Tours and activities
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest gorilla trekking
Kanungu, Western
A rainforest park, a UNESCO site, home to nearly half the world's mountain gorillas.
Travel tips in Uganda
Natural features
Murchison Falls National Park
Buliisa
Where the Nile forces itself through a 7 m gap and plunges 43 m.
Tours and activities
Kibale Forest chimpanzees
Kamwenge, Western
A rainforest with the highest density of primates in Africa, and the best place in Uganda for chimpanzee trekking, with 13 primate species.
Natural features
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Rubirizi
A savanna park with tree-climbing lions in Ishasha, and boat trips along the Kazinga Channel with huge numbers of hippos, buffalo and birds.
Tours and activities
Source of the Nile, Jinja
Jinja, Eastern
Jinja, on Lake Victoria, marks where the White Nile begins its journey to the Mediterranean.