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ESSENTIAL INFORMATION

Capital:            Kampala

Language:        English and Swahili, plus localised
                          languages such as Lugandan & Ganda.

Population:      25 million

Major Cities:   Arua, Jinja, Entebbe, Kabale,

Area:               236,000 square kilometers

Currency:        Ugandan Schilling

Time Zone:      GMT + 3

International
Dialling Code:   +256

Hot, dusty, and wildly frantic in places, but
with scenery to die for, Uganda is a kind of
edited highlights of Africa all in one country.

Great beaches along the lakes, river trips on
the Nile, vast desert plains with sporadic bare
mountain outcrops, partnered by lush green
rainforest, tall mountains, & amazing wildlife.

The capital, Kampala, sprawls amid a nest of
Mountains that rise from the northern edge
of Lake Victoria. It’s busy and litter strewn,
with few tarmac roads, and fewer places of
interest. Small airlines, used mostly to ferry
around the charity and mission workers, will
offer you cheap seats to some of the more
remote & interesting places, especially some
towards the Rwandan and Congolese borders.

Its here you’ll find the Bwindi National Park,
with mountain gorillas in the ‘Impenetrable
Forest’, the impressive Murchison Falls on
the Victoria Nile, and the eerie ‘Mountains
of the Moon’ at Rwenzori.

Tourism in Uganda is in its infancy, & many
northern areas are still best avoided unless
you have good local guides. That said, it’s
a beautiful, friendly, and must-see country.