visit uganda's game reserve
Karuma Game Reserve:
Karuma game reserve is characterized by open grassland and forest. It is accessed by road from Kampala towards northern Uganda. It is located near Murchison Falls National Park and 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:
This reserve is characterized by Grassland and riverine habitats. Access is by road from Kasese or by aircraft via Kasese. Animals living in the park include buffalo, bushbuck, elephant, hippopotamus, reedbuck, warthog, waterbuck and a wide variety of birds. It should also be noted that, visiting this should be during day because, there is no accommodation here.
Kigezi Mountain Gorilla Game Reserve:
This is characterized by forest and bamboo covered mountain slopes. Travel via Mbarara by road to kisoro with the basic accommodation available. Kigezi montain gorilla reserve was established to protect the endangered mountain gorillas however, they co-exist with other animals like buffalo, bushbuck, giant forest hog, leopard, monkey (including rare golden monkey) and a wide variety of birds among others.
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.
Game reserves of Kyambura and Kigezi - Uganda
Kyambura game reserve and Kigezi wildlife reserve cover an area of 154 and 256 sq. km and belong to the same ecosystem of the Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Kyambura Gorge created by the Kyambura river is 16 km long and 100 meters deep. Kyambura river gorge protects a chimpanzee community in a restricted territory and it is the only place in the park to observe chimpanzee habituated to human presence. Moreover, black and white colobus, vervet monkeys and olive baboons are present.
In Kyambura Gorge, there are many species of birds like Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), African Finfoot (Podica senegalensis) and Black Bee-eater (Merops gularis).
Kigezi wildlife reserve
Kigezi wildlife reserve is made by plains, savannas and forests. With its rich wildlife it fosters the presence of games in the Queen Elizabeth National Park. There are: elephants, buffaloes, bushbucks, topi, waterbucks and others.