Basic Travel Guide to Uganda

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Basic Travel Guide to Uganda. INTRODUCTION: This is a very basic guide to introduce and prepare you for your. visit to Uganda. If you have purchased your …

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Updated 5/17/04
Update: June 2005, Lori Uyeno, Global Health Sciences Fellow
Basic Travel Guide to Uganda
INTRODUCTION: This is a very basic guide to introduce and prepare you for your
visit to Uganda. If you have purchased your guidebook already, you probably know most
of what you need to know to have a safe and enjoyable journey. The following might just
have some few helpful up to date hints. No matter what, Uganda will be an unforgettable
experience.
Uganda was known as the “Pearl of East Africa”. It is a beautiful, green country that has
enjoyed relative political stability compared to its neighboring countries. Uganda is
landlocked with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the west, Sudan to the
north, Kenya to the east, and Rwanda and Tanzania to the south. Uganda was a former
British colony that gained independence in 1962. Unfortunately Uganda is most
infamous for the notoriously bloody reign of Idi Amin from 1972-9. President Museveni
overthrew Milton Obote’s regime after Amin and has since led Uganda under a one-party
rule. In July 2006, Uganda will have its first multiparty elections in the history of the
country.
Uganda is for…