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A royal burial ground of thatch and barkcloth that burned down, was rebuilt over thirteen years, and left the Danger List in 2023.

Almost half the world's mountain gorillas live in one forest surrounded by farmland at 350 people to the square kilometer.

Glaciers on the equator, Africa's third highest peak, and an alpine flora that has been called Africa's botanical big game.

Geometric paintings in three rock shelters in eastern Uganda, whose age and makers are still disputed by the people who list them.

Nine hundred years of salt made on the shore of Lake Albert, in gardens owned and worked entirely by women, under a rift escarpment.

Two dry windows for tracking, two wet ones for birds and lower prices, and one monthly morning that stops the whole country.

No visa on arrival, a yellow fever certificate that is genuinely compulsory, and one regional visa that covers three countries at once.

The Ugandan shilling, a mobile money system that runs the country, and another government advisory with no money page at all.

One clothing rule in Uganda carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, and it applies to children as well as adults.

Boda bodas everywhere, long distances on mixed roads, and one Saturday morning each month when non-essential movement is prohibited nationwide.

The Rift Valley, the Mara migration, Swahili coastal cities, and a conservation model that has been argued over for fifty years.

Attacks have reached national parks and tourists, an Ebola outbreak has reached Kampala, and one law carries the death penalty.

A steamed green banana that counts as the national dish, and a chapati wrapped around eggs that counts as the national snack.

A republic containing kingdoms, a cloth made from bark, and several rules of dress and speech that carry criminal penalties.

A calendar of kingdoms, pilgrimage and one of the continent's best known music festivals, currently under public health restrictions.