Fabulous Uganda

This last post concentrates on the Country and why you should go - firstly the people have to be the most welcoming you will find anywhere in the world - I would also nominate them as the best looking nation - particularly the children who are a joy - forever smiling and waving.
Secondly has to be the birds - we saw 524 species, admittedly mostly forest birding which is not always easy so a patient nature is handy - key birds seen but not photographed were; Green Breasted Pitta, Nahan’s Francolin, White-spotted Flufftail, Standard Winged Nightjar, Shining-blue Kingfisher, Puvel’s Illadopsis,
Thirdly the mammals with of course Primates being magnificent but the game viewing is not bad either.  I would urge anyone to go to Uganda and support this wonderful country and its’ people.
At the end of this post is a little music video by my favourite Ugandan artist Geoffrey Oryema which is quite apt.

BANANAS!

and we’ll end as we begun with bananas - bananas are every where and the staple diet of many - I will always think of Uganda whenever I buy bananas and of what a most amazing country it is.  Our thanks go to everyone we met - all the Ugandan Wildlife Authority guides, Herbert Byaruhanga and his company http://www.birduganda.com/ who we would strongly recommend and lastly an enormous thank you to Emmy Gongo our guide and number one birder in all of Uganda!