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Uganda Safaris Uganda
is
slightly
smaller
than
Oregon
State
in
the
USA,
with
a
total
area
of
236,040
sq
km,
bordered
by
Kenya
in
the
East
and
Tanzania
in
the
South
–
all
in
the
EA
Community.
To
the
West
and
North,
she
is
bordered
by
DR
Congo
and
Sudan
respectively,
making
it
a
landlocked
country.
It
lies
at
1
00
N,
32
00
E.
The
country,
however,
is
well
watered
and
fertile.
Although
it
lies
at
the
Equator,
it
receives
about
three
rainy
seasons
a
year,
with
Lake
Victoria,
The
Nile,
the
loads
of
forests
and
the
Rwenzori
mountains
determining
much
of
the
climate.
In
forest
ecosystems
it
rains
regularly
and
weather
is
unpredictable.
Water
covers
36,330
sq
km,
about
15%
of
Uganda’s
area.
The
country
is
rich
in
wildlife,
game,
birds,
and
a
vast
culture
of
over
50
tribes
occupying
this
beautiful,
green
country.
Uganda
achieved
independence
from
the
UK
in
1962.
It
went
through
turbulent
years
under
the
dictatorial
regime
of
Idi
AMIN
(1971-79),
and
the
guerrilla
war
under
Milton
OBOTE
(1980-85).
From
the
late
1980s,
the
new
National
Resistance
Movement
government
led
by
President
Yoweri
MUSEVENI
brought
about
peace,
prosperity
and
many
investors
have
accepted
to
participate
in
the
country’s
reconstruction.
In
Uganda
alone
a
birder
will
enjoy
twelve
percent
of
bird
species
in
the
world;
a
tracker
will
find
half
of
the
world’s
gorillas;
an
explorer
will
have
an
opportunity
to
see
more
than
7%
of
the
world’s
mammals.
For
the
discerning
traveller
the
potential
for
Ecotourism
here
is
enormous,
and
the
discreet
have
tapped
into
it.
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