Uganda Top Things To See

• Watch for rare mountain gorillas and other species of primate in the Bwindi Forest,
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National ParkKibale National Park contains 12 different types of primate.

• View some of the best national parks in Africa - Uganda has 10, along with 10 wildlife reserves and seven wildlife sanctuaries. Ruwenzori National Park is regarded as one of the continent's most spectacular.

• See the source of the Nile at the Owen Falls Dam, near Jinja.

• See the forest ecotourism projects at rainforest sites around the country. The Budongo Forest Reserve, situated near Masindi on the road to Lake Albert, is the largest mahogany forest in East Africa. Other forests worth looking at are the Kasyoha Kitomi Forest, near the Albertine Rift Valley and the Kalinzu Forest Reserve, in the southwest of the country.

• See a drum-making village and abundant wildlife in the Mpanga Forest, situated near Kampala.

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