MGAHINGA GORILLA NATIONAL PARK
Sharing a border with neighbo ring Congo(Parc National des Virunga) and Rwanda(Parc National des Volcans), Mgahinga is the country’s smallest national park and protects the Ugandan part of the ‘Virunga mountains; a range of extinct and active…
SEMLIKI NATIONAL PARK
Semliki National park is located in the Western region of Uganda in Bundibugyo District, in the Albertine Rift Valley. The park shares its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The protected area is situated between Rwenzori mountains in…
Murchison Falls National Park
Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda’s largest protected area covering an area of 3,893 square kilometers. The area extends to include Karuma (675 sq.km) and Bugungu (501 sq.km) buffer reserves in the southern sector. The park is located in…
QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK
History; The history of Queen Elizabeth national park is fascinating. In the first quarter of the 1990’s in 1925, a department was set up to stop the Elephants from marauding villages and destroying cultivation- the overall aim being to keep the within…
THE BATOORO PEOPLE & CULTURE
The Batooro inhabit the districts of Kabarole and Kasese. Their area has been infiltrated by many migrants from other parts of western Uganda, particularly the Bakiga.To their east live Banyoro; to their north are the Bamba and Bakonjo; to their…