Cycling Tours in Uganda
Cycling Tours in Uganda are a sports tourist activity where travelers are provided with bicycles on which they ride as they do their safari viewing. Despite the fact that wildlife leads the tourism industry in Uganda, cycling tours are something you need to try out on your visit or next visit to the pearl of Africa. The cycling tours in Uganda offer you a chance to make memories with other tourists as you enjoy the exciting, unconventional and strange routes for cycling in Uganda. A cycling tour in Uganda is also something you need to get out of the comfort of the tour vehicles for game drives in the national park. The cycling safari tours in Uganda are an opportunity for you to explore another life in Uganda besides the game drives and the wildlife safaris of the mountain gorilla trekking in the far west.
The cycling tours in Uganda offer you a chance to learn more about the pearl, as well as, see more. The cycling in Kampala City gives you an opportunity to learn about the city life of the town plus learn a lot about the culture of Uganda, especially when you ride to the suburbs of Kampala and the busy downtown are as well as the public places of worship, schools, and universities. The cycling tours in Uganda will take a duration of four to five hours; the time is worthy because it is educational and enlightening as well as exciting.
Where can I go for cycling tours in Uganda?
There are a number of destinations you can go to for your cycling safaris; you can also tell you, tour operator, to include the cycling safaris to your itinerary. You can cycle in very many areas in Kampala, Entebbe, Mbale around Sippi falls, Jinja, wakiso, Fortportal, Masaka, Mbarara, Kibale national park among others. You cycling vacation in Uganda is an opportunity for you to experience the culture in the different regions of Uganda, learn a lot about the history of Uganda and the different tribes within the vicinity and also enjoy the hospitality of the pearl of Africa. Also cycling safaris is a chance for you to taste the local fruits from the earl of Africa like the succulent mangoes, sweet jack fruit among others.
Lake Victoria peninsular in Entebbe is one of the first places you can enjoy cycling from. When you land in Entebbe International airport, you can get a guest house around Entebbe so that you can first enjoy cycling in the vicinity before embarking on the long journeys to the far west in western Uganda for other activities. From Entebbe, you can take your bikes on a ferry to ssese islands where you can enjoy cycling through the palm trees along the beach as well as learning a lot about the fishing culture in the area. You can also cycle through Kalangala town on the sesse islands, where you can visit a lot of cultural places like the cave of the ancient fishing gods which are worshiped by the fishing community on the island. You can also enjoy eating some fish snack along the cycling trail on the Sesse Island.
Lake Mburo national park is another area where you can go for hiking safaris. Lake Mburo national park is located in the western region of Uganda along the Masaka – Mbarara highway. Even before getting on the road to cycling, you can see zebras, kobs and the impalas among others. The hiking route is also magical with undulating hills of the western terrain and a lot of animals to marvel at. When cycling in Lake Mburo national park is a chance for you to see the wide cattle ranches in the far distance from the national park, you can also see a lot of buffalo herds and lone buffaloes along the way, elephants, impalas, zebras grazing in the green pastures of the park plus an array of nicely tweeting birds among others.
Kibale forest is another destination where you can go for cycling tours in Uganda and the experience here is unmatched. Cycling in kibale national park is a chance for you to see the top of the world route to the massive explosion craters in the vicinity. You can choose to move with your bike, however, some lodges can offer the bikes for mountain biking. Along the cycling trail in Kibale National park, you can see a lot of bird species including the blue turaco and weaver birds among others. The route for cycling is marvelous as it gives you a chance to see the crater lakes in the region, also known as the ndali kasenda crater area. You can also see other wildlife like the chimpanzees; common in kibale national park, you can also see a lot of monkeys including the red colobus monkeys, the blue monkeys, olive baboons, and the black and white colobus monkey among other. Cycling time in kibale national park is a time for you to see and learn a lot about the nearby tribes and cultures of people living around kibale national park.
After the great mountain gorilla trekking Bwindi impenetrable national park, you can also hit the road and enjoy cycling around the area. The hilly dirt road of bwindi impenetrable national park is so interesting especially when cycling with your friends and a guide leading your way. The cycling road in bwindi impenetrable national meanders and goes through the mountain rain forest of bwindi, and around the community near the park. The road will allow you to see a lot of other creatures that, perhaps, you might have not seen well during the mountain gorilla trekking in bwindi impenetrable national park. You can see a lot of monkeys along the way, baboons, the shy forest duiker, and many birds of the forest among others. Cycling in bwindi impenetrable national park is a chance for you to learn a lot about the bakiga tribe and bafumbira that stay around the area. The scenery is also interesting to watch while cycling along the hilly routes of bwindi impenetrable national park; the undulating hills and the ragged thick forest cover is awesome to pass through while enjoying the differing sounds of the jungle.
Lake bunyonyi is another amazing area for cycling in Uganda and one of the most beautiful places in Uganda; it is said by the European visitors that it resembles Nepal of Europe. The hills around Lake bunyonyi are terraced and you can enjoy cycling downhill to Lake Bunyonyi. You can also enjoy the gravel road along the shores of Lake bunyonyi where only a few pedestrians pass. The scenic view of Lake bunyonyi is unmatched and it is something you love to see before you leave Uganda. You can also enjoy the bird species which hide in this area of Lake bunyonyi, plus a lot of butterflies.
You can wind up your cycling safari back in Kampala where you can learn a lot about the different cultures of Uganda plus visit the different phenomenal places. Cycling in Kampala will take you to different areas like Kololo, you can also visit the different churches like Namirembe cathedral and lubaga catholic cathedral, as well as the Uganda national mosque formerly known as the Gaddafi mosque among others. The cycling experience is very interesting and enlightening and educational especially when you visit the Uganda museum and Makerere University. You can also visit the downtown and enjoy a lot of what the real hustle life means in Uganda.
When to visit for cycling tours in uganda
You can book the cycling safari as a standalone for your Ugandan safari. However, you can also add it to your itinerary as a supplement travel activity. You can visit Uganda any time of the year for cycling safaris and other activities besides mountain gorilla trekking in bwindi impenetrable national park. Despite, the dry season is the best season for cycling tours in Uganda; it is a peak season for tourism in Uganda and this gives you a chance to enjoy cycling with other travellers like you. Visit the pearl of Africa for the most magical and life changing safari experience.
