The best photo spots to explore on an adventure through the Pearl of Africa. While on Uganda safaris, photography is a must-do because it is what summarizes the entire trip. With technology playing a significant part, travelers can captures the best moments of their trip. Interestingly, a Uganda safari holiday presents plenty of photography opportunities –landscape, wildlife, flora, birds and more.
The amazing bit about photography safaris in Uganda is that all photographers have where to start and end their vacation. Getting the best experience during your photography tour is what matters regardless of whether you an amateur or professional photographer. Uganda has plenty for you capture and we are the experts in arranging the best photography safaris- wildlife or primate (gorilla, chimpanzee photography tours, etc).
Where to go for photography on a Uganda safari?
Murchison Falls National Park
Murchison Falls National Park is an awesome photography safari destination, especially if you are interested in capturing the best shots of wildlife. This is Uganda’s biggest park, situated in Northwestern part of the country. Established in 1952, Murchison Falls National Park is where the world’s most powerful waterfalls known as the Murchison Falls is located. This natural wonder is a picturesque in its own and a remarkable photo spot while you are in Murchison Falls NP.
The powerful Murchison Falls always forces itself into a narrow rock of 8 meters and then plunges 43 meters, creating a permanent rainbow and the Victoria Nile River separates the park into 2 sections. The Northern and Southern bank, the Northern side is dominated by vast savanna grassland, acacia trees, riverine woodlands while the Southern section has woodland and natural rainforest patches.
On a photography safari in Murchison Falls NP, there are many options to explore the park including game drive, hot air balloon safaris, birding, hiking, boat cruise, chimpanzee tracking and more. The park’s notable wildlife to expect taking photos include leopards, warthogs, buffaloes, lions, Nile crocodiles, Uganda Kobs, Oribis, Jackson’s Hartebeests and others.
Kidepo Valley National Park
Kidepo Valley National Park offers unmatched wildlife and landscape photography experiences. It is listed by CNN as the most beautiful park in Africa, lying in the North-eastern side of Uganda. It comes with the spectacular Narus and Kidepo Valleys, abundant wildlife including large herds of buffaloes, elephants, prides of lions, cheetahs, Rothschild giraffes, zebras, over 475 species of birds with a huge population of ostriches, and more. Visit Kidepo National Park for photo tour and experience the true African wilderness.
Kibale National Park
Kibale National Park is a rich-primate destination, an excellent spot for enthusiastic primate tourists to capture the best pictures of chimpanzees and plenty of other primate species. There are 13 primate species living within Kibale and these include the olive baboons, blue monkeys, l’hoest monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, grey-cheeked mangabeys, 1500 chimpanzees, black and white colobus monkeys.
A total of 70 species of mammals survive within the tropical forest of Kibale NP and besides primates, there are also forest elephants, bush pigs, buffaloes, otters, duikers, and others. The amazing experiences to engage in while on Kibale Forest photography tour include chimpanzee habituation, chimpanzee trekking, birding, nature walks, Crater Lake tour and Bigodi Wetland walk.
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (gorilla photography trip)
Gazetted in 1991, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site listed and home to over 120 mammal species. This park is set in Southwestern Uganda in the misty hills of Kigezi region. This is a 331 sq.km natural rainforest park, the prime habitat to over 459 mountain gorillas –this is almost half of the world’s remaining population of these endangered primates in the wild.
If you are an enthusiastic primatologist, you have a million reasons to spend a photography safari in Bwindi NP. This is also a remarkable spot for filming mountain gorillas.
Queen Elizabeth National Park (for wildlife photo trip)
Queen Elizabeth National Park is photographers’ leading wildlife destination, located in Western Uganda. This park features diverse ecosystems characterized by vast savannas, stunning Craters, humid forests, wetlands, and abundant wildlife. It accounts for over 96 mammal species and 620 bird species. Within Queen Elizabeth National Park, there are interesting wildlife species to spot including hippos, forest hogs, elephants, buffaloes, lions, and at Ishasha sector, find the relaxed tree climbing lions.
Lake Bunyonyi
Lying in Kabale District, Southwestern Uganda is a picturesque Lake Bunyonyi. This is Uganda’s deepest Lake with depth measuring up to 44 meters to 900 meters. It has 29 picturesque islands and these are dotted throughout the lake. If you love a boat ride, then don’t miss a canoe ride on this lake to one of its islands.
Lake Mutanda
Lake Mutanda is found in Southwestern Uganda, surrounded by the spectacular mountain landscapes, especially those of the Virunga Volcanoes. It is one stunning fresh water lake not to be missed on photography safari in Southwestern Uganda.
Lake Mburo National Park
Lake Mburo National Park is one of the finest wildlife safari parks, offering excellent photography safari experiences. It has plenty of activities each providing incredible photography opportunities including game drives, launch cruise on Lake Mburo, horseback riding, cycling, quad biking, and others. Lake Mburo NP holds important wild animal species such as elands, giraffes, zebras, cape buffaloes, Defassa waterbucks, topis, leopards, reedbucks and many others.
The other amazing photo spots to visit on a Uganda safari include Semuliki National Park, Lake Albert, the Source of the Nile River, Pian-Upe Wildlife Reserve, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Mabira Forest and more.