Climate, Weather & Seasons

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is most often experienced from within — walking its trails, watching its…

The gorilla trekking day at Bwindi begins formally at the 7am briefing. But the forest…

Among the questions that gorilla trekking guides in Bwindi field from visitors, the full moon…

The mountain gorilla's survival story over the past three decades has been one of conservation's…

February sits in the gap between Uganda's two wet seasons — the long rains that…

Southwest Uganda's altitude and topographic complexity create weather conditions that occasionally surprise visitors expecting straightforward…

October and November mark Uganda's short rainy season — a period that sits awkwardly in…

July and August are Uganda's gorilla trekking peak season—the period of highest permit demand, fullest…

February and March mark the end of Uganda's dry season and the beginning of the…

Uganda's rainfall patterns are strongly influenced by large-scale atmospheric circulation phenomena that operate on timescales…

October and November mark the short rainy season in south-western Uganda, the second of the…

May and June represent one of the most interesting and least discussed periods for gorilla…

Bwindi's mist is not a weather inconvenience. It is one of the defining atmospheric conditions…

December and January in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park represent one of the two dry season…

Mountain gorillas survived the last ice age, periods of regional drought, and the catastrophic deforestation…

August and September sit at the peak of East Africa's long dry season, and for…

June and July sit at the heart of Uganda's long dry season and represent the…

March and April occupy an ambiguous position in the calendar of Uganda gorilla trekking. These…

October and November mark Uganda's short rainy season — a period of more frequent and…

April and May sit at the heart of Uganda's long rainy season — the wettest…

September is one of the most underrated months for gorilla trekking in Uganda. It sits…

Gorilla trekking proceeds in all but genuinely dangerous weather—there is no standard policy for cancellation…

June, July, and August are the months that most gorilla trekking guides and safari operators…

Uganda's weather is one of the first things safari planners ask about—and one of the…