Kidepo Valley National park Kidepo Valley National Park 1,442km2 is the 3rd largest protected area in Uganda extreme north east on the borders with South Sudan and Kenya. The name says it all. Kidepo is semi arid flat plain with savannah grassland degenerating to woodland and scrub in some places. It is the wildest of […]
Uganda cultural safari Uganda cultural safari: This People Safari was designed for those travelers that are more interested in the people of Uganda than the wildlife; although there is no avoiding the wildlife on this safari, as most indigenous people live in the forests, mountains and valleys that most wildlife also inhabits. This 7-day safari […]
The batwa and their culture The batwa and their culture: Batwa “pygmies” are one of the oldest people in Africa . They roamed the forests looking forFruits and Honey, and hunted with bows and trained dogs. As the woods were cut down by the Bantu , Batwa “Pygmies” numbers dwindled. In 1992, they were evicted […]
The Uganda museum, national theater and Ndere center The Uganda museum, National theater and Ndere Centre-Kampala: Quite often it is very interesting to experience the unwritten history of destinations we travel to, make friends, and sample alien menu, try out their traditional outfits and fit in the shoes of our hosts. Uganda is home to so many […]
Rubaga and Namirembe Cathedrals Rubaga and Namirembe Cathedrals: Christianity set foot on Uganda soil in 1875 when Anglican missionaries arrived with the Bible teaching and they are amongst first travellers to tour Uganda. A few years later the Roman Catholic Church White Fathers came following them with a similar message in a different package. The effects […]
Buganda Kingdom important structures Buganda Kingdom important structures: African societies before the coming of Europeans were small and scattered chiefdoms under traditional Kings. In Buganda; a community in the central of Uganda surrounding Kampala they were led by the Kabaka. He was central to uniting the Baganda people and performed important religious, cultural, social, economic […]
Namugongo Shrine Namugongo Shrine: Traditional African kings had absolute powers and were believed to be beyond human. They were specialists on all cultural, political, economic, security, social, medicinal and other matters. They had trusted consultants who were believed to have special powers to communicate with high spirits and could foretell future events. You may interact […]
17 interesting Facts about Rwanda 17 interesting facts about Rwanda : Rwanda or the republic of Rwanda also referred to as the land of a thousand hills is landlocked country that is situated in East African. To her North is Uganda, to the west is Democratic Republic of Congo, to the South is Burundi and […]
Silverback gorilla weight Silverback gorilla weight : Gorillas are part of the east and the central great apes, but particularly mountain gorillas (gorilla beringei beringei ) occupy the virunga massif area of high altitude hence leading to their names the mountain gorillas in reference to the preference to live in highlands. Mountain gorillas in the […]
How big are silverback gorillas? How big are silverback gorillas?: Mountain gorillas ( gorilla beringei beringei) are pretty much endangered gorilla species that natural live in the countries of Uganda, Rwanda and congo . in Uganda, the mountain gorillas are found in bwindi impenetrable national park and Mgahinga gorilla national park both found in south […]
