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WHAT TO DO AND SEE
 Uganda’s star attraction is the endangered mountain
gorilla, the bulkiest of living primates, and among the most peaceable. Staring
into the pensive brown eyes of these gentle giants, who share 95% of their genes
with humans, is as humbling as it is thrilling; no less so when one realises
that fewer than 700 individuals survive, divided between Bwindi National Park
and the Virunga Mountains. Within Uganda, five habituated gorilla troops – four
in Bwindi and one in Mgahinga National Park - can ...[Read more]
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GETTING AROUND
 Consistently ranked among Africa’s fastest growing
economies since President Museveni came to power in 1986, Uganda has
simultaneously experienced a steady expansion of road, communications and other
vital infrastructures, and a corresponding increase in international tourist
arrivals and upmarket facilities. Entebbe’s modern international airport, set on
the Lake Victoria shore 40km from Kampala, is serviced by several prominent
international airlines, ensuring easy access from the USA, Europe and elsewhere
in Africa. Charter flights can be arranged between domestic tourist
attractions.
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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
 Situated at the geographical heart of the African continent,
Uganda has long been a cultural melting pot, as evidenced by the 30-plus
different indigenous languages belonging to five distinct linguistic groups, and
an equally diverse cultural mosaic of music, art and handicrafts. The country’s
most ancient inhabitants, confined to the hilly southwest, are the Batwa and
Bambuti Pygmies, relics of the hunter-gatherer cultures that once occupied much
of East Africa to leave behind a rich legacy of rock paintings, such as those at ...[Read more] |
TRAVEL TIPS
 Getting There
Entebbe International Airport,
which lies 40km from the capital Kampala, is serviced by a number of
international airlines, including SN Brussels, British Airways, South African
Airways, Kenya Airways, Air Tanzania, Rwandair Express, Egypt Air and Ethiopian
Airlines. Uganda can also be reached overland from Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania.
On Arrival
Customs and
immigration officials are polite and efficient, and a visa - for those who
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From the moment you land at Entebbe’s modern and
efficient international airport, with its breathtaking equatorial location 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 lakeshore, and a century-old botanical garden alive with the chatter of
acrobatic monkeys and colourful tropical birds, Entebbe itself is the least
obviously urban of all comparably sized African towns. Then, just 40km distant,
sprawled
