Uganda’s Big Five | Game Drive Experience

Uganda’s Big Five | Game Drive Experience

Uganda’s Big Five | Game Drive Experience : When it comes to African safari, Uganda is obviously one of the must to visited. Uganda is basically famous for its big five as well as other incredible species that are positioned in different parks and game reserves. The term big five was derived from the big game hunters in Africa during the 1980s. In general this was referring to those animals that were once targeted by hunters for meat and trophies.

However, they were challenging, dangerous, difficult to hunt, as well as attack on foot. Moat of these amazing wild creatures are widely scattered around Uganda’s most magnificent savannah protected areas. These include; Murchison falls park, Queen Elizabeth national park, Kidepo Valley national park, Lake Mburo park, etc. An African safari is generally quite high on the bucket list of any traveler in Uganda and there is no shortage of options or availability. Below are some amazing details about each of Africa’s Big-five stars of Africa.

African Elephant

Scientifically famous Loxodonta Africana, the African elephants are the enormous largest land mammal animals in the world. Elephants are found both in savanna and forests. These unique mammals also feature as one of the reasons why most visitors flock into Uganda safari destinations.

African Cape Buffalo

Cape buffalos have a reputation for being bad tempted, aggressive and dangerous. They can as well be unpredictable and wild, however, they usually quite tame when in a herd. 

African Lions

Described as the king of the jungle, lions are short and posses tawny coat. They are dangerous and mainly thrive in savanna grassland whereby tall grasses, shrubs and bushes can offer camouflage while hunting. Furthermore, lions are fierce and most sociable of African cats. They live in prides and the lionesses will do all the hunting.

African Leopards

They belong to the cat family,  feature tawny fur and dark rosette like black fur. They are also nocturnal and secretive making them hard to hunt in the wild. In addition, they are ever fierce and never scared. Besides hunting, leopards love to stay near waters and they are strong swimmers.

The Rhinoceros

For the complete big five, the Rhinoceros could not miss however, it is one of the hardest big five to spot. These great herbivores have a wide mouth and epidermis skin with a thick layer of 1.5cm deep. Generally, it has a gestation period of 16 months. Sighting Uganda’s big-five while on game drives should be a must for you. Big five viewing safaris can be combined with the rare mountain Gorilla trekking, chimpanzee tracking, birding adventure, etc.