UGANDA
UGANDA: Queen Elizabeth NP and Ishasha sector
Queen Elizabeth Np is the second largest park in Uganda after Murchison Falls NP. It is located in the western Rift Valley and covers an area of 1,978 square km. The park is located in a volcanic area where it is easy to see lakes that were previously volcano...
UGANDA: Fort Portal and Kasenda lakes
There are parts of Uganda that are surprising for not being more touristy than they are. And the lakes in the Ndali-Kasenda area fulfill this fact. These idyllic lakes due to their green landscape and each one with different shades of water, are of volcanic origin...
UGANDA: Murchison NP
The Murchison NP is one of the most visited parks in the country, for the amount of fauna that you can find and also for its iconic waterfalls with the White Nile River. It is located in the west of the country, next to the border with the Democratic Republic of...
UGANDA: Kidepo NP
The Kidepo National Park is one of the unknown parks to discover but that has a lot to offer the visitor. Located in the extreme north of the country, bordering South Sudan, this park is one of the most remote, driest and hottest in Uganda, but it has a unique and...
UGANDA: Sipi Falls and Kapchorwa
The Kapchorwa region is one of the most beautiful areas in Uganda. With a mountainous landscape that is located in the Rift Valley and at the foot of Mount Elgon, this area is home to different coffee and banana plantations, undulating roads in the middle of...
UGANDA: Lake Bunyonyi
Lake Bunyonyi may not have the fame of other better known African lakes such as Lake Tanganyika or Lake Malawi, but it has a special beauty that makes it one of the best lakes we have visited so far and one of the most beautiful. Fishermen on Lake Bunyonyi The name...
UGANDA: The mountain gorillas
The mountain gorilla is one of the best known gorillas thanks to the research of Dian Fossey and the movie "Gorillas in the mist". It is also known thanks to King-Kong who, despite destroying New York City, has made this animal easily recognized by everyone as soon...
UGANDA: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
The impenetrable forest of Bwindi is known to be one of the few places in the world where the mountain gorilla can be seen. This primate, the largest of all, inhabits the high mountains of this area of Uganda together with the Virunga Mountains divided into three...
UGANDA: Practical information and its essentials
Capital: Kampala Superficie: 241.037 km2 Inhabitants: 44.269.594 inhabitants (2019) Population density: 183,66 inhabitants por km2. Languages: The official languages of Uganda are English, although the most widely spoken languages are Luganda, Kiswahili,...
UGANDA: The coffee process
Uganda, the Pearl of Africa, has always been one of the most favorable countries for coffee cultivation. It has rich and fertile lands, volcanic soils in the east and west, mild temperatures between 20 °-30 ° and two rainy seasons that make coffee crops grow...
UGANDA: Curiosities
- Do you know that the world athletics record of 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters is held by a Ugandan athlete? Joshua Cheptegei has the best world record in history in the distance of 5,000 meters (with a time of 12: 35.36 that he achieved in August 2020 in Monaco...
UGANDA: Kapchorwa, the cradle of world athletics
Do you know the names of Cheptegei, Kiplimo, Chemutai or Kiprotich? They are neither singers nor footballers nor politicians, but they are all very well known people in Uganda. They are some of the thousands of athletes that exist in the country and who stand out...