WHY VISIT UGANDA WILDLIFE EDUCATION CENTER (UWEC)?

Are you planning for a weekend getaway in Kampala and you do not know which place to go to? Have you ever been to Uganda Wildlife Education Center (UWEC)? If you are looking for the best and the most exciting places to spend your next weekend while on Uganda safari then consider Uganda Wildlife Education Center a must to include in your bucket list. UWEC features a number of incredible wildlife species that are worth exploring while you are on your vacation in Uganda. It is one of the perfect places that offer you opportunity to interact with variety of wildlife at close range, explore the way they socialize, eat, play and interact with one another. UWEC was previously established in 1950s to offer refuge to the confiscated and injured wildlife and orphaned wildlife that had been confiscated by smugglers and it is yet to become one of the most significant showcases for most of the wildlife species in Uganda and Africa at large. It was established by Ugandan government mainly to aid the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York and run by a Wildlife Trust. A trip to Uganda Wildlife Education Center offers you opportunity to spot out most of the vervet monkeys and several of the De Brazza monkey species while they play in the hillside forest of this formerly zoo. The notable bird species for you to spot out at Uganda Wildlife Education Center include African fish eagle, the Great Blue Turaco, Hammerkops, giant fisher, the smallest sun birds, speckled mouse bird, pied kingfisher, red eyed dove, grey parrot, white browed coucal, spotted eagle owl, shoebill stork, pelicans, yellow throated greenbul, crowned hornbill, pygmy kingfisher, crowned hornbill, double toothed barbet, dark capped bulbul, snowy headed robin chat, African thrush, grey capped warbler, northern black flycatcher, red faced Cisticola, yellow white eye, black headed weaver, red chested sunbird, black headed gonolek, scarlet chested sunbird and many more. UWEC is a center that incorporates wildlife education with leisure as well as forest walks.

ELUSIVE SHOE BILL STORK

The notable wildlife species for you to come across at Uganda Wildlife Education Center include leopard, lions, giraffe, reed buck, giant forest hogs, warthog, duikers, bush buck, elephant, eland, chimpanzees, buffaloes, baboons, monitor lizards, mud fish and many more. UWEC features the biggest savanna area within its center and mostly represented by the Kidepo Valley National Park, Lake Mburo National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park. About 500 species of plants thrive within this wildlife education center, butterflies, Jackson’s Hartebeest, black and white colobus monkeys, patas monkeys, Nile crocodile, Egyptian cobra, African rock python, mash terrapin. This wildlife education center is situated along the shores of Lake Victoria in Entebbe Municipality and it is one of the frequently visited destinations for visitors on Uganda tour and safaris.

LIONS AT UWEC

In conclusion, Uganda Wildlife Education Center is one of the perfect safari destinations that you shouldn’t miss to pay a visit while on your vacation in Uganda. For excursions or weekend getaways in Kampala, count UWEC a must for you to pay a visit and you will certainly be amazed with incredible, exciting and interesting experiences with variety of wildlife.