Mountain Gorillas
Bwindi and Mgahinga hold around half the world's remaining population, tracked on foot in small groups.
We help travellers experience Uganda beyond the itinerary — through wildlife, place, people and purpose.
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AmkaSafaris
Wake Up to Africa. Travel Deeper.Uganda-born · Uganda-based · Tailor-made
The Pearl of Africa
Where Forest Meets Savannah.
Uganda packs an extraordinary range into a country the size of Great Britain. Ancient rainforest gives way to open savannah, the Nile carves through dramatic escarpments, and glaciated peaks rise along the Congolese border. It is one of the few places on earth where you can track mountain gorillas in cloud forest one morning and watch elephants cross the plains a day later.
Why Uganda
Half the World's Mountain Gorillas.
Roughly half of all remaining mountain gorillas live in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. Permits are limited and tightly controlled, which keeps the experience quiet, close and genuinely wild — an hour with a habituated family, on foot, in forest that has stood for 25,000 years.
What Draws People Here
Five Reasons To Come.
Chimpanzees
Kibale Forest has the highest concentration of primates in East Africa, with thirteen species in one park.
Classic Big Game
Queen Elizabeth, Murchison Falls and Kidepo deliver lion, elephant, buffalo and vast open country.
Birdlife
Over 1,000 recorded species, including the prehistoric-looking shoebill in the Mabamba wetlands.
Landscape
Glaciers on the Rwenzori, crater lakes in the western rift, and the Nile at its most dramatic.
Why Amka
An Experience, Not Just an Itinerary.
Uganda-Born Guides
Our guides grew up in the regions they lead you through. That local knowledge is the difference between seeing a place and understanding it.
Tailor-Made, Never Off-The-Shelf
We start from a conversation, not a catalogue. Routes, pace and lodges are shaped around how you actually want to travel.
Small Groups, Private Vehicles
You travel as your own party in a dedicated 4x4 with a pop-up roof. No shared departures, no fixed schedule.
Direct Local Relationships
We work directly with lodges, rangers and community projects, so more of what you spend stays where you travel.
Responsible Travel
Travel That Leaves Something Behind.
Gorilla permits fund the rangers and the forest. Community-run lodges fund schools and clinics. We choose partners who make that link real rather than decorative, and we are happy to show you exactly where your money goes.
Start Planning
Ready To Discover Uganda?
Tell us roughly when you would like to travel and what draws you here, and we will take it from there.
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