Uganda developed from the nineteenth century kingdom of Buganda, based along the northern shore of Lake Victoria, Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is populated by different ethnic groups. Uganda’s capital is Kampala, which is also the country’s largest city. The city’s extent reaches the shore of Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa and chief reservoir of the Nile River. There are at least 32 languages spoken in Uganda, but Ganda and English but Ganda are the most commonly used.

Tourist attractions in Uganda are concentrated in five travel regions, the urban central region, southwest, west, north, and the east. The southwest has the most popular national parks, including Queen Elizabeth, Bwindi Impenetrable, Mgahinga, and Lake Mburo National Parks. A tourist visiting Uganda for the first time will most probably head southwest to see the mountain gorillas, the country’s biggest attraction, and also add a few days in the west watching big game animals, tracking the wild chimpanzees, or climbing the snow-capped Rwenzori Mountains.