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The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, within which it shares borders with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda takes its name from the Buganda kingdom, which encompassed a portion of the south of the country including the capital Kampala.

The United Kingdom placed the area under the charter of the British East Africa Company in 1888, and ruled it as a protectorate from 1894. As several other territories and chiefdoms were integrated, the final protectorate called Uganda took shape in 1914. The country is located on the East African plateau, averaging about 1100 metres (3,250 ft) above sea level, and this slopes very steadily downwards to the Sudanese Plain to the North.

Uganda is home to many different ethnic groups Around forty different languages are regularly and currently in use in the country. English became the official language of Uganda after independence. Due to the large number of ethnic communities, culture within Uganda is diverse.

Tourist attractions: The country offers many tourist attractions. While many are drawn to Uganda to participate in a safari in search of the endangered Mountain Gorilla, the country has a lot more to offer. Uganda is blessed with sumptuous forests, haunting mountain landscapes, sparkling lakes and a superb range of wildlife. Uganda is also the finest birding country in Africa with more than a thousand recorded species.

There are national parks with a variety of animals including the mountain gorillas; rivers, especially the source of River Nile which is one of the longest rivers in the world; lakes, like Lake Victoria which is one of the largest fresh water lakes in the world; waterfalls, such as the Bujagali falls and the Owen falls dam where Uganda’s electricity is generated from and which is located at the source of river Nile.

Forests such as the Bwindi impenetrable forest which houses half of the only surviving mountain gorillas in the world; Mountains; especially the mountains in western Uganda that give it the beauty that no tourist would want to miss; Museums and historic sites such as the national museum and the Kasubi tombs; and many others. Around the country there are monuments to our colourful past. Forts, tombs, interesting houses and churches. The Kasubi Tombs ranked among the best monuments in Kampala, and this historic resting place of the kings of Buganda is a fine example of the traditional skills and craftsmanship of Uganda's past in building and architecture.