To many people Uganda is one of the most beautiful and friendly countries in Africa. Uganda has many different national parks. The green region of the primates, the tea & banana plantations, the lakes and drier savannas in the north.
The capital, Kampala, is built on a series of hills on the northern edge of Lake Victoria, and the neighbouring city of Jinja built over the outlet from that lake. The scenery to the west along the border of DR Congo is dominated by high ranges of mountains, the Ruwenzoris (Ptolemy’s “Mountains of the Moon”), and is suitably spectacular, as are the regions to the north of Kampala, around the Murchison Falls. The ‘Idi Amin’ days have long disappeared.
Uganda is still rather primitive compare to other safari destinations. Roads and buildings have been or are being rebuilt, and the economy is slowly re-asserting itself. The tourist industry is still small – but is growing; game parks are being restocked and services in Kampala and around the country being improved.
