evidence: Lake Victoria is Uganda’s largest lake as well as Africa’s largest and world’s second-largest lake. Imagine watching the gentle waves and listening to the sweet melodies of the several birds without forgetting to watch a breath taking sunset over the fresh water lake and capturing the entire scenery with your camera while on your Uganda safari. Lake Victoria also known as Lake Nnalubaale in the local Luganda obtained its name after Queen Victoria and was named by John Speke Hannington when he discovered it in 1858 on his mission to discover the source of Nile River. Lake Victoria covers a surface area of approximately 68,870 Square Kilometers (26,590 Square Miles) making it the world’s 2nd largest lake after Lake Superior in North America that covers a surface area of 82,100 Square kilometers (31,700 square miles). L. Victoria is shared by 3 countries of which Tanzania takes over the largest percentage of about 49% which is 33,700 Square Kilometers of the entire lake surface area, Uganda the pearl of Africa takes 45%, equivalent to 31,000 Square Kilometers and Kenya takes the smallest percentage of 6% equivalent to 4,100 Square kilometers. [...] L. Victoria is by far one of the gate way for several tourists in Uganda the pearl of Africa for honeymoon, leisure, vacation and even farm trips due to existence of several tourist attractions that make it one of the best destinations to visit in the pearl.