Abuko National Park Reserve

Abuko National Park Nature Reserve lying south of the town of Abuko. It is a popular tourist attraction and was the country's first designated wildlife reserve. The flora is typically savannah and forest landscape. There are trees, up to thirty feet high. You may see three primate species: vervet monkeys, red colobus monkeys and patas monkeys. Other mammals include antelope, squirrel, porcupine, African palm civets, mongooses, galagos, and several types of rodents, including cane rats. Among the reptiles at the park are monitor lizard, Nile crocodile, dwarf crocodile, spitting cobra, black cobra, python, puff adder and green mamba. More than 270 bird species have been recorded in the forest. There are also numerous butterflies and moths.