Welcome
to Uganda - Gifted By Nature: Uganda Travel Guide
Uganda first welcomed man way back in stone age times when
primitive mankind first walked the earth in Africa. In the
heart of this great continent, Uganda can truly be to embody
the spirit of Africa.
Today,
Uganda welcomes
visitors from all over the world who, stirred by their imagination,
come to explore our enchanting Country with its shimmering
lakes and lofty mountains, our mysterious forests, and game
parks teeming with birds and increasing concentrations of
all kinds of wildlife. Today the traditional attractions of
our Country have been boosted by up-to-the-minute hotels and
comfortable lodges, a wide range of tempting restaurants and
all the modern facilities that a tourist now expects.
Getting
to Uganda is easy: Entebbe International Airport, just a few
kilometers from our capital Kampala, is served by international
carriers from Europe, as well as services to Nairobi, providing
connections with Africa's biggest gateway.
Uganda
, rebranded as Gifted by Nature is ideal
for a voyage of discovery into the most enthralling continent
in the world. Our Country presents a captivating combination
of the wonders of nature, traditional customs and modern attractions.
But above all other attractions is the welcome that comes
from the heart of the Ugandan people.
The
people of Uganda are amongst the most hospitable in Africa.
The nations is a result of the unification of ancient kingdoms,
as well as many independent chieftains. Their heritage lives
on in the hearts of the people, and their traditional costumes,
language and practices are unmistakable in the the life of
Uganda today. Although nearly 30 different languages are spoken,
English is our official language, and Swahili is widely spoken.
Uganda's
equatorial climate is tempered by cooling breezes from the
mountains, and the lush vegetation is the result of bountiful
rainfall in two rainy seasons which fall around April and
November.
To
most visitors the attraction of Africa is the chance to experience,
at first hand, the sights and sounds often only glimpsed on
the television screen. Great herds of game roaming free as
nature intended. The brilliantly coloured birds of tropical
forest, lake and mountain. Butterflies flitting from flower
to flower as great swathes of bougainvillaea vie with exotic
orchids or the magical lotus flower to assail the senses.
The very spot where Speke stood when he became the first European
to gaze on the source of the Nile. The rare privilege of trekking
into the jungle to watch a family of gorillas in on of their
last natural habitats.
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