Thursday, February 4, 2010

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Uganda, one of the famous African countries, is a perfect place to visit this vacation. Because Uganda is geographically positioned in the equatorial region, the country is blessed with thousands of species of birds, plants and animals. You will never find such a wide diversity anywhere else in Africa. The wide collection of habitats consists arid semi deserts, montane rain forests, rich savannahs, lowlands, wetlands, afro-alpine range and volcanic mountains, and the height for these geographical arrangement range from 650 m to 5000 m. One of the most adventurous activities is Bird watching in Uganda. Tourists from the entire world come here to see different species of birds and the most astonishing truth is that you will find greatest number of birds in every square kilometer area in Uganda as compared to any other African country. You will truly enjoy watching infinite birds in Uganda. Uganda which is nearly 235,000 sq.km area has the largest number of bird species, around, 1008 species of birds can be watched in this country.

Uganda is known for rich dense forests which provide shelter to wildlife, endless species of plants and birds. This oncredible African country boasts for its capability for providing natural environment for thousands of species of birds, animals and plants. Your trip will be futile if you don't take part in bird watching activity in Uganda. You will actually miss this different experience in Uganda which is never seen in any other location of the world. With the well-known Congo basin to its west, Uganda is a protection to western and central African bird species which are not found anywhere in East Africa. Uganda has almost 700 forest reserves.

The ARE-Albertine Rift Endemic area shelters nearly 38 bird species in Uganda, the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. Almost 25 species are alone confined in the Mgahinga forests and Bwindi National park which are located in the Southwest region.

Wetlands: 30,000 kilometer area is covered by wetlands in Uganda. You will be surprised to know that there are more than 210 bird species and some of the famous birds found in this area are Shoebill, African Skimmer and Endemic Fox's weaver. Here you will also find several species of Papyrus like the Papyrus Canary, Papyrus Gonolek, Papyrus Yellow warbler and White-winged Warbler. In the Entebbe area, also called as Lutembe bay, you will observe a White winged Black-Tern roost of 2 million-3 million birds!
Savannahs: The savannahs in Uganda include Karamoja in the north-eastern region which is remote with semi-dessert and dry thorn scrub area. To the western rift valley, savannahs are rich and fertile. The Queen Elizabeth National Park which is found in this region confines around 604 species of birds and is the greatest number for any confined location in Africa.
People truly enjoy bird watching in Uganda as there are thousands of different birds worth enjoying. You can really feel nature in your arms. You cant complete your adventurous journey in Uganda without the exciting bird watching activity. Now that you are set to enjoy the bird watching activity in Uganda, you can plan a journey to Uganda this vacation and actually experience the real beauty of nature.

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