It took me a drive of 3 hours from Kampala to get to the Budongo forest. It falls on the way to Murchison Falls National Park.

Budongo forest is renowned for its incredible Mahogany reserves. Bluntly put, it is the largest forest of Mahogany across the whole of East Africa.

Moreover, it is also home to hundreds and thousands of Chimpanzees, being the largest habitat of Chimpanzees in Uganda.

Budongo was a thrilling experience for me. It had two amazing tourism sites, each of which was immense fun. Kaniyo Pabidi and Busingiro are these two eco-tourism sites which are rich with iron wood and Mahogany trees.

What thrilled me more than these eco-tourism sites was the chunk of remote landscape measuring up to approximately 115 kilometers. This isolated area was the home for lions, leopards as well as buffaloes.

My favorite activities within the Budongo forest, Uganda were birding and chimpanzee tracking. This forest offers you the ideal platform for bird watching. Rather, it provides you with a guided tour for Bird watching.

The forest offers you an incredible bird safari with its more than 360 species of birds. The forest was extremely rich and welcoming for me.

I was informed that in addition to these bird species, it was home to 290 species of butterflies, 190 species of moths, 465 species of trees as well as 24 mammals.

Along with bird safaris, the other most prominent attraction of the forest is its chimpanzee tracking experience.

This experience was made all the more easy for me with the variety of accommodation options offered by the Ugandan Wildlife authority.

These exciting accommodation lodges enabled me to enjoy chimpanzee trekking and also benefit from exciting forest walks.

I used to set out early in the morning so that I could come across a number of these forest residents at their best. Budongo forest was truly one of the most memorable places I visited in Uganda.

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Another famous UNESCO world heritage site that I happened to come across in Uganda was the burial ground of four kinds of Buganda, popularly termed as the Kasubi Tombs.

I was attracted to the place owing to the spiritual and political significance it held for the Ganda people. Not only was it a center of spirituality but it also was a picturesque embodiment of traditional architecture.

My guide informed me that Kasubi tombs were so remarkable not just in Uganda but across the entire globe because they only deployed vegetal materials in their making.

I was intrigued by the burial site of the four Kabakas.  The main building of the tombs was circular in shape and supported a dome at its top.

I was also impressed by the organic architectural design of the infra structure. It was mainly composed of duab, wattle, reed, thatch and wood.

One could actually feel the vibes of spirituality, identity and belief emanating from the place.

My visit to Kasubi tombs was also so invigorating because it was in complete contrast to everything that I had seen before.

Even though I had very little exploration time, yet the history of the place seized my imagination and was a very enlightening experience for me.

The unfortunate bit was hearing that the tombs had been subjected to an arson attack in March of 2010.

The original cause of the fire is still being investigated, however after that incident, Kasubi tombs in Uganda were placed under the World Heritage Sites in Danger.

I would recommend anyone who ever comes to Uganda to pay a visit to Kasubi tombs, since it is a wonderful way to be exposed to the Ugandan culture, history and lifestyle. At least, this is what this thatched roof building did for me.

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