Uganda is a country of beautful scenery and offer diverse activities like gorilla trekking, safaris, multiday mountain treks and white water rafting Winson Churchill called it “The Pearl Of Africa”.
In 1907 Winston Curchill, who was at that stage of his life as an explorer travelling in the world, visited Uganda and went on safari there.
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955.
He visited the then-colonial capital of Entebbe, He journeyed to Kampala and Mengo by rickshaw pulled by young men who were replaced every eight miles, local chiefs in Buganda. The next day, he visited the young Kabaka Daudi Chwa II for the second time in two days, where a Ganda war dance was performed in his honor.
He was blown away. In his book My African Journey (1908), Sir Churchill writes “For magnificence, for variety of form and colour, for profusion of brilliant life bird, insect, reptile, beast for vast scale Uganda is truly ‘the Pearl of Africa.’
Not only does the country offer excellent safaris and contain the Big Five, It also offers treks to see endangered mountain gorillas and chimpanzees in the wild.
The people of Uganda are incredibly warm and welcoming, Ugandans have embraced tourism and love to show visitors their beautiful country and share their culture.
The population of Uganda is around 45 million and is extremely diverse, Most people speak a central Sudanic, Nilotic or Bantu language Hopefully for vistors, many in the tourism industry speak English as well.
Winston Churchill coined the nickname “The Pearl of Africa” in 1908, to convey the beauty, variety, and natural wealth of the land Since then, Uganda has grown into one of Africa’s most coveted travel sojourns.
