UGANDA

Somebody once said that if you planted a walking stick overnight in thesoil of Uganda, it would take root before morning dawned. Of all Africa'ssafari destinations, this is the most fertile. It's also the bestdestination in Africa for seeing a variety of primate species - visitorscan spot more than ten types of monkey including mountain gorillas andchimpanzees. And if primate enthusiasts are found wandering round withimbecile grins, Uganda's birds have ornithologists doing cartwheels: morethan 1,000 bird species have been recorded here making Uganda, inpractical terms, the finest birdwatching destination in Africa. Moreover,in Uganda's premier savanna reserves, one can be almost certain ofencountering lions, elephants and buffaloes.