Travel Articles: Uganda

What is the best time to take an Africa trip? As such a huge continent, the optimal travel months vary by region. Travelers can use this helpful chart that gives an overview of when to visit various areas. Of course, weather & wildlife are not predictable - which makes your trip all that much more adventurous!

An adventure to experience the primates of Uganda.

I was finally able to fulfill my dream of visiting the primates in Uganda and Rwanda - and it exceeded my very high expectations!

I travel to North Uganda this time with my family to visit the remote Karamojong tribes in the Northeastern region of the country. This cultural encounter felt like stepping back in time, as interacting with the locals who largely cling to their pastoralist heritage felt like stepping into another world. After a week in this area, we traveled west …

Planning your trip to Uganda is sure to result in questions. Our FAQ article answers some of the things that are most commonly asked by our travelers. From what currency is used to what wildlife is to be expected, we give some of the vital details before your journey. Hopefully, this helps better prepare you for the adventures that await!

Today was the day that I have been waiting decades for - my first gorilla trek! My stomach was a ball of nerves all morning as I ate breakfast and packed my backpack for the trek. Our luck with encountering chimpanzees and lions was terrible, and I was nervous that would carry over into today. Boy, was I ever wrong.

We checked in at the Bwindi …

A short drive from Kyambura Gorge Lodge, we entered Queen Elizabeth National Park. We made our way down a bumpy dirt road to the check in center for visitors to the Kazinga Channel.

While we took a quick bathroom break, we had a chance to see warthogs wandering around the grounds, stopping to munch as they walked! (I had NO idea the warthogs …

To get between many of the lodges in Uganda and Rwanda, you can utilize quick and easy flights on small planes, or travel much longer hours by road. However, between Bwindi Lodge and Mount Gahinga Lodge, you have the option of cutting out an 8+ hour drive, and replacing it with a hike through the Bwindi Impenabtrable Forest, followed by a 2 hour …

The golden monkey experience started very much the same way as our gorilla trekking experience. We walked from our lodge to the Mount Gahinga National Park headquarters and enjoyed a cultural show from the local village, as well as a briefing from the rangers.

The groups for golden monkey trekking are quite a bit larger than groups for gorilla …

It is always best to do your research on crime rates (particularly violent crime rates) and to check the State Department website before deciding to travel anywhere to make sure you are not visiting an area where crime particularly against tourists is rampant.

If you thought that driving in L.A., Seattle or New York was bad, you should take a turn in Uganda! The only other place I've seen driving like this was in Guatemala, where at least everything is still located on the left side as it is in the United States! In Uganda, not only do you have to overcome the hurdle of the steering wheel and …