Enter the territory of the southern white rhinos on foot. Ziwa sanctuary with its' different species of Rhinos.

The sanctuary is located approximately 180 kilometres (110 mi), by road, north of Kampala, Uganda’s capital and largest city. Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary is a collaborative effort between the Uganda, the Rhino Fund Uganda which was formed as a non-government organization (NGO) in 1997 to repopulate Uganda with wild rhinos in the future. The sanctuary offers a secure place where rhino populations can be expanded by breeding, protected from human and non-human predators and gradually re-introduced into Uganda’s national parks, while at the same time, allowing the public to enjoy these majestic animals.  The sanctuary is home to least 40 mammals and reptilian species including monkeys, hippopotamuses, monkeys, crocodiles and different bird species.

The sanctuary also works on animal rehabilitation where other mammals like reptiles or birds were injured or abandoned but are rehabilitated and released back into the wild.

The first six southern white rhinos were trans-located in 2005/6, with four from Kenya, and two from Disney Animal Kingdom (USA).  It was northern white rhinos that once populated Uganda’s national parks. On 24th June 2009, a healthy male calf was born, making history by being the first rhino born in Uganda in approximately 30 years. He was named Obama, making history, with his mother from the United States and his father from Kenya.

Largest are the largest mammals after the elephants and in the world we have five species of Rhinos which include African rhinos; Black & Whites rhinos. Asian rhinos; Great one-horned, Javan Rhino & Sumatran Rhino.

White Rhinos are also known as the square-lipped rhino and the majority of its population is in South Africa. It used its flat, square lip to cut and eat grass, making them known as the grazer. Only eat ground vegetation with average height 1.5 to 1.8 metres while it weighs an average of 1 800 to 3 000 kilograms (1.8 to 3 tonnes).

On the otherhand, Black Rhinos also known as browsers, they eat branches, twigs, bushes and shrubs. This is due to their upper lip, specifically adapted to help them forage with average height 1.6 metres while weighing an average of 900 to 1 350 kilograms (0.9 to 1.35 tonnes). one thing unique with them is that they are known for being shyer and more aggressive than the white rhinos.Tend to be solitary in the wild and mostly active during the night-time, to forage and drink