UGANDA WILDLIFE SAFARIS

Are you planning to visit Uganda, “The Pearl of Africa” and explore its beautiful nature with ease and get an extra ordinally experience? Superlative Car Rental Uganda is your answer as we provide 4×4 car hire vehicles for wildlife safaris, gorillas and chimpanzee permits, and all safari packages.

Uganda is home to diverse wildlife, and our safari packages from Superlative Car Rental Uganda allows you to experience it all with our 4×4 car rental Uganda services. From safari game drives in Murchison Falls National Park, Kidepo Valley National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Lake Mburo National Park, to bird watching in Semliki National, Kibale National Park, and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, we provide you with tailored safari experiences for a lifetime.

Our customized safari vehicles are well designed and equipped for your comfort and optimal wildlife viewing, ensuring you don’t miss any highlights during you safari with our 4wd car rental Uganda services.

Superlative Car Rental Uganda customize tailor-made safaris based on our clients’ interests for both self drive or driver guided Uganda road trips, whether you prefer short trips or extended travel adventures.

Wildlife Safaris In Uganda

Superlative Car Rental Uganda dedicated team ensures every aspect of your safari is well planned and executed to explore Uganda’s natural beauty with confidence and comfort.

Uganda, “The Pearl Of Africa” has built her reputation by offering the best qualities of a perfect safari destination. She is a landlocked country characterized by beautiful landscapes, unique wildlife, amazing lakes, vast savannahs, tropical rain forests, and many more.

A Uganda wildlife safaris does not mean only doing game drives in the many national parks but also involves taking a trip to the most unique cultures in Uganda such as visiting the Batwa, Karamajong, having primate walks especially in Kibale national park, savannah safaris and also bird watching activities. Gorilla trekking is also worth having during a wildlife safari in Uganda. Activities done on waters such as on the River Nile source in Jinja, Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National park, Murchison falls national park such as sport fishing, boat cruises, canoeing, kayaking, white water rafting make any traveler’s trip to the Pearl of Africa very memorable.

There are many places to have an interesting Uganda wildlife safari, namely;

Queen Elizabeth National Park

This is one of the commonest and most visited parks in the country, offering one of the most satisfying wildlife safaris. It is located in western Uganda characterized by savannah grasslands, tropical forests and water bodies.
It has a variety of a wildlife such as elephants, the famous tree climbing lions, buffaloes, Nile crocodiles, hippos and a bird population of over 600. The tree climbing lions are usually sighted in the Ishasha sector lying on fig tree branches, which a very unique character of predators.
Through game drives, you can enjoy sights of all these animals in their natural habitat, both the predators and herbivores. The Kasenyi plains are also a great spot for predators and the Ugandan
kobs, a daily prey.
The Kazinga channel is an amazing sight especially when you are having a boat cruise. You will have sight of Nile Crocodiles, hippos and other aquatic species. You will also have the best view of the sun especially when you opt for the evening boat cruise, giving you the climax of the wildlife safari in Uganda.

Kibale National Park

This is commonly known as the “Primate Capital Of The World” because it holds the largest number of primates, 13 species in the whole world. They species include L’Hoest’ monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, chimpanzees among others.
The most satisfying way to enjoy a wildlife safari in Uganda is by chimpanzee trekking, which the main activity is done here. You get to see these primates, feed, nurture their young ones and further socialize with each other. They are interesting creatures who share characteristics with humans, which makes it appealing as you see another you, just a little bit more hairy.
Except the primates, different butterfly species, tall trees are also a stunning sight that adds value to your safari.

Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

When you consider a wildlife safari in Uganda, consider visiting Mgahinga gorilla national park which is another remarkable home for mountain gorillas, with the silver back leading an entire gorilla family.
The parks has endangered gorilla species, namely the Nyakagezi gorilla family that consists of eleven members. It has 4-5 silver backs, adult females and many young ones. You will always see them taking care of each other especially the older ones caring for their younger ones.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

This is real home of the world’s mountain gorillas located in the south western part of Uganda. Your wildlife safari will further be cheerful when you walk down those trails through the dense forests for over 4 hours so that you can spot a gorilla.
Gorilla trekking is the best way to spot this animal, calm in nature but violent when provoked.
The animals are seen in their natural habitat, being gentle to their young ones and the females.
They feed, care and socialize like we humans do.
Travelers that participate in the trek are always given an hour to spend with the creatures. They will always see them swinging and playing through the vegetation just to impress, and more so, it is part of their life.

Kidepo Valley National Park

A remote but adventurous place in northern Uganda, known for its distance from Kampala the capital and the off-beaten paths. While here, you get to see the big five in their full glory, followed giraffes that are visible from a far since they are taller than the trees, unique birds such as ostriches.
With safari game drives, you can always enjoy the beauty of this park as you will sight all these animals in their natural habitat. The landscape in the park will also satisfy your eyes as it is characterized by the acacia woodlands, bush lands and savannah grasslands. It looks like a desert but one without an alarming sun.

