Luxury Safaris in Uganda

A tangle of mist-cloaked treetops, grasping roots and coiling ferns, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest was always a place of darkness. But decades of commendable conservation efforts have made it shine like a beacon of light.

Part of the Virunga Mountain Range, this high-altitude area hosts Africa’s largest population of habituated mountain gorillas. Trek through farmland and foliage to spend an intimate hour in their company, watching them feed, groom and play-fight, a few yards from your feet. Meet even closer cousins in the swamplands and tropical forests of Kibale, where chimps can easily be seen. Stop at Queen Elizabeth National Park to view remarkable wildlife – either on a game drive or by boating and birding in crater lakes. Straddling the Equator, Uganda’s diversity of landscapes is astounding, from the glacier-topped Rwenzori Mountains to the plunging torrents of Murchison Falls. In between, busy towns are thrillingly chaotic. Raw and refreshingly unpolished, small wonder this beautiful country is known as “the Pearl of Africa”.