267055
Mobile. +256 (0)772 445805
email. postmaster@gorillatours.com
Website: gorillatours.com
Managing Director: Bart Munting

Global Interlink Travel Services Ltd
# 52 Grand Imperial Hotel Mall
Grand Imperial Hotel
Nile Avenue, Kampala, Uganda
PO Box 21600
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)414 235233
Fax. +256 (0)414 231858, (0)414 254999
Mobile. +256 (0)772 227722
email. global@global-interlink.org
Website: global-interlink.org
International Travel Consulatant: Mohit K. Advani

Great Lakes Safaris
Suzie House, Annex.1st Floor,
Ggaba Road, Kampala
PO Box 33024, Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)414 267153
Fax. +256 (0)782 260948
Mobile. +256 (0)772 426368
email. info@safari-uganda.com
Website: safari-uganda.com
Managing Director: Amos Wekesa

Great Value Safaris Ltd
Plot 1 span House,Suite 108
Kampala
PO Box 70191
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)414 347501
Fax. +256 (0)414 347520
Mobile. +256 (0)752 692286, (0)772 919818
email. gvsafaris@africaonline.co.ug
Website: greatvaluesafaris.com
Contact persons: MS Maria Kalinga and MS Grace Baite

Hamlet Birding Tours and Safaris
Plot 802 Mitala Road, Kansanga, Kampala
PO Box 26436, Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)414 576336
Mobile. +256 (0)772 607267
email. info@hamletbirdingtours.com
Website: hamletbirdingtours.com
Tours Manager: David Bakeine
Managing Directors: Hamlet Mugabe and Lily Vercruijsse

Harmony Safaris Ltd
Plot 2 Nsambya,Kansanga, Kampala
PO Box 24013
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +1 314 8496759 (USA)
Mobile. +256 (0)772 399824, (0)712 411314
email. info@harmonysafaris.com
Website: harmonysafaris.com
Contact Person: Lydia Tebyasa (UG)/ Simon Tebyasa(USA)

Hog Safaris
Plot 31 Kanjokya Street, Kampala
PO Box 8084
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)414 534134, (0)312 261693
Fax. +256 (0)414 534134
Mobile. +256 (0)752 656142, (0)752 997852
email. hog@hogsafaris.co.ug
Website: hogsafaris.co.ug
Managing Director: Ben Katumba

Into Africa Safaris
Plot 28 Hannington Road, Kampala
P.O.Box 10382, Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)312 271758, +256 (0)414 373966
Fax. +256 (0)414 438018
Mobile. +256 (0)772 430338
email. info@intoafricasafaris.net
Website: intoafricasafaris.net
Managing Director: Joseph

Jewel Safaris
P.O. Box 26029
Kimathi Avenue Plot 4,
Kampala, Uganda
For your: Gorilla tour
info@jewelsafaris.com
Uganda office:+ 256-772-867943
Irish office:+ 353 85 7311353
Uganda fax no:+ 256-772-767943

Ku Tunza Travel
P.O.Box 1346, Jinja, Uganda
Mobile. +256 (0)772 456303
email. info@kutunza.com
Website: kutunza.com
Managing Director: Chris Higginson

Lake Kitandara Tours and Travel
St Bruno Road, Luzira, Port Bell
PO Box 40360
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)312 277204, (0)312 276878
Fax. +256 (0)312 278250
Mobile. +256 (0)772 525672, (0)772 417165
email. kitanda@infocom.co.ug
Website: lkttsafaris.co.ug
Managing Director: Boniface Byamukama

Lets Go Travel
Garden City, Kampala
PO Box 22851
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)414 346667/8/9
Fax. +256 (0)414 346666
Mobile. +256 (0)772 222225
email. uganda@letsgosafari.com
Website: letsgosafari.com
General Manager: Marinka Sanc-George

Uganda Tour Operators listed in Alphabetical order

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Uganda Tour Operators and Travel Agencies

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Choosing the best Uganda Tour Operator or Safari Company

There are loads of Tour operators in Uganda specializing in provision of tour services in Uganda. The services range from tours, to flights and hotel booking. While planning for your safari, it is very important to interact with the tour operators before you can make up your mind over which safari company will take care of your tour.

