Uganda is one of the best countries to do trekking due to her national parks and wildlife reserves well represented by herds of animals and stunning physical features.

Uganda is a landlocked country bordering Kenya in the east, Sudan in the north DR. Congo in the west, Tanzania in the south and Rwanda in the southwest.

When you develop a desire to travel to Africa for a wonderful trek, then your answer is the pearl of Africa a country with the nice stunning and good to see features. The following are some best places to trek into while in Uganda,

Mgahinga Gorilla and Bwindi National Parks

These are both seen as the best national parks Uganda has got in its southwestern tip and it is where the endangered Mountain gorillas and endangered golden monkeys are found.

Reaching these national parks requires one to take time but it is advisable to book with Uganda tours managed by Nature Adventure Africa Safaris Limited, the best trekking activities done in these two parks includes golden monkey trekking only found in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park plus Gorilla trekking.

Golden monkey trekking costs $80 per individual tourist and these are relatively few since they were first endangered by the forest dwellers, these are found in the bamboo forests. These are used to people and therefore finding them is easy.

Uganda only has got almost half of the world’s remaining endangered mountain gorilla with around fourteen groups of gorillas in Bwindi impenetrable and one group in Mgahinga Gorilla national park.

Gorilla trekking permit cost $700 per individual, visiting these largest primates in their habitant will offer you a lifetime memory and therefore being amazing.

Kibale Forest National Park

This park covers an area of 795km and it has got a huge Ugandan tropical rain forest which is a home to many wildlife plus the second largest primates that’s the chimpanzees.

The park in its northern and central part is dominated by the forest and in its northern part, it’s about 1590m above the sea level and this is the wettest part of the park.

The park rainy season ranges from March-May and September-November with an average temperature of about 14-27ᵒC. the southern part of the park has got are high temperature since it falls into the rift valley hence connecting to Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Chimpanzee tracking is the greatest and mostly done activity in this park, trekking is done in three sessions with the first one being early in the morning, followed by an afternoon session and it ends with an evening session up to 5pm.

Visitors start their treks from Kanyanchu Center and a trekking permit goes at $100 per person, this is one of the best activities since one  during the times tracking enjoys mob wildlife including small primates such as monkeys.

Rhino Tracking

Ziwa rhino sanctuary is the only place in Uganda where visitors can enjoy rhino trekking; this can be enjoyed on foot as the guides take you through the activity.

The Sanctuary is located 176km from Kampala and it’s in the north of this Capital city on Gulu Highway.

The sanctuary is a home of 22 white rhino and this is a popular site for trekking rhinos in their natural wild. Also to spot on your trek from here is the Shoe bill, Canoe Ride, Night walk, Bird Watching plus relaxation within the area.