{"id":5,"date":"2026-06-11T05:40:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T05:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bashemsafaris.ca\/exploreuganda\/eu-home\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T00:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:44:42","slug":"eu-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bashemsafaris.ca\/exploreuganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eu\">\n<header class=\"eu-head\"><div class=\"wrap\"><a class=\"logo\" href=\"\/exploreuganda\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bashemsafaris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bashem-safaris-logo.png\" alt=\"Bashem Safaris logo\"><span>EXPLORE <b>UGANDA<\/b><\/span><\/a><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"eu-navtoggle\" class=\"eu-navtoggle\"><label for=\"eu-navtoggle\" class=\"eu-burger\" aria-label=\"Menu\"><span><\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/label><nav class=\"navlinks\"><a href=\"\/exploreuganda\/#explore\">Explore<\/a><a href=\"\/exploreuganda\/safaris\/\">Safaris<\/a><a href=\"\/exploreuganda\/blog\/\">Stories<\/a><a href=\"\/exploreuganda\/about\/\">About<\/a><a class=\"navcta\" href=\"\/exploreuganda\/plan\/\">Plan your trip<\/a><\/nav><\/div><\/header><a id=\"eu-main\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/a>\n\n<header class=\"elb-hero elb-full\" style=\"background-image:linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(0,0,0,.15),rgba(0,0,0,.6)),url(&#039;https:\/\/bashemsafaris.ca\/exploreuganda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pexels-photo-13129168.jpeg&#039;)\">\n  <div class=\"elb-wrap\">\n    <span class=\"elb-eyebrow\">Explore Uganda \u00b7 the Pearl of Africa<\/span>    <h1 class=\"elb-hero__title\">In a forest in Uganda, a gorilla looks up and meets your eyes.<\/h1>    <p class=\"elb-hero__lead\">Nearly half the world&#8217;s mountain gorillas live in this one green country, and you can walk in on foot until a wild family lets you come close. Only three countries on Earth will ever give you this, and it is only the beginning.<\/p>      <\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n<section class=\"elb-band elb-band--surface elb-full\">\n  <div class=\"elb-wrap\">\n        <div class=\"elb-band__grid\">\n      <div class=\"elb-band__text\">\n  <span class=\"elb-eyebrow\">The apes<\/span>    <h2 class=\"elb-band__h2\">Thirteen kinds of primate in a single forest canopy.<\/h2>  <div class=\"elb-band__body\"><p>Nearly half the world&#8217;s mountain gorillas live here, in the forest of Bwindi, and you meet them on foot, a silverback an arm&#8217;s length away, watching you with the eyes of a cousin. They walk in only <b>three countries on Earth<\/b>. And they are only the beginning: the chimpanzee, our nearest kin, is five thousand strong in these forests, and Kibale alone holds <b>thirteen kinds of primate<\/b> in one canopy.<\/p><\/div>  <a class=\"elb-more\" href=\"\/exploreuganda\/the-apes\/\">Meet the primates of Uganda \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n      <div class=\"elb-band__media\"><div class=\"elb-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bashemsafaris.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gorillas-in-Volcanoes.jpg\" alt=\"Thirteen kinds of primate in a single forest canopy.\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"elb-band elb-band--accent elb-full\">\n  <div class=\"elb-wrap\">\n        <div class=\"elb-band__grid elb-band__grid--flip\">\n      <div class=\"elb-band__text\">\n  <span class=\"elb-eyebrow\">The birds<\/span>  <div class=\"elb-band__stat\">1,093<\/div>  <h2 class=\"elb-band__h2\">Nearly half of Africa&#8217;s birds, in a country the size of Great Britain.<\/h2>  <div class=\"elb-band__body\"><p>All of Canada has recorded 717 kinds of bird. Uganda has <b>1,093<\/b>. Two dozen of them live nowhere else on Earth, and a single forest, Bwindi, is the only place that holds every one. The crowned crane on the flag wears a crown of gold and dances.