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Hot, dusty, frantic in places, and with scenery to die for, Uganda is a kind of edited highlights of Africa all in one country. Great beaches along the lakes, river trips on the Nile , vast desert plains with sporadic mountain outcrops, and lush green rainforest, tall mountains, and amazing wildlife.
The capital, Kampala , sits in a nest of mountains, on the northern edge of Lake Victoria . It's busy and litter strewn, with few tarmac roads, and fewer places of interest. Small airlines, used mostly to ferry around the charity and mission workers, will offer you cheap seats to some of the more remote and interesting places, especially those towards the Rwandan and Congolese borders. Its here you'll find the Bwindi National Park, with the mountain gorillas in the ‘Impenetrable Forest', the impressive Murchison Falls on the Victoria Nile, and the eerie ‘Mountains of the Moon' at Rwenzori.
Tourism in Uganda is in its infancy, and the northern areas are still best avoided, but it's a beautiful, friendly country, and shouldn't be discounted in your travel plans.
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