Wildlife Beyond Gorillas

The Albertine Rift — the western arm of the East African Rift Valley, running from…

Lake Bunyonyi's 29 islands, papyrus-fringed shores and calm blue-green water make it one of the…

Golden monkeys — the vivid orange-gold-and-black primates of the Virunga volcanic highlands — are trackable…

Two colobus monkey species are found in Uganda: the black-and-white colobus (also called guereza) and…

Mgahinga Gorilla National Park — Uganda's smallest national park at 33.7 square kilometres — packs…

Lake Bunyonyi — Uganda's deepest lake and one of the most scenic bodies of water…

Uganda's elephant population is distributed across several national parks, with the largest concentrations in Queen…

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest hosts over 350 bird species, including 23 Albertine Rift endemics — birds…

Gorilla trekking is the headline activity at Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, but it occupies only one…

The gorilla habituation experience (GHE) at Bwindi's Rushaga sector is one of the most unusual…

Uganda offers two gorilla encounter experiences: the standard gorilla trek (one hour with a fully…

Planning your first gorilla trek in Uganda? The experience is extraordinary — and with the…

Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park and Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest are the two premier gorilla trekking…

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has approximately 22 habituated gorilla families open to tourism visits. Each…

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has four trekking sectors, each with its own character, accessibility and…

Gorilla vocalisations are among the most information-dense communication systems available to a visitor paying attention…

The duiker — small, secretive antelopes that live in forest understorey and dense bush —…

Mountain gorillas share approximately 98.3% of their DNA with humans — a genetic closeness that…

The silverback is the axis around which a gorilla family group organises itself. His physical…

The weaverbirds — family Ploceidae — are among the most immediately visible birds in the…

Gorilla trekking in Uganda does not guarantee a specific experience — the forest is wild,…

Among all the mammals recorded from Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, few are as rarely encountered as…

The black-and-white colobus monkey (Colobus guereza) is one of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park's most visually…

Of the nine primate species recorded in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, the red-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus…