Uganda is popularly known for mountain gorillas, it is home to several other primates situated in the conservation areas, these include chimpanzee, vervet monkeys, grey checked mangabey, black and white colobus monkey, olive baboons, blue monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, L’hoest monkeys, golden monkeys the country has a diversity of primates compared to any other east African […]
Rwanda is a beautiful country situated south of the equator, it is commonly referred to as the land of a thousand hills five of the series of the great Virunga Mountains are placed in the country and also being shared with the neighbouring states of Uganda and the democratic republic of Congo, it has an […]
Bwindi impenetrable national park habitat to a variety of flora and fauna, it hosts half of the world’s population of the critically endangered species of mountain gorillas, it was home to the Batwa, a group of the last short structured people in Uganda known as pygmies. The Batwa were the original forest keepers and lived […]
The Nyero rock paintings are historical old paintings found in Kumi district in the eastern part of Uganda dating centuries of years ago, they are said to have been drawn by the early settlers of Kumi based on archeological facts its believed that the first settlers of here were the batwa(pygmy) a group of last […]
Mountain Rwenzori national park is a great landscape protected by the Rwenzori mountains popularly known as the mountains of the moon, the national park has a remarkable number of animal species some of which are restricted to the area, it is ranked more for its flora than the animals it passes through a series of […]
Mount Elgon national park is located in the eastern part of Uganda stretching to an area of 1145 square kilometers, it is named after the extinct volcano mountain Elgon situated at 4321m high above sea level its highest peak being Wagagai. The physical feature is tucked between Uganda and Kenya occupied by two indigenous tribes […]
The Uganda equator is found in Mpigi district along the Kampala-Masaka Road it is a great fun time stop over where most people love taking pictures at the monuments with legs apart one in the southern and the other in the northern hemisphere. The imaginary line divides the world into two halves at 0 degrees […]
Uganda is a small country in the heart of Africa blessed with nature, it is popularly known as the pearl of Africa recorded are a diversity of 1008 species some of which are endemic to the country, the diverse habitats in Uganda make it richest in species number. birding destinations include the Budongo, queen Elizabeth […]
Mountain gorilla is a critically endangered species listed on the IUCN red list found in Uganda, Rwanda, and the democratic republic of Congo, mountain gorilla’s gorilla belingei are herbivorous primates feeding on plants like mimlopsis, mushrooms and sometimes termites, they live in groups of up to 20 individuals in a family, the male silver backs […]
Chimpanzees in Queen Elizabeth national Park are only found within the Kyambura gorge a beautiful chamber also known as the valley of apes, situated in the far Eastern corner of the national Park in South Western Uganda. Queen Elizabeth national Park is the second largest after Murchison falls national Park known for tree climbing lions, […]