During the 1960s, Uganda's biggest national park (3893 sq km 5081 sq km with the adjoining Bugungu and Karuma reserves) was one of the Africa's best and as many as 12 launches filled with eager tourist would buzz up the river to the falls each day. The park also used contain some of the largest concentration of wildlife in Africa, including as many as 15000 elephants. Unfortunately, poachers and troops wiped out practically all wildlife, except the more numerous ( or less sought after)herd spicies. There are now no rhinos and only a few prides of lions, but other wildlife is recovering fast and you can find good numbers of elephants, girraffes, Uganda kobs, waterbuck, buffoloes, hippos n crocodile these days. Sitatungas, leopord and spotted hyenas might also be seen and there are rumours that cheetah have returned. Bird life consist of some 460 species, including quite a few shoebill storks.
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