Amateur Traveler episode 843. Today the Amateur Traveler talks about hippos and giraffes, shoe bills, and waterfalls, chimpanzees and guerrillas, as we return to the country of Uganda.

This is Chris Christensen from Amateur Traveler.

Let's talk about Uganda.

I'd like to welcome to the show Jogdep Sani, a world traveler from the San Francisco Bay Area who has come to talk to us about Uganda.

Jogdep, welcome to the show.

Hey Chris, thanks, I'm thrilled to be here to share my enthusiasm.

Big fan of your show for a while.

A quick shout out to Justin Barnes for the Big Island and Tamarif, Susan Magnosky for Guatemala, and too many others to thank.

Excellent. And what was your connection with Uganda?

I'm a wildlife lover and and known a close friend from Kenya for a long time and going to

Kenya last year open my eyes to Africa so I went back to Uganda very quickly after that.

Excellent and why should someone go to Uganda?

So it's really the big selection of landscapes and natural beauty.

If you're a wildlife or nature enthusiasts, it packs a big punch with a broad selection of habitats.

You see the savanna, veteran swamps, lakes, Nile River has a big presence, and of course the rainforest. With wildlife, Uganda is most famous as you might know for

climate viewing, especially the endangered mountain guerrillas in the rainforest.

But you can see the big five in Uganda.

So to summarize, the big reason to go is really the variety of safari experiences,

game drives, walking safaris, forest tracks, boat safaris,

hiking.

I describe it as in terms of your experiences per day, Uganda is very compelling.

Excellent. And we're going to get into this, but you say per dollar, I think we've talked often about the high-end safari experience

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