Uganda is home to the rare Mountain Gorilla, over a thousand bird species and a healthy Chimpanzee and primate population.

Uganda is a landlocked country, bordered by Sudan to the north, Congo to the west, Rwanda and Tanzania to the south, and Kenya to the east. Lake Victoria forms part of the southern border.

Uganda is a friendly country with rolling green hills, huge rivers and lakes and rugged mountains. There is a remarkably low level of crime and hassle directed at tourists. What makes Uganda such a unique safari destination is its remarkable concentration of primates (the highest on earth).

From the moment you land at Entebbe’s modern international airport, located on the forested shore of island-strewn Lake Victoria, it is clear that Uganda is no ordinary safari destination. Dominated by an expansive golf course leading down to the lake shore, and a century-old botanical garden alive with the chatter of acrobatic monkeys and colorful tropical birds, Entebbe itself is the least obviously urban of all comparably sized African towns. Just 40km away, sprawled across seven hills, is the capital Kampala.

Gorilla tracking is a year-round activity, with no season as such. The rain forest is moist, and it rains very often in Bwindi, even in the dry season.

Uganda has a tropical climate. Generally rainy with 2 dry seasons (December to February, June to August) while it is semiarid in northeast.

The Nile River begins its life in Uganda and this provides the adventure seeker with some grade 5 rapids that will make your hair stand on end.

Fishing is also a major attraction to Uganda with the Nile Perch being the prize catch (largest fresh water game fish in the world).

Uganda is very progressive in its developments as an environmentally friendly destination with community based eco-tourism projects mushrooming and a mood of social enlightenment characterized by the progressive and much lauded policies towards curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS and promoting women’s rights.

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