Murchison Falls National Park

Your wildlife safari will have more value when you visit the famous place where the Nile River forces its way through a narrow gorge. The falls, being surrounded by thick vegetation that adds to the scenery are usually hiked to their top.
This Uganda’s largest national park is an accommodation for 144 mammals such as lions, buffaloes, elephants, leopards, zebras, giraffes, water bucks, oribis, crocodiles, hippos, warthogs and many more.
There is also a remarkable number of 550 birds accompanied by primates such as chimpanzees, baboons and monkeys. With safari game drives, these animals can be sighted and your adventure will definitely reach its climax when you hike to the top of the falls or have a boat cruise.

Places to have Cultural experiences as an addition one can have during a wildlife safaris

There are different cultural encounters you can opt to have during on a Uganda wildlife safaris trip and these can include;

Batwa Cultural Experience

This community is located in Bwindi, and are the original inhabitants of this forest. They have a unique non-agricultural life style that is characterized by storytelling, music and dance.

Karamoja Community Experience

They are a very unique group of people best known for their nomadic pastoralist life, tradition and life style. You will observe that most hard work is done by the women and the men are utterly chauvinistic.
Their beautiful bead work also makes them unique and many travelers buy them as souvenirs.

Naggalabi Coronation Site

During your wildlife safari, you can always visit one of Buganda kingdom’s treasure areas, where its kings are crowned. It is a traditional place where rituals, and other traditions for the king’s coronation are performed.

Kasubi Tombs

This is a burial site for all the kings of the Buganda kingdom, making it a tourism site for those interested in Buganda kingdom history.

Bird watching safaris as an addition for Uganda wildlife safaris

In addition to Uganda wildlife safaris, you can also sight birds in the different locations namely;

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park:

There are not only mountain gorillas here but also a variety of birds to see such as the Black bee eater, Montane Oriole. There are a few endemic species that are harder to find such as Rwenzori Batis, African Green Broadbill, Shelley’s Crimson-wing, Archer’s Robin-chat, Chapin’s fly-catcher, Grauer’s Rush Warbler among others.

Mabamba Swamp:

This swamp is famous for the iconic Shoebill stork bird as the main tourist attraction here, especially for tourist who first stay in Entebbe before proceeding to other places.
However, there is a variety of other species one can explore such as Blue swallow, White winged Warbler, Pink-backed Pelican, King fishers, Purple Heron, African Jacana and Weavers among others.

Lake Bunyonyi:

This is a unique birding place known for having 29 islands surrounding it. It has over 200bird species namely Pied, African fish eagle, Grey Crowned Crane, and Malachite. Other birds located at the shores and papyrus swamps include weaver birds, the rare papyrus gonolek cuckoos and sunbirds.

Kidepo Valley National Park:

The bird species one can sight include Chestnut sparrow, Pygmy Falcon, Rose-ringed parakeet, Four-banded sand grouse, Common ostrich, Kori bustard, Little green bee-eater, Mouse-colored penduline tit and the Northern white-crowned shrike.

Queen Elizabeth National Park:

Queen Elizabeth National Park has over 600 bird species some of which include: Grey crowned crane, African fish eagle, Shoebill stork, Great blue turaco, the Martial Eagle among others.

Best Time For Uganda Wildlife Safaris

When considering to have a wildlife safari in Uganda, you can have it any time of the year. This is because in all seasons, wildlife destinations will have something unique to provide.

Dry Season:

This lasts from June to August and December to February, characterized by too much heat and the sun out at its maximum. Therefore, travelers this time should pack light clothes, always carry reusable water bottles.
For the wildlife, this is the time they are always spotted moving around in such for food and water, some even lying beside water bodies. The vegetation in national parks tends to become shorter which makes animals spotting easier and also that trails and other routes are very passable.

Wet Season:

March to May and September to November, the country receives heavy rains which makes the vegetation in national parks very alive and grow faster. So, you can find a hard time spotting animals, and more so, animals do not overly move and some be nursing their new born.
During this season, routes are more slippery and hardly passable, making it the best time to hire only 4×4 cars with a high ground clearance so that they can easily navigate these routes.

Cars to consider renting for a wildlife safaris in Uganda

• Land Cruiser Prado/V8/TX/GX
• Land Cruiser Extended
• Land Cruiser Hardtop
• Toyota RAV4
• Coaster bus
• Toyota Alphard

Lastly, Uganda wildlife safaris are very feasible to have in Uganda, as they give you access to near and far
places, just for you to enjoy the life in nature there is. With the desired car and people, a wildlife safari in Uganda is one of the best experiences one could have.