Scientific name: Panthera leo Until the late Pleistocene, which was about 10,000 years ago, the lion was the most widespread large land mammal after humans. They were found in most of Africa, much of Eurasia from western Europe to India, and in the Americas from the Yukon to Peru. Today there are only 2 surviving
Kobs are gregarious antelopes. They live together with a Bushbuck and Bohor seed buck in a large grassed enclosed near the centers front gates at Uganda Wildlife Educational centre. (UWEC). There are currently 3 males and 3 females at UWEC. Fact Sheet Common name: Uganda Kob Scientific name: Kobus Kob Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class:
There around 113 described weaver species in the world and 40 of them are represented in Uganda making it a one country destination for bird watching. Placed by some authorities in the same family as the closed related sparrows, you may not notice the difference and you may mistake the weaver to be a sparrow
The Baganda are the largest single ethnic group in Uganda. They occupy the central part of Uganda which was formerly called the Buganda province. The Baganda can therefore be found in the present districts of Kampala, Mpigi, Mukono, Masaka, Kalangala, Kiboga, Rakai and Mubende. They are a Bantu –speaking people and their language is called
Located on the island of Bugaala in Kalangala District, Brovad Sands Lodge is a mid range facility located on the shores of Lake Victoria. Located a few meters from the Entebbe ferry dock, it offers pick up to clients free of charge for those from the Entebbe Ferry while those from the Bukakata ferry have
You’ll hear them before you see them; from somewhere deep in the forest, an excited hooting, just one voice at first, then several, rising in volume and tempo and pitch to a frenzied unified crescendo, before stopping abruptly or fading away. Jane Goodall called it the ‘pant-hoot’ call, kind of bonding ritual that allows any
Scientific Names: Olive baboon ; Papiocynocephalus anubis Yellow baboon ; Papio ynocephalus cynocephalus The baboon, of all the primates in East Africa, most frequently interacts with people. Apart from humans, baboons are the most adaptable of the ground-dwelling primates and live in a wide variety of habitats. Intelligent and crafty, they can be agricultural pests,