Gilles & Heidi’s trip report

3 Weeks in Uganda – Our Experience Our itinerary In August 2011, we visited the string of National Parks in western Uganda, starting with Lake Bunyonyi, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Queen Elisabeth National Park including the Ishasha Sector, Kibale Rain Forest, Semliki National Park, Murchison Falls National Park including Budongo Forest and last but not [...]

Volcanoes Safaris opens new lodge at Kyambura Gorge

Volcanoes Safaris, one of the top operators in Uganda, has recently opened the exclusive Kyambura Gorge Lodge in the Kyambura sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park, one of the country’s prime chimp tracking sites. For further information check the webpage kyambura-gorge-lodge

New UWA fee structure

As of 1 July 2011, the Uganda Wildlife Authority implemented a fee structure that increases entrance fees for National Parks by around 15% and institutes new fees for various unguided activities such as US$100 for birding in Semliki or US$80 for hiking on a trail in Mgahinga.  Please click here for the full 2011-2013 tariff structure [...]

Increase in chimp tracking tariffs

Thanks to Wild Frontiers for alerting us to an increase in chimpanzee tracking tariffs, to be implemented as of 1 July 2011. The new price will be  US$50 per person/trek in Chamburu (Kyamburu) Gorge QENP  and US$150 per person/trek in Kibale Forest.

Western Uganda trip report

We had a wonderful two weeks safari trip  in Uganda and Rwanda in the second half of November 2010 and we would like to share with Bradt Uganda guidebook authors and readers our experiences and  comments on accomodations and other issues. Among others, we visited Murchison NP where we had beautiful game drives and boat [...]

Gorillas, chimps & mongooses

Hi, just returned from Uganda having done both CHEX and Gorilla trekking. Both were great but and I know it is sacreligious to say this but the CHEX (Chimpanzee Habituation Experience) at Kibale was the highlight (probobly the best holiday activity I have ever done)- to be with chimps through their entire daily cycle is [...]

Karen Treisman’s updates

Hello, Just returned from a 3.5 week trip to Uganda and Rwanda- and found your guidebooks (the new editions) invaluable, so thank you! I thought I would write a trip summary and highlight some of the things we felt could be updated or edited- please let me know if there is any further questions or [...]

Uganda by bike: Trip Report

Uganda by bike 2008/2009 I’ve just received this wonderfully detailed and useful trip report from Rolf Rabe: The Trip: Entebbe – Kampala – Luwero – Mygiera – Masindi – Murchison Falls N.P. – Butiaba – Hoima – Mabaale – Kagadi – Kyenjojo – Fort Portal – Kibale Forest / CVK Resort – Lake Kifuruku – [...]

Chimp Habituation at Kibale Forest

Mark Williams just posted the following query: “I’m trying to book the CHEX Chimp habituation experience in Kibale have tried every Ugandan contact listed and ones I’ve found on the web. No one seems to know how etc – does anyone have a good solid contact?” Thanks to Jane Goldring of Wild Frontiers for the [...]

Self-drive trip to Uganda

We thought you might be interested in some slightly belated comments on our self-drive trip to Kenya & Uganda. Our overall experience was good, but rain did curtail activities in the afternoon which was frustrating. A petrol shortage also caused trouble. Most people were very welcoming and friendly. The only poor interfaces were with a [...]