31/01/2025
10 Awesome Things About Uganda
A Generous and Welcoming People
Over 50 Tribes With Different Culture Live in Uganda
Highest Density of Primates Worldwide
Uganda is The Most Affordable Safari Destination
Uganda Has Relatively Low Tourist Numbers
It Has Massive Wildlife Reserves
Tourism significantly contributes to local communities.
Uganda is a Bird Heaven; 1066 Bird Species Recorded
Lions Climb Trees in Uganda
Network Connectivity Across The Country
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Uganda is famous as the “Pearl of Africa” in the travel circles, a name that conveniently wraps all the good things about Uganda in three simple words. The country sparkles with natural riches and melts with unique native and foreign cultures. Cultures are born, and some die, but over 50 tribes flourish within a 93,064 sq mi (241,037 sq km) inland nation, the size of Britain. The people of Uganda possess a beautiful, generous, and resilient soul—going through years of civil wars and political power struggle but still welcoming all kinds of people to their lands.
Despite the country’s challenges, Uganda maintains an open-door policy to refugees based on traditional African hospitality. UNHCR and Global Citizen have recognized Uganda as the most welcoming country for refugees. Not related to refugees, but Uganda also holds the flag as a nation with the youngest population on the continent.
Uganda’s young population actually beats the global capitalist giants, the US & UK, in the most entrepreneurial activities. According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), 28% of adults own or co-own a new business. How come I don’t know any big business owned by a Ugandan, you may ask. Ugandan entrepreneurs intentionally keep their ventures small-scale and informal; it keeps them working because they’re a modest population.
Modest enough to retain over 20% of their land to wildlife reserves. The Pearl of Africa befits Churchill’s recommendation to the English in 1907. Uganda has a gorgeous landscape that harmoniously protects many animal and plant species within its rift valley basin. Uganda’s outstanding features are the largest freshwater lake on the continent, the source of the longest river, the strongest waterfall, the largest number of primates, and the highest number of mountain gorillas worldwide.
There are hundreds of awesome things about Uganda that can put the destination on your travel bucket list, but let’s look at these ten for travelers.
