Location: Fort Portal
Top Things to do in Fort Portal
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Things to do in Fort Portal, Western Region: The Best Nature & Parks
Fort Portal is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the seat of both Kabarole District and the Toro Kingdom.
Restaurants in Fort Portal
1. Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 119 reviews
Reviewed By Rob6594 - San Diego, United States
We had a wonderful time touring the Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary with our excellent guides Joseph and Jimmy. They were truly outstanding in their knowledge and expertise! Both men were very knowledgeable and fun to be around. Joseph knew many bird calls and it was nice to hear him call out and have birds respond. We saw an expansive variety of plants and animals (birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, and invertebrates) on our 3-hour walk, making this trip a very memorable one. We were also able to hear about Joseph’s youth club, the Kibale Conservation Club. It was really cool to learn about efforts going on to educate children and young adults about the importance of environmental science and wildlife conservation. Thank you Joseph and Jimmy for allowing us to have such an amazing day!
2. Lake Nkuruba Nature Reserve
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 21 reviews
Lake Nkuruba Nature Reserve is well known as the best place to photograph colobus monkeys in Uganda. The dense tropical forest is home to four species of monkeys including vervet monkeys, red tailed monkeys, black & white colobus and the endangered Uganda red colobus. Guests are almost guaranteed to see monkeys during their visit!
Reviewed By BlueMonkeyGuesthouse - Entebbe, Uganda
A little paradise in the crater lakes with an extraordinary friendly manager and stuff. The rooms a basic but clean, hot water is great, the surrounding nature is a garden eden. Monkey are all around and up for funny actions.The rates are very reasonable! Highly recommended!
3. Semuliki National Park
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 36 reviews
Reviewed By martintj2014 - Braintree, United Kingdom
Went there 5 times during 2019. You need a guide, and they are such an asset. You can just walk to the 2 hot springs and cook food and return or be a bit more adventurous. The hot springs are great to see hot water bubbling up and steam rising from the pools. Often too hot when temperature over 30'C. If you're more interested in trees, insects, butterlies, birds or monkeys then it is heading off for several hours into the jungle with a guide. It's great, that is why I went back so often. If you're interested in particular animals etc try and ring a few days before arrival to get a guide who is better in what you want to see. I commonly saw numerous trees, 12 types of butterly, 3 types on monkey, 30+ types of tree and 40+ types of birds. Weather often very hot. Several trips I thought I needed beach wear for the heat, but a burka and wellies for the insects! A compromise was trainers with long trousers tucked into my socks (though wellies would have been better), sun hat, sun screen, water, binocular/camera were well used. A great atmosphere walking through a big forest, you could easily imagine yourself being an intrepid explorer. The last 3 months part of the jungle was flooded, which was bad to the trees and animals.
4. Amabere Caves
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 51 reviews
Reviewed By kailajamie - Sydney, Australia
Lovely walk to the craters with Ignatious, a local guide from amabere ga nyina mwiru. What a great guide! Very knowledgeable and friendly. This walk has stunning views and is worth the visit!
5. Tooro Botanical Gardens
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 14 reviews
The Tooro Botanical Garden is characterized by a gently undulating landscape with an altitude of 1500m (4900ft) above sea level as the highest elevation. It has an annual rainfall of 1400mm and an average temperature of 22 degrees Celsius all year round. TBG operates one of the largest indigenous tree nurseries in Uganda. The species-diverse forest arboretum and restoration plots have more than 116 native tree species and other countless plant species. There are three restoration plots set up with the aim of conserving endangered and highly utilized species, propagating protocols (research), and a nursery to supply indigenous species. According to TBG, as a result of restoration, tree species increased from 17 in 2005 to more than 116, while bird species increased from 34 to more than 113 in 2019
6. Kihingami Wetlands
Overall Ratings
3.0 based on 3 reviews
