Big 5 Safari Uganda
Big 5 Safari Uganda is one of the few interesting Uganda Safari packages that give travelers a chance to explore these amazing lion species. Uganda, just like the other part of Africa, the big five game animals are famously known to be the lion, rhino, the leopard, elephant and the Cape buffalo. These animals were not initially called “the big five” game, however, the hunters of Africa came up with this name to identify the most furious and hard to hunt animals of the wilderness, only found in Africa. However, the big 5 safari is a term used by a number of tourism marketers like tour operators to advertise their wild game viewing safaris in Uganda and other parts of Africa. The big 5 safari in Uganda is one of the most thrilling wildlife safaris offered by almost all the travel and tour operators to the pearly plains of the western and eastern safari trails in Uganda.
The big 5 safari in Uganda offers you a chance to discover a wide range of wildlife species including the big 5 league and other species in the national parks of Uganda. the big 5 safaris in Uganda offer you a great chance to enjoy the sighting of the great king of the jungle lion, the African elephants, herds of buffaloes, and the rhinos among other wildlife animals including the Uganda kobs, zebras, giraffes, warthogs, hippos, baboons and crocodiles et cetera. Unfortunately, the rhinos went extinct in Uganda during the civil wars of the 1980’s. But the glory came back when the South African white rhinos were introduced to replace the black rhinos that once lived in Kidepo valley and Murchison falls national parks. The white southern rhinos are now only found in Ziwa rhino sanctuary and not reintroduced to any national park in Uganda. however, your big other four-game animals can be found in other game reserves and national parks in Uganda such as Queen Elizabeth national park, Murchison falls national park, kidepo valley national park, Lake Mburo national park and others.
Which destination is best for the big 5 safaris in Uganda?
Your best options to enjoy the big 5 safari in Uganda, include queen Elizabeth national park, and Murchison falls national park, both found in the western part of the pearl of Africa. Queen Elizabeth national park offers you a great opportunity to enjoy the fantastic lion safaris in Uganda. queen Elizabeth national park is the most visited national park because of the tree-climbing lions, and lion tracking in ishasha sector and kasenyi, respectively. Queen Elizabeth national park game drive also offers you the best game drives with sightings of a lot of buffaloes in the savannah plains, elephants in the savannah woodlands among others. The night game drives in queen Elizabeth national park offers you a chance to see more lions than during the day, and leopards, and cerval cats plus civets among other wild cats in the African wilderness.
Murchison falls, on the other hand, is the best place for you to enjoy the sightings of large herds of African elephants in the savannah woodland parts of the northern side and the southern parts of the park. Murchison falls national park is a home for a lot of giraffes and buffalo herds, plus lone buffaloes also called the losers; ones dropped out of the buffaloes for the failure of mating. Murchison falls national park, being near the ziwa rhino sanctuary, is the only true safari you can go and enjoy all the big 5 game animals in one safari; you first visit ziwa rhino sanctuary where you get to see the white southern rhinos, and then head to Murchison falls national park for the big four-game drive in buligi game tracks. The big 5 safari in Murchison falls national park also offers you a chance to enjoy birding along the Nile banks during the Nile boat cruises, plus a hike to the top of the falls, and witness Uganda as the pearl of Africa. You also have a chance to sleep in Chobe safari lodge; also an international celebrity safari lodge in Uganda, as Kim Kardashian and Kanye west choose it and later jiddena also choose the same lodge during his safari in 2019.
The other destination where you can go for the big 5 safari in Uganda is found in the remotest part of northeastern Uganda, kidepo valley national park. kidepo valley national park is one of the hidden and undiscovered magical places of the pearl of Africa, and also the most rugged national park in Uganda. The area of kidepo valley national park is one of the most rugged terrains in the wilderness of Uganda. kidepo valley national park offers you the big four including the lions, leopards, buffaloes, elephants, and other animals such as Jackson’s hartebeests, foxes, cheetahs, aardwolf, and soon Kidepo valley national park will have the white rhinos back.
Uganda is such a rich destination with a lot of biodiversity-based in the varying habitats ranging from savannah to forested areas, and wetlands, and the several water bodies in the national parks of Uganda. the several habitats in Uganda is where the big 5 game animals thrive such as the animals in the savannahs of queen Elizabeth national park and Murchison falls national park, the elephants love the rangelands and woody places of Murchison falls national park. Lake Mburo national park also holds a good count of elephants, buffaloes, leopards and hippos among others. You big five safari in Uganda, does not limit you on any activity, you can also enjoy the activities as offered in a particular destination. In Queen Elizabeth national park you can also enjoy the hot balloon experience, birding, forest walks in maramagambo forest, chimpanzee trekking in kyambura gorge, the Kazinga launch cruise and community visits among others. In Lake Mburo national park also offers you a chance to enjoy game viewing on the horse backs through the park. You can also enjoy cycling, nature walks in the park since it is the safest national park, among others. You can book your big 5 safari in Uganda with your trustworthy safari operator at any time of the year.
