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Tree Climbing Lion

These lions in the Ishasha section of QE National Park are one of only two in the world that climb trees
The "Pearl of Africa"

December 11th 2007
Once called the "Pearl of Africa" by Winston Churchill, Uganda is a country of great contrast. Even though we only spent four days there, during our extremely quick visit we covered a lot of ground and got to see a number of different parts of the country due to the 12+ hour drives we had to and from Bwindi. Unfortunately our visit was not without a certain amount of stress and frustration (so ... read more
Africa » Uganda

Ugandan Flag Uganda achieved independence from the UK in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,0... ... read more
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