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Natural Wonders of Uganda: The 4 Most Beautiful Places to Visit
4 places in the atlas
Straddling the equator in East Africa, Uganda is unusually lush and fertile — a land of rolling green hills, great lakes, and the headwaters of the Nile. Its landscapes range from the snow-capped Rwenzori 'Mountains of the Moon' to savanna national parks and, most famously, the ancient montane rainforests of the southwest. These forests, above all Bwindi, shelter roughly half of all the mountain gorillas left on Earth, making Uganda one of the world's premier destinations for primate encounters and one of Africa's most biodiverse countries. Below are the 4 natural wonders of Uganda in the atlas — the most beautiful places to build a trip around, each with what makes it remarkable, when to go, and how to reach it. Best overall time: The drier seasons (roughly June–September and December–February) for easier forest trekking and wildlife viewing, though Uganda is green year-round.
