Why take a Ugandan Safari?

Why do I enjoy Uganda for an African Safari? 

May I start with the Ugandans and the fact that I am welcomed wherever I go in this country.  Then there is the ability to move around freely...I can walk the streets of Kampala and enjoy the warm evenings and not worry about being robbed.  Ugandans have often been referred to as the friendliest people in all of Africa...and when it comes to nature, what can one say, but simply agree with Winston Churchill whose statement you can read in the box below.

Uganda, for the last 40 years , has been untouched by mass tourism; one can venture into the authentic Africa for your own personal Safari. Here you can visit Bwindi Forest with its gentle giants, the gorillas, where you can climb high mountains and glaciers right on the equator in the Rwenzori mountains.  Uganda, where you get on board of a white water rafting cruise and have a grade five river experience, afterwards calm down with a 143 foot bungee dive into the source of the Nile...

Ride through the savannah plains of Queen Elizabeth or Murchison's Falls Parks.  Ride the Nile for three hours  on a boat and observe wildlife on the shores...visit villages, Ugandan schools and meet Uganda's greatest treasure, its people... From the Karamajong in the North to the Baganda Kingdom in the central area of Uganda.  There are so many tribes and ethnic groups in this land called Uganda that you will have to come a few times to meet them all.

Once you visit Uganda, you will see how you can return to this country that has been "gifted by nature." I have been returning here since the earliest nineties and Uganda has been my favorite destination in East and Central Africa.  I have enjoyed the sandy shores of Lake Victoria (2nd largest lake in the world) beneath majestic palm trees that provide shade on a warm day and allow one to simply relax a few days...and if you do get bored you can go fishing and you just might catch one of the largest fresh water fish in the world...the Nile Perch...I have heard tales of 350 pounds...hmmm....I have been in the shadows of the Ugandan Alps, the "mountains of the moon or Rwenzori Mountains."  I have been on a boat that traversed the placid Nile after it plunged down 45 meters from above, I have driven amongst craters where Buffaloes can be seen below at the waters edge, I have seen the terrace farming near Rwanda where the hills shine forth in the brightest green,  Uganda is waiting to be discovered by you...in your way and in your style, an experience waiting to happen. 

Besides, the Hotels are fabulous, from the Serena to the Shangri-La...all meeting various needs and tastes...then there are the excellent guesthouses such as  the six Adonai Guesthouses.  All of them meeting different tastes and size of wallet...Restaurants, from Ugandan pork joints, to Fang Fang Chinese and Haandi North Indian cuisine.  From Belgian food to Japanese, from Thai to eclectic and again all of them come with different price tags, and no matter what, we can help you find the right place for you to celebrate your stay in "the Pearl of Africa."

I hope you are sensing what this wonderful country is like, this magnificent country, with the equator running through it from east to west, with the majestic Rift Valley making its mark from South to North and with the beginning of the majestic Nile river found here, and running throughout Uganda to the north toward the Mediterranean Sea.

One of the most bountiful countries in all of Africa...in some regions one can harvest up to three crops a year.  In one corner near Rwanda, the newly raised apple trees (seeds from Germany) are producing two crops a year. Coffee in abundance and some of the finest mountain grown Arabica beans, at the same time lots of Robusta beans provide the basis for most of instant coffees in the west.

Enjoy the best pineapple in the world...you can even eat the center of the fruit, pick mangoes from a tree, there are huge papayas, lovely water melons and sweet melons (cantaloupe in the US), bananas in various shapes and sizes, and then there are more exotic things such a jack fruit with its honey like taste.

Uganda has been gifted by nature and blessed by the richness and diversity of its people...it is truly the hidden pearl of Africa and waiting for you to discover it - Take a Safari in Uganda....see you soon...jon

Interested in your own Ugandan Safari - feel free to contact me via email or in Uganda at 256 (0) 774785852 ...Let me know how many people and whether you would want the better accommodations or budget.

Preview what a safari to Uganda can be like, by viewing a short video.

Here is a a great video on Uganda.  Don't miss the 44 meter bungee dive into the Nile.