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Uganda is Africa condensed, with the best of everything the continent has to offer packed into one small but stunning destination. Uganda is home to the highest mountain range in Africa, the Mountains of the Moon in the Rwenzori National Park. It is the source of the mighty Nile, and around Jinja offers the best white-water rafting in the world. It has the highest concentration of primates on earth, including the majestic mountain gorilla, one of the rarest animals on the planet. Head to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for a chance to get close to these great apes.
On top of all this, the scenery is so striking that it looks like an oil painting, the beautiful national parks see far fewer visitors than in neighbouring Kenya and Tanzania, and the capital, Kampala, is safer and friendlier than most in Africa. In 1907 pioneering tourist Winston Churchill called it the ‘Pearl of Africa’. He was right.
Time GMT/UTC + 3
Population 27.6 million
Borders Safe and accessible land borders with Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania; risky land borders with Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Seasons Wet (March to May, October to November), dry (December to February, June to September)
Telephone Country code 256; international access code 000
ATMs Kampala, Jinja, Mbale, Mbarara
Budget US$20 a day in town, US$50 in parks
Capital Kampala
Visa US$30 for one month; issued at most borders
Languages English, Luganda
Area 236, 580 sq km
Money Ugandan shilling; US$1 = USh1760
