In 1907 Winston Churchill dubbed Uganda the ‘Pearl of Africa.’ A hundred years later, I discovered he was right. Uganda encompasses any African experience a traveler may ever dream to say they created a memory of. Mountains, lakes, rain-forests, bustling cities, friendly people, white water rafting, and the highest concentration of primates on the Earth makes Uganda a traveling paradise. Here are 5 reasons why I consider a safari in Uganda. BWINIDI: HOME OF THE GORILLAS Bwindi Gorilla trekking. In local language Bwindi means impenetrable, take on the mission to find the gorillas and you’ll discover it’s aptly named. The journey to Bwindi is a destination in itself, an 8 hour, 97km pickup trek through steep mountainous passes. It’s a jour
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