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Uganda

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011.017° S · 29.683° E
Place guide · Bwindi Impenetrable National ParkBwindi Impenetrable National Park

A UNESCO World Heritage Site in southwestern Uganda, protecting half of the world's mountain gorillas in 321 km² of mist-wrapped lowland and montane forest.

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020.500° N · 30.400° E
Place guide · Kibale National ParkKibale National Park

A 766 km² tract of moist evergreen rainforest in western Uganda with the highest primate density in Africa, centred on habituated chimpanzee groups that can be tracked on foot.

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031.369° S · 29.640° E
Place guide · Mgahinga Gorilla National ParkMgahinga Gorilla National Park

Uganda's smallest national park at 33.9 km², formed from three extinct volcanoes in the Virunga Mountains, protecting mountain gorillas and the endemic golden monkey in bamboo and montane forest.

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042.278° N · 31.686° E
Place guide · Murchison FallsMurchison Falls

A waterfall on the White Nile in northern Uganda where the entire river is forced through a 7-metre gap and tumbles 43 metres, creating one of Africa's most concentrated displays of hydraulic power.

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050.137° S · 30.041° E
Place guide · Queen Elizabeth National ParkQueen Elizabeth National Park

Uganda's most visited national park, spanning nearly 2,000 km² of savanna, wetland and forest habitats with elephants, tree-climbing lions, hippos and over 600 bird species.

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060.427° N · 33.186° E
Place guide · Source of the NileSource of the Nile

The spot near Jinja where the White Nile leaves Lake Victoria, marking the official start of the Nile's 6,650-kilometre journey to the Mediterranean, with Speke's monument and the submerged Ripon Falls beneath the Owen Falls Dam.

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