Uganda is a country full of contrasts. Rolling hills full of tea plantations alternate with savannah landscapes.

Uganda is an equatorial country in Eastern Afrika with a population of 45 million. Uganda has a smaller southern neighbour, Rwanda, and the larger neighbours Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Most of the country is above 1,000m altitude, so temperatures are pleasant all year round. The country offers snow-capped mountain ranges (5'110m), volcanoes, many lakes (Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake Edward and many smaller ones) and rivers (for example the Nile), the typical East African savannahs, but also tropical rainforests, where the famous mountain gorillas are at home.

A defining element of the country is the Central African Rift Valley, which crosses the country from north to south and extends via Lake Albert and Lake Edward to Rwanda (Lake Kivu) and finally to Tanzania (Lake Tanganyika). The border with Congo and Rwanda is defined by high mountain ranges (Rwenzori Mountains) and volcanoes (Virungas), that form an imposing backdrop for safaris in Queen Elizabeth National Park and gorilla trekking in Bwindi Forest and Mgahinga National Park in the south.