UGANDA ‘’THE PEARL OF AFRICA’’
While visiting the beautiful country in 1907, Sir Winston Churchill called Uganda the " the pearl of Africa" indeed, Uganda is a blessed country astride the equator in East Africa with a rich and ever-fertile vegetation, a beautiful, green, volcanic plateau between the Rwenzori Mountains and Lake Victoria. After a tumultuous period of wars following the independence in 1962 peace and stability came back to the country in 1996 under Yoweri Kaguta Museveni the current President of Uganda. Visitors have come rediscovering this brilliant country, its unique birdlife, the fascinating mountain gorillas and the beautiful well looked after National parks in there natural setting.
KENYA
Kenya straddles the equator and is bordered to the north by the arid deserts of Ethiopia and Sudan, to the west by Uganda and Lake Victoria, to the East by Somaliland and Indian Ocean and to the South by Tanzania. Kenya is dominated by the Rift Valley, which divides the flat plains of the Coast from the hills along Lake Victoria. Nairobi is located at the Eastern edge of the Rift Valley. The main rivers are Galana and Tana.
TANZANIA
CapitalCity: Dodoma
Total Area: 943,000 sq km.
Population: 33 million people (2005)
Languages: English and Swahili.
Religions: Christians 40% to 45%, Moslems 35% to 40%, traditional beliefs are also important.
Government: Republic.
Independence Date: 9th of December 1961.
Agriculture: Coffee, Tea, Cotton, sisal, cloves.
Climate: Tropical
RWANDA
Rwanda is a landlocked country in tropical Africa, situated on the eastern rim of the Albertine Rift, a western arm of the Great Rift Valley, on the watershed between Africa's two largest river systems: the Nile and the Congo. Much of the country's 26,338 kms is impressively mountainous, the highest peak being Karisimbi (4,507m) in the volcanic Virunga chain protected by the Parc des Volcans. The largest body of water is Lake Kivu.
Rwanda, land of a thousand hills, is a tiny landlocked country in Central Africa. Bordered by Tanzania, Uganda, DRC and Burundi, Rwanda is experiencing a tourism rebound after falling off the map post-genocide 1994. The country is split by the Rift Valley and dominated by a mountain range that traverses the country from north to south. The West coast of the country overlooks the beautiful shores of Lake Kivu. |
