Rhinos—with their awe-inducing presence and unique appearance—are some of the most fascinating animals on the planet. They’re massive and look prehistoric, almost as if you’re looking at a dinosaur in real time. And sadly, their fate is bordering on that of the dino as they are one of the most threatened species on the planet. To celebrate the majestic mammal of World Rhino…
African Antelopes You’ll Find in Uganda The most number of antelope species inhabit the African continent. Speaking of the major African Antelope species, they include Wildebeest, Roan, Waterbuck, Eland, Gerenuk, Steenbok, Nyala, Klipspringer, Kudu, Lechwe, Springbok, Sable Antelope, Tsessebe, Impala or Uganda Kob, and Oryx. The antelope is a deer-like mammal found in Africa, Asia and parts of the Americas. It is a…
1. THEY’RE THE WORLD’S LARGEST LAND ANIMAL The African elephant is the world’s largest land mammal – with males on average measuring up to 3m high and weighing up to 6 tonnes. Males only reach their full size at 35-40 years – that’s well over half their lifespan as wild elephants can live for up to 60-70 years. And…
NAKASONGOLA, Uganda, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) — In the remote central Ugandan district of Nakasongola, Jabali, a young rhino, freely grazes under the watchful eye of her mother, Bella. Inspire African Safaris offers different tour packages such as Gorilla tracking ,Chimpanzee Tracking etc Jabali is the sixth born of Bella and the latest baby here at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary,…
A buffalo is believed to be a cross of an ox and a cow, it is a verge huge African bovine and among the big five animals. An African buffalo is also known as a cape buffalo, it has thick horns that protrude from each side of its head and its one of the best animals you can see…
The lion is probably the most feared and respected of all African wild animals. This is because it is a super predator that is capable of hunting most of the savannah wildlife for food. Tree climbing lions are probably one of the least understood of the big cats. They are like all the other lions in every respect, except…
Uganda has ten gazetted National Parks covering an area of 11,273km2, spanning mainly the eastern and western international borders of the country (Map 1). Together with the areas covered by forests and 12 existing wildlife reserves, these occupy 21 % of the total surface area of the country (SOE, 2001). Three of these National parks, Murchison Falls (Murchison falls…
Among nature’s many gifts to Uganda is the giant African Elephant seen while on safari in Uganda. The Asian and African elephant are the only two remaining elephant species in the world and Uganda is home to the latter. There are two genetically different African subspecies i.e. the savanna elephant and forest elephant all found in Uganda.BBC Inspire African…
Of all animals in the wild, Zebras must be the easiest to identify – with complete certainty. Even for someone who has never seen the picture of a zebra, it is likely they have seen the zebra crossing on the road. That is all the description anyone needs to know what a zebra is. Like a horse, but with…
Uganda, is known as Africa’s premier birding destination with the list of birds found in the country topping 1 000! Many of these birds live only in these tropical forests with rare sightings being described as “mythical” while it is believed that some of the birds living in the remote forests of Uganda may not even be classified as of yet!…