To start with, you need to find out the area of expertise of the tour company in relation to you preferred safari option. Some are experts in luxury holiday tours well as others specialize in tailor made safaris, camping, mountaineering, lodge safaris or overland vacations.

A little research in necessary to establish the reputation of the Uganda tour operator you choose to take care of your vacation. Take time to discover the membership of that operator in different Tourism organizations such as AUTO, Africa Travel Association, ATTA, Nature Uganda and so much more.

Any of the Uganda tour operator should be able provide any travel information you need regarding your Uganda safari; including visa, flights, hotels, travel and health insurance, security, communication and so much more.

Get a written copy of the terms and conditions from the Tour operator. In fact, you can probably have each company mail you a copy of their policy. After receiving a copy of each company’s policy, review the policies carefully. In doing so, you will be able to find the best deal for you and you will also familiarize yourself with all of the policies.

Avoid as much as possible, brief case tour operators. The list of tour operators on this page has been carefully selected basing on the credibility, Association membership, customer care and service provision. We are however not responsible for any loss or damage or dissatisfaction regarding any travel guide or travel agent listed on this very page. We try to ensure that these companies don't default. Under such eventualities, you should contact us and have them removed accordingly.

Uganda Tour Operators listed in Alphabetical order

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Murchison Falls National Park

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This park is located in the northwestern part of Uganda, sprawling inland from the shore of Lake Albert around the Victoria Nile. It derives its name from the Murchison Falls water fall, where the mighty River Nile explodes through a narrow gorge and flows down to become a placid river whose banks are patronized by hippos, crocodiles, waterbucks, and buffaloes. The vegetation is mainly savannah, riverine forest and woodland. Wildlife includes; Lions, Leopards, elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, hartebeests, oribis, Uganda kobs, chimpanzees and many bird species including the rare shoebill.

It is comprised of Murchison Falls National Park, Bugungu Refuge and Karuma Wildlife Refuge. This park is believed to be the oldest protected area in Uganda. It covers a total area of 3,893km2, with Bugungu Wildlife Refuge, Karuma Wildlife Refuge and Budongo Forest Reserve covering 510Km2, 678Km2, and 591Km2 respectively. While the National Park and the two wildlife reserves are under the auspices of the Uganda Wildlife Authority and Murchison Falls Conservation Area, Budongo Forest Reserve is managed by the National Forest Association.

Sleeping sickness decimated the inhabitants of an area of approximately 13,000Km2 during the period of 1907 and 1912.
This paved way for the establishment of the Bunyoro Game Reserve in 1910, which is now part of the National Park in Masindi District. With time, the boundaries were extended into Gulu district, north of the river, and the resulting protected area became known as the Bunyoro-Gulu Game Reserve in 1928.

Established in 1932, Budongo Forest Reserve became the first commercial logging concession in Uganda and is one of the most intensively studied “working” Forest in the world to date.

The frontiers of this forest continued to expand over the next thirty years until their reached the current size of 825Km2. As the locals continued to lose hand, a lot of animosity was created as people never quite knew where the boundaries ended due to the frequent changes. Because of the reduction of hunting in the Bunyoro-Gulu Game Reserve, the animal population increased, which justified upgrading the reserve to Murchison Falls national Park. In 1952, the British administration established the National Parks Act of Uganda. By the mid 1960’s, Murchison Falls had become the prime safari destination in all of East Africa, with well over 60,000 visitors annually.

When the sleeping sickness outbreak was put into check, people began to populate the areas around the new park. It was deemed prudent to establish a buffer zone of controlled-use lands around the park, to mitigate encroachment and poaching pressures. In 1963, the Karuma and Bugungu Controlled Hunting Areas, which were later upgraded to game Reserves, were established. Karuma was upgraded in 1964 while Bugungu in 1968. The establishment if the National parks Act led to the forced eviction of come of the villages and new moratoriums on hunting.

