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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Calabash Holidays
1st Floor Raja Chambers,
Parliament Avenue, Kampala
PO Box 4401
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)414 235288
Fax. +256 (0)414 342995
Mobile. +256 (0)772 438111
email. calabash@spacenet.co.ug
Managing Director: Hamadi Matofu

Chico Tours
Plot 8/10 Entebbe Road, Arcade F12,
Metropole House , Kampala
PO Box 2184, Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)414 234955
Fax. +256 (0)414 235563
Mobile. +256 (0)752 622701
email. chico@starcom.co.ug
General Manager: Gemina Kintu

Churchill Safaris and Travel
Kisozi House, ground floor
Plot 6/8 Kyagwe Rd
Off Nakasero Lane, Kampala
PO Box 28170, Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)414 341815
Fax. +256 (0)414 346076
Mobile. +256 (0)772 671285
email. caasafairs@africaonline.co.ug
Website: www.churchillsafaris.com
Managing Director: Ether Jennifer Birungi

City Cars & 4x4's
20 Tank Hill Parade, Muyenga, Kampala
PO Box 151, Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)772 412001
Fax.
Mobile. +256 (0)772 651433
email. citycars@bushnet.net
Website: driveuganda.com
Managing Director: Paul Volrath

Classic Africa Safaris
Ground Operations
77 Erica Magala Road, Entebbe
PO Box 524, Entebbe, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)414 320121
Fax. +256 (0)414 320121
Mobile. +256 (0)772 642185, (0)772 989540
email. classic@classicafricasafaris.travel
Website: classicuganda.com, classicafricasafaris.travel

Sales Office
361 Meadowland Way
WV 25430, USA
Tel. +1 (0)304 724 8235
Fax. +1 (0)304 724 8341
Cell. +1 (0)304 268 0033
email. phil@classicuganda.com
Operations Director: Mel Gormley
Sales & Marketing Director: Phil Ward

Country Safaris
Plot 1 Portal Avenue, Span House, Kampala
PO Box 11244
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 41 237 450
Fax. +256 41 237 450
Mobile. +256 712 433 744
email. countrysafaris@countrysafaris.com
Website. countrysafaris.com
Managing Director: Kenneth Nuwagira

Credit Uganda Tours
Plot 3 Wilson Street
Sunset Arcade, Floor 2, Kampala
PO Box 307888
Nakivubo, Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)312 281547
Mobile. +256 (0)772 663066
email. info@credit-uganda.com
Website: credit-uganda.com
Managing Director: Miraim Magada

Crystal Safaris
Plot 6 Colville Street,
Airways House, Kampala
PO Box 9698
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)414 345742
Fax. +256 (0)414 235798
Mobile. +256 (0)772 470260
email. info@crystalsafaris.com
Website: crystalsafaris.com
Managing Director: Christine Mwinike

Desa Tours and Travel
Mitchelcotts Building, Buxton Street, Kampala
P.O.Box 1841, Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)414 346208
Mobile. +256 (0)772 519798
Operation Manager: Gloria Obbo

East African Explorers Safaris
Plot No. 29. 2nd Floor,
Kampala Road, Entebbe
PO Box 687, Entebbe, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)414 322789
Fax. +256 (0)414 322789
Mobile. +256 (0)772 873106
email. info@explorerssafaris.com
Website: explorerssafaris.com
Managing Director: Frauke Simon

Edsa African Safaris
Span House, Plot 1 Portal Avenue. Suite 308. Kampala
P.O. Box: 27871 Kampala
Tel. +256 (0)414 252647
Fax. +256 (0)414 252647
Mobile. +256 (0)772 882844
email. info@edsatours.com
Website: edsatours.com
Managing Director: Sarah Mugabi (Mrs)

Equator Touring Services
4th Floor Kirumira Towers,
Plot 14 William Street, Kampala
PO Box 1655
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)414 236229
Mobile. +256 (0)752 645026
Managing Director: Matia Mujuzi

Escape Tours and Safaris
Cynthia House (Offices and Appartments)
Kauku (10 kms along Kampala - Entebbe Highway from Entebbe.
P.O Box 25543, Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)312 280584
Fax. +256 (0)312 280584
Mobile. +256 (0)772 407816
email. safari@escapeuganda.com
Website: escapeuganda.com
Managing Director: Medi Lwere Kafuku

Executive Investment
Plot 7/9 Clement Hill Road, Nakasero, Kampala
PO Box 23121
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)414 233963
Fax. +256 (0)414 251412
Mobile. +256 (0)752 650067
email. hillview@utlonline.co.ug
Managing Director: B.C. Jan

Explore Uganda Travel Management Company Ltd
Pan Africa House, 5th Floor,
Plot 3 Kimathi Avenue, Kampala
PO Box 23550
Kampala, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)312 284669
Fax. +256 (0)312 284669
Mobile. 0772 436391
email. henry@explore-uganda.com
Website: explore-uganda.com
Managing Director: Henry Okecho

Farout Expeditions
Plot 700, Butembe Block3
Buwenda / Butembe, Jinja
PO Box 1433, Jinja, Uganda
Tel. +256 (0)332 260022
Mobile. +256 (0)772 342643
email. info@farout-tours.com
Website: farout-tours.com
Managing Director: Abraham Lotenberg

Uganda Tour Operators listed in Alphabetical order

A-B, C D E F, G H I J K L, M N O P Q R, S T, U V W X Y Z

Birding is one of the main activities in Murchison Falls wildlife safari park. A diversity of birds have become residents to this park due to its diversity of vegetation, land scape and features. To bird lovers, this is perfect.
Birds viewed on a Murchison Falls field trip

Herons
These birds are found in wetlands and feed on fish, frogs and other aquatic species. Others like the Cattle Egret and Clack-headed Heron take large insects and are less tied to watery environments. Herons fly with their necks retracted, not outstretched and they have powder down, making them different from the other birds that they resemble, like the Ibises, storks and spoon bills. They are sometimes called the Egrets or Bitterns and are in the family of the Ardeidae and known as the Wading birds.

