Veranstaltung in Uganda
Bootssafaris
Gleiten Sie am Ufer entlang und erleben Sie aus nächster Nähe Afrikas unglaubliche Flussfauna – von badenden Elefanten über sonnenbadende Krokodile bis hin zu Flusspferd-Pools und vielem mehr.
- Was passiert?
- Sie gehen an Bord eines komfortablen Flussbootes und unternehmen eine gemütliche Fahrt entlang der Flussufer. Erfahrene Reiseleiter helfen Ihnen dabei, riesige Gruppen von Flusspferden, riesige Krokodile und Elefantenherden zu entdecken, die zum Trinken an den Fluss kommen, während eine bunte Vogelwelt über das Wasser gleitet.
- Wie es sich anfühlt
- Eine tiefe, friedliche Entspannung überkommt dich, während dir die kühle Brise vom Fluss ins Gesicht weht – unterbrochen nur durch das plötzliche, aufregende Plätschern eines aus dem Wasser springenden Nilpferds, das nur wenige Meter entfernt ist.
- Für wen ist es gedacht?
- Ideal für Reisende jeden Alters und jeder körperlichen Verfassung, einschließlich Familien mit kleinen Kindern und Fotografie-Begeisterte.
- Gut zu wissen
- Auf Bootsfahrten am Morgen oder am späten Nachmittag lassen sich die Tiere am besten beobachten. Bringen Sie ein Fernglas, eine Kamera mit einem guten Zoomobjektiv und eine leichte Jacke für die frische Brise mit.
Wo kann man das machen? Bootssafaris in Uganda
Lake Mburo National Park
Lake Mburo National Park is Uganda's smallest savannah park and the closest one to Kampala, reached in roughly 3.5 to 4 hours by road, which makes it the country's go-to stop for travelers short on time or breaking up the long drive southwest to Bwindi. Its 370 square kilometers of acacia woodland and open grassland sit around five lakes, the largest of which, Lake Mburo itself, gives the park its name and its boat safaris.
Katonga Wildlife Reserve
Katonga Wildlife Reserve follows the Katonga River and its wetlands between Lake Mburo and Kibale, in a flatter, less-visited stretch of western Uganda. It functions as an elephant corridor linking the Queen Elizabeth ecosystem to the north, and its papyrus swamps hold one of Uganda's more accessible sitatunga antelope populations.
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by surface area, shared between Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, with its Ugandan shoreline anchored around Entebbe and the Ssese Islands. For most Uganda itineraries it's a relaxation and adventure stop rather than a wildlife destination, built around beaches, sport fishing, and island getaways.
Lake Albert
Lake Albert forms part of the Uganda-DRC border along the Albertine Rift Valley floor, fed in part by the Victoria Nile as it exits Murchison Falls. Its escarpment views, fishing villages, and role as the endpoint of the famous Murchison Falls boat cruise make it one of western Uganda's most scenic rift-valley lakes.
Source of the Nile, Jinja
Jinja, on Lake Victoria's northern shore, marks the point where the River Nile begins its roughly 6,650-kilometer run to the Mediterranean, identified by British explorer John Hanning Speke in 1862. Today the town is Uganda's adventure-tourism hub, built around white-water rafting, kayaking, and bungee jumping on the river's upper rapids.
Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary
Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary sits on a small forested island in Lake Victoria, roughly a 45-minute boat ride from Entebbe, and is home to around 50 orphaned and rescued chimpanzees unable to return to the wild. Run by the Chimpanzee Trust, it gives visitors a reliable, close chimpanzee encounter without a forest trek.
Lake Edward
Lake Edward sits within Queen Elizabeth National Park's ecosystem on the Uganda-DRC border, connected to Lake George by the Kazinga Channel, whose boat cruise, rather than the open lake itself, is how almost every visitor actually experiences this water body.