Night game drive in Africa, Uganda is among the top destination for night game drive in Africa which offers exceptional Uganda wildlife safari adventures suitable for all ages from young and old because this activity is done in the tourist vehicle. Uganda is one of the most a blessed East African country with different variety of savannah national parks based for both day and night game viewing which is an incredible way of exploring Uganda savannah national parks, in this post the main focus is on the night game drive in Africa but I must say that the game viewing is an exceptional adventure with unique sightings of African landscapes, wildlife viewing, and the endless East African horizons.
Difference between day and Night game viewing
Day game drive refers to an activity where visitors gets involved in viewing wildlife while in the customized safari vehicle with the guidance of the tour guide or park ranger while night game drive is the game viewing at night for wild animals that usually moves at night in the savannah parks using several spotlights, tourists and other visitors can view wildlife, the opportunity of view predators look for dinner, the predators includes lions leopards, hyenas, bush babies, owls, jackal, civets, serval cats among others.
Best place to go for a night game drive?
Uganda has 4 best savannah national parks where to go for night game drive, among them includes Lake Mburo national park, Queen Elizabeth national park, Murchison falls national park, and Kidepo Valley national park, night game drive is a guided activity by well-experienced park ranger guides who knows the best part of the park where animals can be spotted at night.
Murchison falls national park, is Uganda best savannah park for night game drive done northern part of the park which is open savannah grassland, night game drive in Africa offers tourists and other visitors a good view of the nocturnal animals at night in the open savannah grassland, night game drive in Murchison falls national park rewards you with nocturnal wild animals like big cats that tend to move and hunt in the night including lions, leopards, hyenas, civet, hippos that feed at night among many other nocturnal animals and also visitors who go for African night game drive will get the opportunity of enjoying African moonlight view just among night wonders of African wildness.
Lake Mburo national park is one of Uganda’s smallest savannah parks but it has an incredible safari adventure giving visitors a good view of the animal at night that cannot be easily seen during day game drive like leopard honey badger among many others.
Queen Elizabeth national park is the most visited national park in Uganda and also one of the best places to go for a night game drive which will reward you with an opportunity to see different wildlife like lions and leopards which like hunting at night, hippos, elephants moving at night among other animals to see during night game drive in Africa.
Kidepo valley national park is the less-visited national park in Uganda yet it is the park with the biggest number of different wildlife species and also Kidepo valley one of the best savannah national parks in Africa and also the park to go for night game drive. With night game drive you can choose to have early dinner and leave after sunset for the most African wildlife viewing in the darkness
Packing list for the night game drive in Africa
Night game viewing in Uganda a lot to offer to all visitors of all age young and old, among the things you need to include on your tour packing list includes the following
- Good and well-charged camera Carry
- a pair of Binoculars will be also a nice thing to bring with you
- Sunscreen is also recommended
- Insect repellent is something you must have during night game drive
- a warm jacket is recommended because sometimes at night it can be cool
- Multi-use shoes are also good because you will be in the car
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