It is situated on a hillside, giving you an opportunity to view the forest where the Mountain gorillas reside. This fabulous tented camp is within walking distance of the point where visitors meet to start gorilla trekking. And consists of 8 self-contained double rooms, each with two self-contained queen sized beds, a private wooden deck and bathroom facilities. The lodge also has a nice spacious dining and bar area with power for lighting and recharging of video equipment.

Gorilla Forest Camp has been designed to blend seamlessly into this most atmospheric of environments, carefully appointed towards the misty valleys and looming, forest-clad mountains that protect this fragile eco-system. Each tent has a spacious wooden veranda where guests can relax, enjoy a private meal and absorb the exotic mystery of the surrounding rainforest that provided the inspiration of Disney’s "The Jungle" Book. The Gorilla Forest Camp offers a bar and dining cottage overlooking the rain forest, as well as a raised natural platform for open air dining.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is an enduring pocket of a huge primeval forest that once stretched from the Virunga Volcanoes in the South to the Rwenzori Mountains in the North. The fertile 331 square kilometers of the park contain 113 species of mammals (including a herd of the rare forest elephant), 200 species of butterfly, over 360 species of birds and a prodigious 324 tree varieties (10 of which are endemic to the park). In addition to this incredible diversity, Bwindi is home to seven species of primates, attracting the attention of international conservation efforts, of which the most endangered is that elusive giant of Africa-- the Mountain Gorilla. Only 600 of these magnificent animals remain worldwide, and Bwindi is home to just over half of them.

It’s a new lodge that overlooks Lake Munyenyange in Katwe town just outside the park.

Built spectacularly on a hill overlooking Kitako and Kabazimu Islands in Lake Edward in the buffer zone between the park and Katwe. The camp is surrounded by Lake Edward, Katwe salt lake and Munyanyange crater lakes.

The camp presently offers 10 luxury tents with private toilets, hot showers and solar power. Other facilities include a spacious dining and raised bar with views over the Salt Lake. There is a and a very spacious camping site for those who want to pitch up their own tents also.
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Uganda is a true African birding destination, located across the equator. Uganda attracts
migratory birds from North and South hemisphere. Uganda is the richest country for birds in Africa. It has almost half of the species known on the African continent and over 10% of those recorded throughout the entire world. Over 1,000 species of birds have been recorded to exist in the country. Some of the exciting species you will view include birds of water and land shore, birds of shrub and woodland, forest birds and birds of the open plain.

Most of our National parks have a diversity of birds; however, Queen Elizabeth, Murchison falls, Bwindi Impenetrable and Semiliki National Parks are the most famous for birding.
If you are a bird lover, Uganda is the ideal destination that will make your dream come true. Our excellent guides will add flavour to your own experience on birds. Be our honoured guest.

Where to go for birdwatching and field trips
§ Queen Elizabeth national Park.
§ Murchison Falls National Park.
§ Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
§ Semiliki National Park.
§ Kibale National park.
§ Mabira Forest
§ Mabamba Wetland
§ Botanical Gardens
§ Lake Mburo
§ Bodongo Forest
§ Mgahinga Forest
§ Bigodi Swamp
§ Kampala

Check out more details on Birds in Uganda -Uganda bird list.

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.

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.