From the late 1970s to the mid 1980s, the increasing number of mammals came to an abrupt end as Amin and later Milton Obote’s armies started shooting animals either for target practice or for food. A combination of political mayhem and decreasing numbers of animals in the 1970’s and 80s, led to a sharp decline in the number of visitors. But the numbers are now steadily increasing due to political stability.

Murchison falls is a park, which is surrounded by lands that are not suitable for farming, which has availed less chances of converting the protected area to farmland except in the Karuma Wild Reserve. This gives it a unique position. Since the population around here is still low, a pro-active and inclusive approach can be devised to involve the locals in wildlife management.

The park is a viable breeding population of many rare mammals and bird species which will continue to draw tourists and yet the populations are still well below the carrying capacity of the land. There has been a period of over 20 years of very low impact by animals on the ecosystem due to political mayhem. This means that the park will grow and at the same time create an excellent laboratory to study the resilience of faunal species after a rapid decline, as well as vegetation succession patterns.
This is necessary because almost no ecological research is being done in the conservation area currently.

Uganda Safari Destinations

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Uganda has numerous safari destinations with a diversity of wildlife such as animals and vegetations. Most of the attractions, especially animals have been conserved in gazetted areas owned by government as way to prevent the remaining species from further extinction.

The gazetted areas include national wildlife park, game reserves, sanctuaries, zoos with the remains in the museum. The above mentioned safari destination, with their diversity of landscapes varying from valleys to mountains have wildlife ranging from large Apes, primates, carnivals, herbivores, reptiles, birds, flies to very tiny insects.

The most popular destinations are Bwindi impenetrable forest national park with the great apes, mainly the extincting mountain gorillas as in Mgahinga park and many primates, Kibale primate park with the highest population of Chimpanzees in their natural environment in the whole world, followed by Queen Elizabeth safari park most known to holiday makers for having a big population of tree climbing lions and numerous bird species. Not forgetting Murchison falls wildlife park with the great Murchison falls and a variety of animals, birds and plants and Rwenzori hiking park with the mountains of the moon where travellers trek to the glaciated peaks.

Other National park include Kidepo known for giraffes, Semliki with its crater lakes, Lake Mburo with zebras and statungas and Mount Elgon with the great sipi falls.

In addition to the safari parks, Uganda tours are made to chimpanzee sanctuaries, many birding sites, field trips to swamps holding many bird species, birdwatching in the forests like Mabira forest, Budongo and others, different cultural sites, Jinja with the source of the Nile and bujagali for bungee jumping, kayaking and white water rafting and city tours as number one destinations on your vacation itinerary.

Gorilla Safaris

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Truth be told, while you have a very good chance of seeing gorillas, success is not given. They are wild creatures with no fixed timetable, and finding them takes the skills and experience of your trackers and guides, as well as sheer luck. The guides and trackers have laboured to habituate the gorilla groups and know them intimately. They will take you to the area they left the gorillas the day before, which helps them to predict how long the hike might take. You are at liberty to ask your guide to slow down if you are panting or you need a rest. Feel free to stop and look at the birds or flowers. The guide will ensure that strangers are not left behind.

One ought to watch out for safari aunts on the trail, because they bite and hang on when you step on them. This means that you will have to strip in order to get rid of them.
Signs which might lead to where the gorillas are include; crushed vegetation, broken plants that gorillas might have eaten and fresh dung. If you are chanced to find the place where the group slept, you will see the gorilla’s nests, which they make fresh each night.

More more information about Uganda gorilla safaris
* Ecology of Mountain Gorillas
* Gorillas' social organisation
* Gorillas Daily Habits
* Uganda gorilla safaris
* Gorilla tracking safaris
* Gorilla Trekking Rules
* Packing for Gorilla Tours
* Uganda gorilla tours