Best places to see Leopards in Uganda.
Best places to see leopards in Uganda, when you plan a safari to Uganda, you will not miss to see leopards in Ugandan national parks. The best national parks to see leopards in Uganda include; queen Elizabeth National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, Lake Mburo National Park and Kidepo Valley National Park. Uganda has got over 10 national parks that are home to a variety of wildlife species that includes primates and cats like the leopards. Uganda is one of the best countries that hosts the big five animals. That is one of the reasons why Uganda is called the pearl of Africa.
Famous Best places to see leopards in Uganda
The national parks in Uganda where to visit for game drives and see leopards include;
Queen Elizabeth National Park
The park is located in the western part of Uganda covering an area of 1,978 square kilometers. The park has different wildlife including some of the big five animals. It has the vast savanna vegetation cover where leopards roam freely and the kasenyi plains is another good spot for leopards as well not leaving out the ishasha sector of the park.
Murchison falls National Park
This park originates its name from the world’s strongest waterfalls the Murchison falls, located in the north western part of Uganda and known as the largest national park in Uganda. the park has several tracks where leopards are sighted like at pakuba track, Albert track and many more tracks. Leopards when not sighted during daytime, they are sighted during night game drives since they are nocturnal animals.
Kidepo valley National Park
Kidepo valley national park is regarded as the true African wilderness national park, located in the north eastern part of Uganda where it borders South Sudan in the north west and Kenya in the east. The kidepo’s Narus valley is the prime game viewing area for leopards. When you reach Apoka in the heart of the park, you see a variety of wildlife.
Lake Mburo National Park
This is uganda’s smallest national park located in western Uganda. within the park is a historical lake called mburo where the name of the park originates from. It is one of the national parks that are close to kamala through masaka route. The leopards in this park are most sighted for visitors on night game drives.
How to Book for best places to see leopards in Uganda
For travelers planning to visit Uganda to see leopards should book with us for a well-planned game drive with our comfortable 4 x 4-wheel drive vehicles that suits all savannah national parks.
Other activities to do on a safari to see leopards in Uganda.
Uganda as a safari destination, there are many activities that tourists can do during a visit to see leopards and among the activities/tours are;
Gorilla trekking
Uganda as the leading gorilla trekking destination in bwindi impenetrable national park and Mgahinga national park, gorillas are seen in their natural tropical forests. Trekking gorillas is to hike in the forests for about 1-6 hours a day. Uganda is home to half of the world’s mountain gorillas where visitors come anytime of the year to visit these endangered species.
Chimpanzee tracking
Tracking chimpanzees in uganda is done in several national parks and forest reserves like Kibale national park the primate capital of the world, budongo forest, Kyambura gorge in queen Elisabeth national park and kalinzu forest reserve. The chimpanzee tracking activity is best done in the morning hours that lasts about 2-4 hours tracking them in the forest and 1 hour spending with them.
Boat cruise at Kazinga channel and Murchison falls
A visit to queen elizabeth national park to see leopards can be combined with an afternoon boat cruise at Kazinga channel that lasts 2 hours and also in Murchison falls national park after an early game drive to see leopards, you head for an epic boat cruise on the Nile River.
Golden monkey tracking
Golden monkey tracking can also be done in uganda’s bamboo forests in Mgahinga national park the home of the rare golden monkeys. The tracking lasts about 2-4 hours.
When is the best time to see leopards in uganda
The best time to see leopards in uganda is anytime of the year but the best period for leopard viewing is the dry season from June to August and December to February.
