Uganda has been described as “the Pearl of Africa” and is regarded as the most beautiful and potentially the richest country in East Africa in terms of the tourist attractions. From the source of the Nile on the huge papyrus-fringed Lake Victoria to the snow-capped Rwenzori Range, the semi-arid plains of Karamoja, the luxuriant montane forests of Bwindi and Mgahinga, harboring some of the last remaining Mountain Gorillas, to the extensive savannahs around the awe-inspiring Murchison Falls, Uganda is an equatorial country
