Best Time To Visit Uganda On a Safari.

Uganda is a great tourism destination, blessed with ten national parks that includes Murchison Falls National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Kibale Forest National Park, Semuliki national park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kidepo Valley National Park, Mountain Elgon National Park, Mount Rwenzori National Park, Lake Mburo National Park. The national parks are located in different parts of the country offering safari activities like game viewing to the various tourists who come to visit the country. Uganda is among of the popular countries where the tourists can engage to visit the endangered gorilla, and where the mountain gorillas are the top Uganda’s tourism attraction.

Tourists usually go on a Uganda safari to enjoy various activities including game viewing, gorilla trekking, chimpanzee trekking, hiking and nature walks, bird watching and among many others. Before coming to Uganda it is always advisable to first know the best time that favors your safari activity that you wish to carry out. Uganda has got different two seasons that is the dry season and the wet season that occurs twice a year that gives the tourists the best time to carry out the various safari activities in the country. Uganda being crossed by the equator, it’s always sunny and the only difference in season is due to the amount of the rain.

Types of seasons in Uganda.

Uganda has got two different seasons that is the dry and wet season in the country.

Dry season.

Dry seasons in Uganda includes June to August and December to February, this is the period when it can be colder at the altitudes above 1,300 meters/4,265ft including various national parks in the country majorly though the gorilla parks. June, July and August, June and July are the driest months in the south though at times it can still happen at a low rate, not only being in the south, these months are part of the wet season in the north as well.

Wet season.

Uganda’s wet season consists of months like March to May and September to December, the northern region, is the one that forms one quarter of the country lies outside the tropical belt, and hence experienced only one rainy season, that is March to October.

Temperatures in Uganda.

Uganda’s average temperature is around 21.50 C, though at times it can drop to a minimum of 120C usually during the night, the annual rainfall of the country ranges from 1000 to 2000 millimeters yearly.

Best time to visit to Uganda.

Best time to visit Uganda is all the year around, though the dry season is the perfect time to visit the country that’s when the country can be warm with tropical climate and season variations which makes the country to be visited all the year around. Uganda’s wet season makes some safaris to be difficult that is during the rainy season the tourists cannot go for gorilla trekking and chimpanzee trekking and at the same time game driving cannot be that perfect.

Though Uganda can be visited all the year around, it has got the best time of the year and that is during the months of June to July and January to February this is the period when Uganda can be well explored through carrying out almost every kind of safari activity according to your choice on your Uganda safari. Uganda national parks also experiences the best weather during June to September and also from December to February, during that period that’s when the grasslands in the parks can be less that makes easy spotting of the wildlife in the parks and during the same period that’s when the animals do gather around water sources in their large numbers hence making easy viewing.

Uganda also experiences the low season or wet season in the months of March, April, May, October and November, during these months that’s when the country receives the highest amounts of rainfall, which makes the roads to the national parks too slippery and muddy making it too difficult to move through the trails. During the rainy season the country also attracts tourists who are bird lovers to carryout bird watching, that’s when the bird species do over breed in the national parks and also it’s when the migratory bird species come in the country making it excellent for the bird watchers to enjoy the country during the rainy season.

During peak season or dry season, that’s when the tourists experiences the unforgettable safari memories on a Uganda safari including gorilla trekking, chimpanzee trekking, hiking, nature walks, game driving though most of the times when you are wishing to carry out gorilla trekking you are therefore advised to book the gorilla trekking permit in advance.