Uganda first welcomed man way back in Stone Age times when primitive man kind first walked the earth in Africa. In the heart of this continent, Uganda truly be said to embody the spirit of Africa. Today Uganda welcomes visitors from all over the world who stirred by there imagination come to explore 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 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 so easy. Entebbe international airport just a few kilometers from our capital Kampala is served by international carriers from Europe as well as services from Nairobi providing connections with Africa’s biggest gateway.

Uganda is ideal for a voyage of discovery into the most enthralling continents 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 Uganda people.

The people of Uganda are the amongst the most hospitable in Africa. The nation 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 traditional customs language and practices are unmistakable in 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 colored birds of tropical forests, lake and mountains. Butterflies flitting from flower to flower as great swathes of bougainvillea vie with exotic orchids or the magical lotus flower to assail the senses. The very spot where Speke stood when he become 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 one of their last natural habitants.

This is Uganda…….. “Welcome To The Perl of Africa.”