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Ajai Game Reserve
Grassy plain, wood lands and swamp habitats. Access
by difficult road from Gulu. No accommodation
available. Established to protect the white
rhinoceros which is now extinct in Uganda due to
poaching. Animals living in the park include
buffalo, bushbuck, hartebeest, hippopotamus,
warthog, waterbuck and a wide variety of bird
species.
Bokora Corridor Game Reserve
Dry plains. Access by difficult road in the dry
season only. No accommodation available. Animals
living in the reserve include antelope, eland,
gazelle, giraffe, hartebeest, hyena, kob, leopard,
lion, oribi, oryx, reedbuck, topi and a wide variety
of birds.
Bugundu Game Reserve
Savannah and woodland. Access by road from Kampala.
The park is a buffer on the edge of Murchison Falls
Park. Open all year round. No accommodation
available. Animals living in the park include
buffalo, elephant, hartebeest, kob, lion, waterbuck
and a wide variety of birds.
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Gorilla Sanctuary
Lowland rain forest. Access by road from
Kabale. Basic accommodation available in
Kabale. The reserve was established to protect the
lowland mountain gorilla.
Karuma Game Reserve
Open grassland and forest. Access by road from
Kampala. The park is a buffer on the edge of
Murchison Falls Park. Open all year round. No
accommodation available. Animals living in the park
include buffalo, elephant, hartebeest, kob, lion,
waterbuck and a wide variety of birds.
Katonga Game Reserve
Grassland and riverine habitats. Access is by road
from Kasese or by light aircraft via Kasese. No
accommodation available. Animals living in the park
include buffalo, bushbuck, elephant, hippopotamus,
reedbuck, warthog, waterbuck and a wide variety of
birds.
Kibale Forest Corridor Game Reserve
Forest and grassland. Access from Kampala by road.
No accommodation in the reserve. Animals living in
the park include buffalo, chimpanzee, Colobus
monkey, elephant, kob, warthog, waterbuck and a wide
variety of birds.
Kidepo National Park
Savannah, woodland, mountain forest and riverine
habitats. Access is by very difficult road from
either Gulu or Moroto/Mbale or by light aircraft.
Open all year but impractical in the rainy seasons
April/May and July/August. Basic accommodation
available. The big game in the park was sadly
depleted in recent years but efforts to restock and
conserve the game have been made and are continuing
with good effect. Animals living in the park include
aard-wolf, African wild cat, ant bear, antelope,
baboon, jackal, buffalo, bush baby, bushbuck,
caracal, cheetah, dik dik, duiker, eland, elephant,
fox, gazelle, genet, giraffe, hartebeest, hyena,
hyrax, klipspringer, kudu, leopard, lion, mongoose,
oribi, patas monkey, porcupine, reedbuck,
rhinoceros, vervet monkey, warthog, waterbuck, zebra
and 249 species of birds.
Kigezi Mountain Gorilla Game Reserve
Forest and bamboo covered mountain slopes. Access
from Mbarara by road. Basic accommodation available
at Kisororo. Established to protect the endangered
mountain gorillas. Other animals living in the
reserve include buffalo, bushbuck, giant forest hog,
leopard, monkey (including rare golden monkey) and a
wide variety of birds.
Kigezi Game Reserve
Open grassland, savannah and woodland. Access from
Mbarara by road. The park is a buffer to the
Ruwenzori Park to the north. No accommodation
available. Animals living in the park include
buffalo, bushbuck, elephant, giant forest hog, kob,
topi, waterbuck and a wide variety of birds.
Lake Mburo Game Reserve Park
Open plains, forest and grasslands. Access from
Mbarara by road. No accommodation available. Animals
living in the park include antelope, buffalo, eland,
impala, klipspringer, leopard, lion, oribi, topi,
warthog, waterbuck, zebra.
Murchison Falls National Park also called
the Kabalega Falls National Park
Grassy plains, woodland and riverine habitats.
Access by road from Kampala. Open all year round.
Reasonable accommodation available. The big game in
the park was sadly depleted in recent years but
efforts to restock and conserve the game have been
made and are continuing with good effect. Animals
living in the park include aard-wolf, African wild
cat, ant bear, antelope, baboon, badger, buffalo,
bush pig, bushbuck, caracal, cheetah, chimpanzee,
civet, Colobus monkey, dik dik, duiker, eland,
elephant, fox, gazelle, genet, giraffe, ground
pangolin, hartebeest, hippopotamus, hunting dog,
hyena, hyrax, impala, jackal, klipspringer, kob,
kudu, leopard, lion, mongoose, oribi, otter, patas
monkey, porcupine, red tailed monkey, reedbuck,
rhinoceros, serval, vervet monkey, warthog,
waterbuck, zebra, zorilla and 359 species of birds.
Queen Elizabeth National Park also called
the Ruwenzori National Park
Grassy plains, tropical forest, swamp, lakeshore,
wooded volcanic slopes and riverine habitats. Access
by road from Mbarara or light aircraft usually from
Entebbe. Open all year round. Comfortable
accommodation available. The big game in the park
was sadly depleted in recent years but efforts to
restock and conserve the game have been made and are
continuing with good effect. Animals living in the
park include African wildcat, ant bear, buffalo,
bush pig, bushbuck, duiker, elephant, giant forest
hog, hippopotamus, hyena, hyrax, kob, leopard, lion,
porcupine, potto, reedbuck, serval, topi, warthog,
waterbuck, and 383 species of birds.
Toro Game Reserve
Lake shore, swamp and forested hills. Access by road
from Fort Portal. No accommodation available.
Animals living in the reserve include giant forest
hog, hippopotamus, leopard, lion, reedbuck,
waterbuck and a wide variety of birds.
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