🇺🇬 Uganda
Green, chatty and remarkably close to wildlife: gorilla permits are the headline, but chimps, savannah and crater lakes fill the days between. Roads test your patience; people more than make up for it.
🇺🇬 Uganda at a glance
Green, chatty and remarkably close to wildlife: gorilla permits are the headline, but chimps, savannah and crater lakes fill the days between. Roads test your patience; people more than make up for it.
Primate trekkers who do not mind rough roads.
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When to go to Uganda
What the season feels like
June to August and December to February, the drier windows when forest trails are less slick.
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What Uganda is known for
- Bwindi gorilla trekking
- Kazinga channel boat trip
- Kibale chimpanzee tracking
Destinations in Uganda
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