Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary – White Rhino Tracking in Uganda

Ziwa Rhino sanctuary is located 176kilometres North of Kampala along the Gulu highway, towards Murchison falls national park. Ziwa Rhino and wildlife ranch is located off Nakitoma trading center in Nakasongola district. This is the only place in Uganda where you can see rhinos in the wild.  It is home to 32 Southern white rhinos and it has increasingly become popular with tourists for rhino tracking, nature walk, and rare shoebill birding. The Rhino reintroduction was a project of the Rhino Fund Uganda and Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA). The sanctuary was established in 2005 to re-introduce southern white rhinos in the wild.

History

The Ziwa rhino sanctuary was established in 2005 with only six animals that were brought from Solio ranch in Kenya and two which were donated from the Disney World Animal channel in Orlando Florida, USA. By 2013, the lion population had grown to thirteen and kept increasing up to 33 rhinos as of December 2021.

Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary

Government intervention

The Ziwa Rhino and wildlife ranch together with the Uganda Wildlife Authority committed themselves to the restoration of Uganda’s rhino population. This has been done by employing a team of 78 park rangers and security guards to keep watch for 24 hours as well as 7 days a week for their safety.

The sanctuary is also surrounded by an electric fence which has helped to keep the intruders out.