5 THINGS TO DO IN UGANDA

Most people do not know Gorillas face to face, and if they have ever seen one its mostly likely they saw them in a zoo. And if it was in a zoo, that wasn’t a mountain Gorilla for mountain Gorillas can only be found in Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo and only in the Wild. And for this reason it makes gorilla tracking tour in Uganda a number one “MUST DO” activities on your list and should be your ultimate goal on your Uganda safari.

Your experience in Uganda can never be the same if you choose to take on a challenge to raft on the source of the World’s Longest River “The Nile”. You do not need to have skills to raft in Uganda, all you need is know how to swim and must be in love of Adventure in life for there are professional companies that are there to conduct your experience on the Nile. Come and enjoy a full day or two days rafting, family float which includes; All necessary rafting and safety equipments , breakfast, Snacks and buffet meal at the end of the day rafting , Cold Beers & Sodas , Over night accommodation

When you Locate Uganda on the World map, she looks tiny, frankly believe me that when it comes to Birds this tiny Uganda transforms into a mighty giant. Uganda has a Birding checklist of so far over 1000 Bird species and in these are the Forest and Forest edge Birds, savannah grassland and savannah woodland Birds Fresh water and salt water birds all falling in either Resident or migratory Birds.

As far as Bird watching is concerned in Uganda, Uganda as some of the best Bird watching experts (Guides) in the country. These are young people who not only do bird watching as a career but as a hobby and they have grown to embarrass nature and the Love of Birds and Bird watch in their own hearts. They include both Birding safari Guides and site Guides (By site Guides I mean guides that take you around a particular site of your interest).

Taking in to consideration that you may not have all the time to visit all the cultural places in Uganda, it’s always advisable to visit Kasubi tombs for that matter and see how it was back in the day before modern civilization took over Uganda. Although Uganda has got many tribes and while each tribe has different traditional customs and norms, they differ a little and if you are that person that has no much time in Uganda this the ideal place for you to visit and learn at least something about African tradition in Uganda and the great role it placed in people’s lives back then.

While on a Uganda Safari, You may have taken on greater challenges than climbing Mountain peaks but I bet you on this you have never done a two in one Adventure in Africa as this one ( It is both Adventurous and a natural wonder. It’s what I may call “Bring Winter in Africa”). Uganda’s Rwenzori Mountain sometimes called Mountains of the moon has got the longest ranges in Africa. Formed by faulting, the Rwenzori Ranges stretch out from Lake Albert to the volcanic Mountains of Democratic Republic of Congo. The highest peaks of these ranges are covered in snow all year round even though they lie on the equator and with in the tropics this is what leaves most visitors to these mountain astonished “finding snow on the Equator”