Bee-eaters
They live in burrows tunnelled into the side of sandy banks and they produce 2-9 eggs per clutch and are white in colour. They have monogamous families with bi-parental care of the young ones. They eat and feed on insects for example bees, wasps and hornets. They feed by removing the sting and hitting the insect on a hard surface. And they catch them in the air by sailies from an open perch.

Shoe Bill
Its name was derived from its massive shoe-shaped bill and lives on the Nile, below the Murchison Falls. Its a very large grey swamp-dweller and ranges from 1.2m (4 ft) tall, 5.6 Kg (12.3 lb) and 2.33m (7.7 ft) across the wings. The show bill nests on the ground, laying 2 eggs and feed on Lungfish and similar fish.

Cormorant
These are medium-to-large seabirds and the name was derived from a Latin one known as Corvus marinus, which means “Sea raven”. Their scientific genus name is Latinised from Phalakuos and Korax. Their skins are coloured with red, bright blue, yellow, orange and they become more brightly coloured in the breeding season. In the 16th Century, the Cormorants were related to ravens.

Their feet are four-toed and webbed, with long bill, thin and sharply hooked. They feed on small eels, water snakes and fish. They get their food by diving into the water where they propel themselves with their feet.

Fish Eagles
These stay near fresh water lakes, reservoirs or rivers and coast, at the mouths of rivers or lagoons. They breed during dry season when the water levels are low.
Fish Eagles are large birds, but the females are usually larger than the males in such a way that the females have wingspans of more than 2.4m (8 feet) and are distinctive with a large brown body and powerful black wings. The males have a wingspan of about 2m (6 feet). The breast, tail and head are snow white in colour, with the hook-shaped beak which is yellow in colour and a black tip.

Female fish eagle lays white eggs, but few are reddish speckles from the number of 1 to 3 eggs. The females do the incubation and lasts for 42 to 45 days, the male can come in when the female leaves to hunt. When the eggs hatch, the younger chicks will be killed by the eldest chick. These chicks feed themselves after 8 weeks and will begin to venture outside of the nest 2 weeks later. Meanwhile, the fish eagle feeds on the fish.

King Fishers
The habitats of the King fisher are in the woodland and in the wetland. Those that live in the wetland hunt for small fish, Cray fish, frogs and insects as their prey, by diving for them. While those that live in the woodland eat reptiles.
King fishers have short legs, heads, pointed sharp bills, large and stubby tails and they have three families which are Alcedinidae the river King fishers, Halcyonidae the tree King fishers and Cerylidae the water King fishers.
Uganda birding safaris and tours

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.

Visiting the approximately 4,950 chimpanzees is a phenomenal experience. The way these primates feed, climb, respond to human presence, mate, care for their young ones, is an unforgettable experience. A visit in the morning and/or the evening allows you to see how they make and unmake their beds.

Leaving their nests is announced by drumming of tree buttresses, hoots and creams.
Tracking these primates is largely by following their sounds. Chimps are by far the noisiest of the African primates though they do have some silent moments.

Be part of the drama with other ape trekkers of life in a rain forest that can be observed in the Kibale National Park. This park is notable for its primate population, with the chimpanzees being the most famous. That’s not all, you can also be part of the habituation team that goes in the morning to study the behaviour of these apes in order to make them get acclimatized to human beings. Similar to gorilla trekking, tracking chimpanzees will verily create an enduring positive impression, which can be one of the highlights of an unforgettable holiday.
You can also track the chimps in Queen Elizabeth and Murchison Falls National Parks.

Where to go for chimp trekking
§ Kibale National park.
§ Queen Elizabeth National park.
§ Murchison Falls National park.

More information about Chimpanzee tracking tours
Chimpanzee trekking rules
Chimp tracking safari sites in Uganda
Uganda gorilla tour

If your interested in mountaineering, then the (5,119m) high, snow covered Rwenzori Mountain, which is protected as Rwenzori Mountain national park and a World Heritage Centre-will offer you the unique experience you will savour for a lifetime.

The mist-surrounded peaks provide stunning backdrops to this magnificent mountain. Ever since the Rwenzori became known to the world, its features have been going through tremendous changes. Today, the most visible and probably the most enduring as well as the fragile vegetation along the trails.

It is not just the Rwenzoris alone that you can hike in Uganda as there is also the famous Mount Elgon National par, which straddles the Uganda-Kenya Frontier in Eastern Uganda. The park boundaries contain 1147 sq. km of mountain. Most of this area is covered with typical afro-montane vegetation, complete with giant groundsels and bamboo forest. It is prudent to note that many hikers find Mt. Elgon an exciting alternative to some of the fascinating climbs in East Africa.

It has many of the same attractions, with milder climate and lower elevation. Climbing the peaks no special equipment or technical climbing experience. It is possible to reach the summit of the mountain in as little as three days, but a slightly longer visit will permit a more thorough exploration of all that Mt. Elgon has to offer.

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