Actividad en Uganda
Safaris en barco
Navega por la orilla del río para disfrutar de un asiento en primera fila y contemplar la increíble fauna fluvial de África, desde elefantes bañándose hasta cocodrilos tomando el sol, charcos de hipopótamos, etc.
- ¿Qué ocurre?
- Te subirás a un cómodo barco fluvial para disfrutar de un tranquilo paseo por las orillas del río. Unos guías expertos te ayudarán a avistar enormes manadas de hipopótamos, cocodrilos gigantes y manadas de elefantes que bajan a beber, mientras una variada avifauna surca el agua.
- Cómo se siente
- Una relajación profunda y tranquila te invade cuando la fresca brisa del río te acaricia el rostro, interrumpida por el repentino y emocionante chapoteo de un hipopótamo que salta del agua a solo unos metros de distancia.
- A quién va dirigido
- Ideal para viajeros de todas las edades y niveles de forma física, incluidas las familias con niños pequeños y los aficionados a la fotografía.
- Es bueno saberlo
- Los cruceros por la mañana o a última hora de la tarde son los mejores para avistar fauna. Trae prismáticos, una cámara con un buen objetivo zoom y una chaqueta ligera para la brisa.
Dónde hacerlo Safaris en barco en 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.