Sitting on the Equator, Uganda is best known for the opportunities to trek with Gorillas and Chimpanzees but offers much more – some of the best birding habitats in Africa, the romance of the “Source of the Nile” and hiking in the Ruwenzori Mountains.Lion, leopard, elephant and a multitude of monkeys reward game viewer along with variety of habitat – mountains, volcanoes and plains. Lake Victoria dominates the south while sending the Nile on its northern journey out of Lake Albert.