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Places to Consider visiting in Uganda for a safari

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Are you scratching your head,  lifting your chin wondering what would be the ideal places to visit in Uganda during vacation?  If you're planning an African safari and Uganda is the destination you're looking up to in particular,  Hey! No worries, Uganda- a country proclaimed as the “Pearl of Africa” by early explorers and attested by today’s travellers, is home to a number of ideal tourist destinations or sites one can visit on an African holiday. The country brags about its diversity, with a wealth of tourist sites and activities tourists intending to make an African safari would find ideal. Being the smallest among its counterparts Kenya and Tanzania, with about 241’038sq.km, the country is has a tapestry of tourist activities and experiences; spanning from the remarkable wildlife show ii its national parks and reserves, to the adventurous activities like rafting on the River Nile, boat cruises on the world’s longest river and the second largest freshwater lake- Vict...

Gorilla Trekking Safaris in Uganda

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Gorillas are the world's biggest living primates and offer over 98% of our hereditary code (DNA), making them perhaps the nearest relative. They live in families with complex social structures and show conduct that a large portion of us can perceive from communications with our own families. Every single African Gorilla is imperiled or fundamentally jeopardized.  Uganda Gorilla tours   give us opportunities to explore and enjoy some time with them. The Uganda tours ideal for Gorilla trekking  There are two areas (parks) for Mountain Gorilla trekking in Uganda . The first and most mainstream is Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in the southwest of Uganda. This UNESCO-recognized reserve of about 321 square kilometers of thick, fog-filled rainforest thought to be more than 25,000 years of age is ideal for  Uganda Gorilla trekking tours . It is home to around half of the world's Mountain Gorilla population, with more than ten identifiable or habituated troops avai...

Key Facts About Uganda, the Pearl of Africa

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Uganda! The Pearl of Africa, The Land of remarkable beauty, where the evergreen West African jungle meets with the golden savannas of East Africa, characterized by the forest and savanna species, ranging from the Great Apes ( Mountain Gorillas and Chimpanzees ) to the Big Five. Uganda is a land locked country, located in the Eastern part of Africa sharing boarders with Kenya in the East, Democratic Republic of Congo in the West, Sudan in the North, Tanzania in the South and Rwanda in the Southwest. It is a country with troubled past and now bragging as one of the safest places to be and stay deep in the heart of Africa, characterized by hospitable people.     Key Facts about Uganda Capital: Kampala Population Estimate: 41.49M as of 2016- World Bank Area: 241,038sq.km Languages: English (official), Swahili and Luganda (common) Major Religion: Christianity and Islam Currency: Uganda shillings (UGX) with other common foreign being; USD, GBP and EUR Dialing ...

Africa Safari, Reasons Uganda is Africa's Premier Destination

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Though it doesn't have  much publicity as neighboring nations of Kenya and Tanzania, with their well-known parks and epic wildebeest migration, Uganda is an incredible African safari dream. Its a dazzling and flawless destination; a reason early visitors like Sir Winston Churchill a former British Prime Minister and world war veteran regarded it “The Pearl of Africa”. Small and landlocked, the nation has remarkable sites and activities to offer vacationers as far as assorted scenes. From the volcanic, block Mountains and crater lakes to pristine evergreen forests and open golden savannas – natural life and close-up wildlife encounters, moreover the inconceivably friendly and inviting people. The country is home to the source of the world’s longest river; The Nile whose flow is punctuated by one of the world's greatest waterfall, the Murchison Falls - a true definition of the power of nature.  Being at the confluence of the West African jungle and East African savannas, ...