About Us

Welcome to Uganda

Africa Gorilla Wild is one of Uganda’s highly professional and yet most friendly tour operators and Destination Management company offering some of the best customized, private and group tours within Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zanzibar and Kenya
Unique Uganda Cultures

Located at the geographical heart of the African continent - along the equator with cool climate and average weather all year round, Uganda has long been a cultural melting pot, as evidenced by the existence of 30-plus indigenous languages belonging to five distinct linguistic groups, and an equally diverse cultural mosaic of music, art and crafts.

Our most ancient inhabitants are the Batwa and Bambuti Pygmies, relics of the hunter-gatherer cultures that once occupied much of East Africa. To the north-east, the vast, arid plains are reigned over by the Karamojong, a fierce warrior, semi-nomadic cattle-herding tribe, believed to have migrated south from Ethiopia several centuries ago. At the cultural core of modern-day Uganda lie the Bantu-speaking kingdoms of Buganda Kingdom, Busoga Kingdom, Bunyoro Kingdom and Ankore Kingdom which to date are led by a kings as cultural figureheads, except Ankore Kingdom.

Thanks to our distinct languages and norms, as well as the vast geographical and climatic variations between the regions, Uganda's communities still retain many fascinating cultural distinctions. These are commonly displayed through our music, dance, cuisine, art & crafts, folklore, traditional medicine, ceremonies and rites of passage; and with the emergence of community tourism, visitors are now welcome to experience and discover this wonderful cultural mix with the friendliest people on earth.

The Phrase, “The Pearl of Africa” is synonymous with Uganda.
Winston Churchill dubbed Uganda “The Pearl of Africa” in his 1908 book, MY AFRICAN JOURNEY Winston Churchill wrote: “The kingdom of Uganda is a fairy-tale. You climb up … and at the end there is a wonderful new world. The scenery is different, the vegetation is different, the climate is different, and, most of all, the people are different from anything elsewhere to be seen in the whole range of Africa … I say: ‘Concentrate on Uganda’. For magnificence, for variety of form and colour, for profusion of brilliant life – bird, insect, reptile, beast – for vast scale — Uganda is truly the pearl of Africa.”

You are welcome to experience and enjoy nature’s beautiful masterpiece with us on journeys you have only dreamed of. We will spoil you with Fresh food, cool climate and scenic beauty, From the Lake Victoria, to the River Nile, to expansive savannas with abundant wildlife, to waterfalls, mountains, plains and rainforests with chimpanzees and Mountain Gorillas.