<\/p><\/div>  <a class=\"elb-more\" href=\"\/exploreuganda\/the-birds\/\">See the birds found nowhere else \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n      <div class=\"elb-band__media\"><div class=\"elb-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bashemsafaris.ca\/exploreuganda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pexels-photo-29447236.jpeg\" alt=\"Nearly half of Africa&#039;s birds, in a country the size of Great Britain.\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"elb-band elb-band--surface elb-full elb-cards\">\n  <div class=\"elb-wrap\">\n    <span class=\"elb-eyebrow\">The people<\/span>    <h2 class=\"elb-band__h2\">The youngest country on Earth still crowns kings.<\/h2>    <div class=\"elb-cards__grid\"><a href=\"\/exploreuganda\/the-people\/\" class=\"elb-card\">\n  <div class=\"elb-card__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bashemsafaris.ca\/exploreuganda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pexels-photo-33813820.jpeg\" alt=\"A king crowned at three\"><\/div>  <div class=\"elb-card__b\">\n    <h3 class=\"elb-card__title\">A king crowned at three<\/h3>    <p class=\"elb-card__text\">In Tooro, King Oyo took the throne in 1995 as a three-year-old, reported as the world&#8217;s youngest reigning monarch.<\/p>  <\/div>\n<\/a>\n<a href=\"\/exploreuganda\/the-people\/\" class=\"elb-card\">\n  <div class=\"elb-card__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bashemsafaris.ca\/exploreuganda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pexels-photo-27291194.jpeg\" alt=\"A king his chiefs elect\"><\/div>  <div class=\"elb-card__b\">\n    <h3 class=\"elb-card__title\">A king his chiefs elect<\/h3>    <p class=\"elb-card__text\">Next door in Busoga, the king is chosen by his own chiefs, a crown that is voted, not only inherited.<\/p>  <\/div>\n<\/a>\n<a href=\"\/exploreuganda\/the-people\/\" class=\"elb-card\">\n  <div class=\"elb-card__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bashemsafaris.ca\/exploreuganda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pexels-photo-31951220.jpeg\" alt=\"Greeted by name\"><\/div>  <div class=\"elb-card__b\">\n    <h3 class=\"elb-card__title\">Greeted by name<\/h3>    <p class=\"elb-card__text\">In the west, people carry praise-names used in greeting, a kindness built into the language itself.<\/p>  <\/div>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"elb-band elb-band--accent elb-full\">\n  <div class=\"elb-wrap\">\n        <div class=\"elb-band__grid\">\n      <div class=\"elb-band__text\">\n  <span class=\"elb-eyebrow\">The land<\/span>    <h2 class=\"elb-band__h2\">The longest river on Earth begins here.<\/h2>  <div class=\"elb-band__body\"><p>At Jinja the Nile slips out of Lake Victoria and runs <b>6,650 km<\/b> to the sea, farther than Canada is wide. The lake it leaves is the second largest body of fresh water on the planet, after Lake Superior. To the west rise the Rwenzori, the Mountains of the Moon, a name Ptolemy gave them <b>2,000 years ago<\/b>, believing their snow fed the Nile. The snow is still there, on the equator.<\/p><\/div>  <a class=\"elb-more\" href=\"\/exploreuganda\/the-land\/\">Stand at the source of the Nile \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n      <div class=\"elb-band__media\"><div class=\"elb-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bashemsafaris.ca\/exploreuganda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pexels-photo-30800484.jpeg\" alt=\"The longest river on Earth begins here.\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"elb-band elb-band--surface elb-full\">\n  <div class=\"elb-wrap\">\n        <div class=\"elb-band__grid elb-band__grid--flip\">\n      <div class=\"elb-band__text\">\n  <span class=\"elb-eyebrow\">The wild<\/span>    <h2 class=\"elb-band__h2\">Lions rest in the fig trees. Giants cross the grass.<\/h2>  <div class=\"elb-band__body\"><p>In the Ishasha plains the lions climb up and lie along the fig-tree branches, one of the only places on Earth they do. Elephants move in herds, the giraffes stand taller than a house, and Uganda keeps <b>more Nubian giraffes than any park on Earth<\/b>. Down the Kazinga Channel the hippos gather by the hundred. All of the Big Five live here, with room in it for you.