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UNDERSTANDING & RESPONSIBILITIES

Greatapes Uganda Safaris is an Independent Tour Operator and organizes its African tours and procure carriage, accommodations, and other tour services with out standing parties.

Greatapes Uganda Safaris serves audiences by planning safaris to Africa, travel arrangements, hotel reservations, Gorilla permits, Ground transportation in Africa, chartered flights in Africa with other suppliers of serves connected with our tours. Travels and serves are subject only to the terms and conditions under which such accommodations, service and transportation are offered or provided and Greatapes Uganda and our patterns and their employees accept no responsibility or liability therefore.

Greatapes Uganda Safari accept no responsibility for any damage, loss, accident, injury, delay or other irregularity which may be caused by the defect of any vehicle or negligence or default of any company or person engaged in carrying out or performing any of the services involved in these tours.

Greatapes Uganda does not accept responsibility for losses or expenses from sickness, weather, strikes, wars or other such causes. Any such losses or expenses must be borne by the participant, since our tour rates provide for arrangements only for the time stated in the itinerary.

Baggage and personal effects are solely the responsibility of the owner at all times on safari. Dates, schedules, program details and costs are given in good faith, based on the best available information to our destination and are subject to change as per our revision.

As a condition to acceptance of enrollment, please read, agree to and sign the waiver statement set forth on our Registration form.

Greatapes Uganda Safari will do what its best to make your trip a very memorable Safari to Africa.

WEATHER

Uganda's weather conditions are general very favourable, ranging from the warm lowlands areas to the cool highlands in the south western region of Kigezi.

TEMPERATURE

Most of the year, Uganda enjoys sunny days with temperatures rarely rising above 20 degrees. The average temperature is about 26 degree C, with the maximum of 20--40 in the northern parts of the country.

SEASONS

The rain seasons are March through May, With light rains in November through mid December, Wet seasons in March-May and October-November, with our dry seasons coming in December to February and June to August.

Rainfall ranges between 500mm to 2500mm and our relative humidity is at 70%--100%
The rainfall regime allows two planting and harvesting seasons a year in most parts of the country.

TERRAIN

About 34% of the total area is covered with water, and it has a dense network of Rivers, lakes and swamps.

The country is all endowed with very fertile soils, Lake Victoria the second largest fresh water lake and the soures of the might River Nile is by its self and a rain maker and taking up some of the best Mountains on the continent makes Uganda unique in the Eco-system of Africa.
Uganda stands at GMT+3 standard time.

CULTURES

The cultures of Uganda are made up of a complex and diverse range of ethnic groups. Lake Kyoga forms the northern boundary for the Bantu-speaking people, who dominate much of the east, central and southern Africa. In Uganda they include the Baganda and several other tribes. In the north live the lango and the Acholi, who speak Nilotic languages. To the east are the Iteso and Karamojong who speak a Nilo-hamit language. A few pygmies live isolated in the rain-forests of western Uganda.

RELIGION

Christians make up 80.1% of Uganda's population, there were size-able numbers of sikhs and hindus in the country until Asians were expelled in 1972 by President Idi Amin, following an alleged dream, although many are now returning following an invitation from the new President Yoweri K Museveni.

MUSIC

Each ethnic group has its own musical and dance history, songs are passed down from generation to generation. Ndigindi and Enongoli {lyres}, Ennanga {harp}, Amadinda {xylophone} see Baganda music, and lukeme {thumb piano} are commonly played instruments. An Acholi, Okot p'Bitek, is one of the country's famous writer of Folklore, satirical poems and songs. His book song of Lawino{1966} describes stories told in Acholi songs.Today Ugandan music is selling to international stands with new young muscians coming up.

LANGUAGE

Uganda is ethnologically diverse with at-least forty languages used in this tiny country size of Great Britain. Luganda is the most commonly spoken language in most urban centers in the country. English is the official language of Uganda even though only a relatively small proportion of the population speaks it. Access to economic and political power is almost impossible without having mastered that language. The East African lingua franca Swahili is relatively widespread as a trade language and was made an official national language of Uganda in September 2005. Luganda, a language widespread in central Uganda has been the official vernacular language in Education for central Uganda for a long time.

CUISINE

The Ugandan Cuisine consists of traditional cooking with English, Arab and Asian (especially Indian) influence.Like most of the African countries, it varies in complexity from the most basic, a starchy filler with a sauce of beans or meat, to several-course meals served in upper class homes and high-end restaurants.

Main dishes are mainly centered on a sauce or stew of groundnuts, beans or meat, the starch traditionally comes from Matoke {boiled and mashed green banana} or Ugali {maize meal} in the central and south, cassava, yam and African sweet potato are also eaten, the more affluent include white {often called "Irish"} potato and rice in their diets. Soybean was promoted as a healthy food staple in the 1970s and this also used especially for breakfast. Chapati an Asian flat-bread is also part of Uganda's cuisine.

Chicken, Fish-{ fresh, smoked or sun dried reconstituted for stewing } beef, goat and mutton are commonly eaten, although among the rural poor there would have to be a good reason for slaughtering a large animal such as a goat or cow otherwise meat would not be eaten every day.
Various leafy greens are grown in Uganda.

These may be boiled in the stew or served as side dishes in fancier homes. Amaranth { dodo}. nakati and borr are some of the greens. Ugali is cooked up into a thick porridge for breakfast and there is a constant supply of milk in the whole country. For main meals, white flour is added to the saucepan and stirred into the ugali until the consistency is firm. It is the turned out onto a serving plate and cut into individual slices.

A TEST OF UGANDA'S TRADITIONAL FOOD IS A MUST AS THIS GIVES YOU THE TASTE OF ORGANIC FOOD.

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