Ecologically, Uganda is where the East African savannah meets the Central African jungle.  Located in the geographical heart of the African continent, Uganda is not your ordinary safari destination.

A lush greenbelt that stretches over 241,000 square miles makes this part of Eastern Africa seem like one gargantuan golf course.  It is no playing field of course.  Rather, it is an album of shimmering lakes, lofty mountains and mysterious forests.  That is only to provide a sneak peek into the country’s vast offering; exciting adventures and memorable wildlife encounters.

Ecologically, Uganda is where the East African savannah meets the Central African jungle.  Located in the geographical hear of the African continent, Uganda is not your ordinary, safari destination.  It is not everyday, and certainly not anywhere that you have the luxury of holiday weather.

The country’s inhabitants could be excused for taking that for a right.  None expects the weather to be acting up and frustrating attempts to savour the breathtaking beauty ubiquitously available for optical plunder.  As if in respect of a long sealed pact, the weather is happy to oblige.   While it does, it frees flora and fauna alike to captivate the senses of visitors and locals in equal measure.

Then, like a tireless servant, the same weather aids the bustle of the cosmopolitan Kampala City-Uganda’s capital- a fairly modern city sprawled across seven hills that represents the good that has come to the country especially in the post civil war era that ushered in the current government and set the country on a new path, defined by an unprecedented level of political stability and unremitting economic growth.  Little wonder Kampala is a city that is hard not to love, with a citizenry that is hard working by day, and party-hopping by night.

And it matters little that Kampala brings together such a diverse collection of people.  Uganda has long been a cultural melting pot; witness the 30-plus different indigenous languages belonging to five distinct linguistic groups.  That count includes the country’s most ancient inhabitants, the Batwa and Bambuti pygmies, remnants of the of the hunter-gatherers who once occupied much of East Africa; a variety of Bantu tribes in Central and Western Uganda, and a Nilotic collection to the north.

Emphasizing Uganda’s cultural diversity are the Karimojong in the north east of the country, traditional pastoralists with a lifestyle and the Kenyan Maassai.  Closer to the Karimojong are the Bagisu of the Mount Elgon region whose Imbalu (circumcision) ceremony is always a sight to behold.

But even though cast apart by the work of geography, Uganda people are unified by a warmness that instantly affects the first time visitor.  When you are thinking perfect weather, scenic beauty, a beautiful and warm people, you are thinking Uganda.