All three volcanoes in this park can be summited, taking a full day each. Views from the peaks are well worth the effort – taking in Rwanda, DR Congo, the Virungas, the Rwenzoris, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Lake Edward. All three volcanoes in this park can be summited. Mt. Sabinyo, at 3,669m, takes about eight hours to cover...Read More

Many travellers find Mt. Elgon an exciting alternative to the more strenuous climbs in East Africa. It has many of the same attractions, with a milder climate and lower elevation, and requires no special equipment or technical experience. Many travellers find Mt. Elgon an exciting alternative to the more strenuous climbs in East Africa. It...Read More

Most of the locals know the hot springs as Sempaya which originated from a Kiswahili phrase Sehemu mbaya (the difficult side) owing to the steep challenging rocks and terrain during the construction of the Fort Portal Bundibugyo road along the ridges of the Rwenzori Mountains. While the scientists have a technical explanation to the origins...Read More

This area was gazetted as a reserve in 2002. However, in the early 1960s, the Uganda Game Department sought to exert more control over sport hunting in Uganda by declaring certain areas to be Controlled Hunting Areas (CHAs) in which sport hunting could only be carried out by special license, and against carefully set quotas. The...Read More

Established Gazetted in 1964 to ensure freedom of movement for game during migration between the Matheniko plains and Pian-Upe Game Reserve. The reserve was originally part of Central and South Karamoja Controlled Hunting Areas. GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION In eastern Uganda between Moroto and Mount Elgon, between Matheniko Game Reserve and Pian-Upe Game Reserve, along the south-western...Read More

Established 1964. Previously part of Central Karamoja Controlled Hunting Area. GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION In Karamoja region, just north of Moroto, extending along the border with Kenya. 2°40′-3°07’N, 34°10′-34°50’E. lUCN Directory of Afrotropical Protected Areas Altitude 1,200- 1,600m Area 160,000ha; contiguous to Bokora Corridor Game Reserve (205,600ha) and the eastern Uganda complex of Controlled Hunting Areas Land...Read More

Established 1964 Previously declared as Debasien Animal Sanctuary  GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION Eastern Uganda, north of Mount Elgon and SOkm east of Scroti. I’SO’-I’IS’N, 34”34”05′-34°50’E. Altitude l,000-3,06Sm Area 231,400ha; connected to Matheniko Game Reserve (160,000ha) by the Bokora Corridor Land Tenure Government Physical Features This is a high plateau area of rolling plains with black cotton soil...Read More

Established 1965The reserve was previously part of a larger area established as a Controlled Hunting Area GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION South-west Uganda bordering the south-east of the Kazinga Channel and the south shore of Lake George. 0°05’S, 30°05’E. Altitude 700- 1,1 00m Area 15,700ha; contiguous to Queen Elizabeth National Park (197,800ha) and its associated reserves Uganda Land...Read More

KIGEZI WILDLIFE RESERVE DATE ESTABLISHED 1952 GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION The reserve is a southward annexe to Queen Elizabeth National Park, separated from Lake Edward by a 7km wide sector of the park. 0°30’S, 29°50’E. Altitude About 1,050m Area 265km2 (33,000ha); contiguous to Queen Elizabeth National Park 2056km2 (197,800ha) and its associated reserves PHYSICAL FEATURES Situated on the western arm of...Read More

DATE ESTABLISHED 1968 originally established as a Controlled Hunting Area in 1963  GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION Between Murchison Falls  National Park and the north shore of Lake Mobutu Sese Seko (Lake Albert). 2°15’N, 3r30’E. Altitude 600- 1,300m Area 52,000ha; contiguous to Murchison Falls National Park (384,000ha) and Karuma Wildlife Reserve  (82,000ha) PHYSICAL FEATURES The features are similar to the southern...Read More