Rwanda’s Tourism Exceeds Expectations

Tourism is one of the vehicles of development for the east African countries of Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania. In Kenya the recent political turmoil cost the country billions of dollars in tourism and negatively impacted its neighboring countries. However, there has been a resurgence int the number of tourists coming into the country and [...]

The World’s primate species in danger of extinction

IUCN – International Union for Conservation of Nature announced that the population of primates, which are mankind’s closest relatives are faced with a huge threat of extinction from the face of the Earth. Apes, monkeys and primates are disappearing at an alarming rate from the face of the earth. There are currently 634 species of [...]

Raw Pain: Gorilla Gana mourns dead baby

While the behavior of mourning was once considered uniquely human, Gorilla Gana showed that the gap between us and the animal world is not as wide as many believe! – Masai Mara Tour
Gorillas, like humans, are great apes large, tailless primates that can use their hands to gather food and make nests. In fact, gorillas [...]

French Mountaineering Tourist Dies

Mountaineering is an awe-inspiring adventure activity, this is much more so for those who eventually get to scale the summit. Hiking safaris take you through different terrains and vegetation as you ascend the different altitudes of the mountain depending on its geographical location. In Uganda the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Industry has gazzetted four [...]

Mountain Gorillas

Mountain gorillas are some of the most endangered animal species in the world. There are only about 750 left in the wild due to great conservation efforts by the International community and the three countries of Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, however, all this is being hampered by the presences of rebels [...]

Wildlife Protection – Human Conflict

The Uganda Wildlife Authority on the 20th of July had to cut down banana plantations that were in the protected areas of Semuliki wildlife reserve sparking off a row between the residents of the Kabarole district sub-county residents of Hakibaale and the parishes of Kiijura, Kabende and Kituule. This was during the openning of the [...]

Mountain Climbing To Be Promote In Uganda

Uganda is blessed with and abundant amount of natural resources which have yet to be properly utilized. Among these are its mountains. Mountain Rwenzori has the 3rd highest mountain peak (Margherita summit) in East Africa Uganda after Mountain Kilimanjaro and Kenya respectively. The others are Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda and Mount Moroto in the [...]