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11 December 2015

Why Uganda is called the Pearl of Africa?

By AA Safaris and Tours

In his book “My African Journey” published in 1908, Winston Churchill an early explorer commonly referred to Uganda as the “Pearl of Africa”, with regards to a Safari to Uganda which he took in 1907. That is how Uganda obtained this great tag.

During his tour in Uganda, Winston Churchill actually became very inspired by what he found here and he wrote in his book that “For magnificence, for variety of form and color, for profusion of brilliant life — bird, insect, reptile, beast — for vast scale — Uganda is truly “the Pearl of Africa.”

Today many people attribute this tag-name “Pearl of Africa” to the early explorer Winston Churchill but the fact is that many other explorers and discoverers from the west (including Henry Morton Stanley, John Hanning Speke, Frederick John D. Lugard,  described the wonders of Uganda using ‘praising’ terms.

Actually the wonders of this country inspired also the earlier explorers that visited Uganda before Winston Churchill made his visit to Uganda.  They were stunned by Uganda’s beauty, her natural wonders and above all her hospitable welcoming people. With the introduction of modern travel means, thousands of tourists visit and fall in love with Uganda – the Pearl of Africa.

Some of the wonders to see here include Mountain Gorillas, chimpanzees, the source of the Nile, the Murchison Falls, the Rwenzori Mountains, the ‘Big Five’ wild animals (lions, buffaloes, elephants rhino and the leopard); all living in its 10 National Parks.