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"The Pearl of Africa"
Uganda is a comparative newcomer to today’s international tourism scene, a factor which has benefited both the country’s natural environment and the tourism experience it offers. It has avoided the trip of courting the mass market and instead is following the path of eco-tourism.
This ensures that any growth in visitor numbers is sustainable and that development is not detrimental to Uganda’s wilderness attractions. This careful husbandry of its resources means that visitors are still able to observe, albeit under strictly controlled conditions, families of chimpanzee and mountain gorilla in the wild, whose sadly depleted population make them such a rare sight in Africa.
Uganda boasts some of the most stunning scenery on the continent, from its shimmering lakes, lofty mountains, mysterious forests and game-parks teeming with wildlife. New national parks are being established, while the private sector is opening up new safari lodges and camps, sympathetically built to blend in with surrounding scenery.
The traditional hospitality of the Uganda people is another important drawcard. The attractions of Uganda were identified by Sir Winston Churchill, in his book "My African Journey." Uganda is truly the Pearl of Africa.
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The Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is a magnificent green swathe of dense rainforest, so ancient it survived the last ice age. Bwindi National Park covers 330 sq km of this rainforest and spans altitudes of 1,100 metres to 2,400 metres - a dramatic landscape of steep hills, narrow gorges and streams tumbling down waterfalls.
Aproclaimed World Heritage site, Bwindi is one of the most biologically diverse areas on earth. Its unique, precious flora sustains roughly half of the world's population of mountain gorillas - believed to number just 600.
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Mgahinga is Uganda's smallest national park.It was established to protect the mountain gorillas of the Ugandan sector of the Virunga Volcanoes that straddle Rwanda and the DRC. Of the 600 mountain gorillas left in the world, 300 are found in the Virunga Volcanoes, whilst the other 300 are in the nearby Bwindi National Park.
Although it is only 35 sq km, its volcanic landscapes are breathtaking and it harbours a wealth of animals and birds. No mountain gorillas live in Mgahinga permanently, but several troops move freely between the park and those in Rwanda and the Congo.
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The meandering River Nile and the dramatic Murchison Falls make this National Park, the biggest in Uganda, a stunning habitat for wildlife. Crocodiles, hippos, elephants and birds including the rare shoebill stork, bask on the banks of the Nile. Chimpanzees can be tracked in Budongo and Kanyiyo Pabidi nearby.
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In the western arm of the Great East African Rift Valley, is centred around Lake Edward and Lake George. The launch trip along the Kazinga Channel is especially good for viewing hippo, buffalo, elephant and a vast array of birds. Around Ishasha go on the hunt for the famous tree-climbing lions which lounge nonchalantly on old fig trees.
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