Wildlife enthusiasts have long known that Uganda is East Africa’s best kept secret, a lush and spectacularly fertile country with a wide diversity of habitats and home to a remarkable variety of mammals and birds including half the world’s population of mountain gorillas.
Ecologically Uganda is where the East African savannah meets the West African jungle. Where else can one observe lions prowling the open plains in the morning and track chimpanzees through the rainforest undergrowth the same afternoon, then the next day navigate tropical channels teeming with hippo and crocodiles before setting off into the misty mountains to stare deep into the eyes of a mountain gorilla?
Whilst Uganda boasts generally good roads linking the parks and a light aircraft flight schedule for quicker access, the country still has an unspoilt and uncommercialised atmosphere and is home to some of the continent’s friendliest and most charming people.
