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 Western, Uganda
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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.