<\/p><\/div>  <a class=\"elb-more\" href=\"\/exploreuganda\/the-wildlife\/\">See the wildlife \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n      <div class=\"elb-band__media\"><div class=\"elb-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bashemsafaris.ca\/exploreuganda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pexels-photo-7071827.jpeg\" alt=\"Lions rest in the fig trees. Giants cross the grass.\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"elb-band elb-band--surface elb-full elb-doors\">\n  <div class=\"elb-wrap\">\n    <span class=\"elb-eyebrow\">Choose your wonder<\/span>    <h2 class=\"elb-band__h2\">Pick what calls you. We plan the trip around it.<\/h2>    <div class=\"elb-doors__grid\"><a class=\"elb-door\" href=\"\/exploreuganda\/the-apes\/\">The apes<span>gorillas, chimps, golden monkeys<\/span><\/a>\n<a class=\"elb-door\" href=\"\/exploreuganda\/the-birds\/\">The birds<span>1,093 kinds, 24 found nowhere else<\/span><\/a>\n<a class=\"elb-door\" href=\"\/exploreuganda\/the-people\/\">The people<span>kingdoms, culture, welcome<\/span><\/a>\n<a class=\"elb-door\" href=\"\/exploreuganda\/the-land\/\">The land<span>the Nile, the Mountains of the Moon<\/span><\/a>\n<a class=\"elb-door\" href=\"\/exploreuganda\/the-wildlife\/\">The wild<span>the Big Five, the open plains<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"elb-invite elb-full\">\n  <div class=\"elb-wrap\">\n    <h2 class=\"elb-invite__h2\">Come and explore Uganda.<\/h2>    <p class=\"elb-invite__body\">Tell us what you would love to see, the gorillas, the birds, the river, the kings, all of it, and we will plan the trip with you. The whole of East Africa is yours to explore with Bashem.<\/p>        <div class=\"elb-cta\">\n      <a class=\"elb-btn elb-btn--accent-deep\" href=\"\/exploreuganda\/plan\/\">Send your inquiry \u2192<\/a>      <a class=\"elb-btn elb-btn--dark\" href=\"\/exploreuganda\/safaris\/\">See the safaris<\/a>    <\/div>  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<footer class=\"foot full\">\n    <div class=\"wrap footgrid\">\n      <div>\n        <p class=\"proverb\">Abagyenda bareeba. Those who travel, see. <span style=\"color:#8d877a;font-style:normal;font-size:.78rem\">(Runyankole)<\/span><\/p>\n        <p style=\"margin-top:14px;color:#cfc8b8\">Explore Uganda is the home of Bashem Safaris, a Ugandan safari operator with a base in Ottawa. We run Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div>\n        <h3>Reach us<\/h3>\n        <p><a href=\"\/exploreuganda\/plan\/\">Send an inquiry<\/a><\/p>\n        <p><a href=\"https:\/\/wa.me\/16135139233\">WhatsApp +1 613 513 9233<\/a><\/p>\n        <p><a href=\"mailto:info@bashemsafaris.ca\">info@bashemsafaris.ca<\/a><\/p>\n        <p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bashem_safaris\">@bashem_safaris<\/a><\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"wrap sources\">\n      <b>Sources.<\/b> Mountain gorillas: Greater Virunga census, 2018\/19; 1981 low, Oryx 1984. Bird species, Uganda and Canada: Avibase \/ national checklists, 2026. Thirteen primates: Uganda Wildlife Authority, 2024. People and ages: Uganda Bureau of Statistics, 2024 Census; 65 peoples, Constitution of Uganda, 2005. King Oyo crowned at three, 1995: Daily Monitor. Nile length and Canada&#8217;s width: Britannica and Statistics Canada, 2026. Mountains of the Moon: Ptolemy, 2nd century. Live prices and permits are on the main Bashem Safaris pages.\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"flag full\" style=\"margin-top:24px\"><i class=\"k\"><\/i><i class=\"y\"><\/i><i class=\"r\"><\/i><\/div>\n  <\/footer>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abagyenda bareeba. Those who travel, see. (Runyankole) Explore Uganda is the home of Bashem Safaris, a Ugandan safari operator with a base in Ottawa. We run Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda. Reach us Send an inquiry WhatsApp +1 613 513 9233 info@bashemsafaris.ca @bashem_safaris Sources. Mountain gorillas: Greater Virunga census, 2018\/19; 1981 low, Oryx 1984. 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