Basic Travel Guide to Uganda

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 the most part safe to travel. However, precaution is always necessary as a visitor in a foreign country. Northern Uganda still suffers from a 20-year war led by an insurgency group called the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Over 1 million people have been internally displaced by the continued fighting and many of the northern districts including Gulu, Kitgum, Pader, and Lira which are still considered dangerous to travel. Uganda currently has a population of 26 million. There are over 80 local languages spoken in Uganda, the...

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