Uganda Tourism - Travel to Uganda

Flag

Quick Facts
Capital	Kampala
Government	republic
Currency	Ugandan shilling (UGX)
Area	total: 236,040 sq km water: 36,330 sq km land: 199,710 sq km
Population	24,699,073 (July 2002 est.)
Language	English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic
Religion	Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%

Uganda is a country in east-central Africa.

Table of contents

1 Regions

2 Cities

3 Other destinations

3.1 National Parks

4 Understand

5 Get in

5.1 By plane
5.2 By train
5.3 By car
5.4 By bus
5.5 By boat

6 Get around

7 Talk

8 Buy

9 Eat

10 Drink

11 Sleep

12 Learn

13 Work

14 Stay safe

15 Stay healthy

16 Respect

17 Contact

18 External links

Regions in Uganda

Map of Uganda

Cities in Uganda

Kampala

Other destinations - Travel to Uganda

National Parks

The national parks are beautiful and, on the whole, uncrowded. See the Uganda Wildlife Authority website http://www.uwa.or.ug/ for details of gorilla tracking, safaris, chimpanzee tracking and more.