UGANDA SAFARIS

Winston Churchill described Uganda as a fairy tale land, calling it the “pearl of East Africa” here the ancient kingdoms of Buganda, Bunyoro and Ankole flourished long before the first European explorers came in search of the source of the Nile.

mountain gorillas in Bwindi Forest, UgandaIn colonial times it was regarded as the most beautiful and potentially the richest country in East Africa, Now, after many years of civial turbulence under Idi Amin and Milton Obote, Uganda has settled down once more under the rule of president Museveni and has rebuilt its important wildlife tourism industry. Uganda is indeed a beautiful country: a green and fertile land of high plateaus, luxuriant forests, papyrus –swamps where the bizarre and endangered shoebill can still be found on the open plains of Queen Elizabeth national park, antelopes, buffalo and elephants can be watched against a black drop of the mysterious Rwenzori range; in West there are great forests which cover huge areas and are home to many chimpanzees and Gorillas, as well as one of the most exciting slections of forest Birds in Africa. This is the most comprehensive tour available to one of the richest countries in Africa for birds: Appealing in particular to those who dream of seeing the amazing shoebill, the exciting forest species of the “Albertine Rift” and ofcourse, the incomparable Gorillas.

OUR SAFARIS IN UGANDA