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Uganda: Gorilla hiking and wildlife watching

The Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda is home to half of the endangered mountain gorillas. Through a ground-breaking partnership between locals, national parks, and tourists who travel to see them, the ape population is growing. One of Africa’s most unique and amazing experiences is gorilla trekking: encountering wild gorillas in their natural habitat, free from fences or other human interference other than mild acclimatization to human presence in the forest.

With exotic migratory and numerous permanent species, Uganda is also a well-liked location for birdwatchers. The best chimpanzee-human interactions in Africa can be found in Kibale Forest, Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth National Parks offer unique combo safaris featuring big game and large primates.

Rwanda is Africa’s most accessible gorilla trekking destination.

Rwanda outperforms itself when it comes to an East African tour. Fly into Kigali and in a few hours you’ll be in the lush Volcanoes National Park, the jungle home to many mountain gorilla families. Safaris in Tanzania, Kenya, as well as trips to exotic islands like Zanzibar, are enhanced by encounters with gorillas in Rwanda.

Samburu, migration, and the Masai Mara in Kenya.

Every year between August and November, the dramatic wildebeest migration of the area is witnessed in Kenya’s famed Masai Mara reserve, which also has one of the most varied resident animal communities year-round. Highlights of a safari in Kenya include the Amboseli and Samburu game preserves. Gorilla trekking, tropical islands like the Seychelles

Maasai, migration, and natural beauty in Tanzania

The Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and Lake Manyara, three of Tanzania’s most well-known safari destinations, are ideally close to one another on the “Northern Safari Circuit” and, along with Tarangire, offer some of the best safaris in Africa for viewing the Big 5 wildlife and the wildebeest migration. Less well known South Central Tanzania offers uncrowded wildlife viewing in world-class reserves like Katavi, Selous, and Ruaha. Intriguing for an off-the-beaten-path excursion into the bush, with woods teeming with chimpanzees and gorgeous clouds of butterflies, are the distinctive Mahale Mountains that encircle Lake Tanganyika. Tanzania is the home of both Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest summit and the only snow-capped mountain in the tropics, and the Serengeti, the setting for the wildebeest migration between January and August. Tanzania is a good complement to gorilla hiking in Uganda.