Murchison Falls National Park Tsetse Flies Eradication

Uganda has over 13 national parks and game reserves attracting an increasing number to tourists to the Country. The Tourism industry in Uganda is growing rapidly and is expected to double in the next few years. Tourist arrivals has significantly increased with Lonely Planet voting Uganda as the best travel destination for 2012.
Uganda national parks [...]

Nyamulagira Eruption Attracts Tourists

The Virunga national park in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the most visited in the Country. It is home to great number of species of flora and fauna. The most notable being the mountain gorillas found in only three Countries in the whole World. However another recent major attraction, is the Nyamulagira, which an [...]

Baby Rhino Born in Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary

The population of rhinos in Uganda was decimated during the turbulent political times that the Country went through. However there has been an effort by conservationists to reintroduce rhinos back into the Country.
Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary located in the District of Nakasongola which has been in the spotlight during the probe into the Protected Areas Management [...]

Konza’s Wildlife sanctuary

Usain Bolt adopted a cheetah in Kenya, we almost all saw him take pictures in Kenya with the World’s fastest land animal. He of course is the fastest man on earth having shuttered records for fun in last couple of years.
After Rupi Mangat had missed all three sightings of the elusive cheetah she had to [...]

Prince William and Kenya’s Holiday Offers

Kenya is land of many wonders and beauty. On Oct. 20th 2010, Prince William of Wales one of the most eligible bachelors on bended knees proposed to Catherine Middleton his longtime girlfriend on the slopes of Mount Kenya at a remote village called Rutundu. Their royal wedding is set to take place this month on [...]

Uganda has Unique tourism promotion opportunities

Uganda as a Country has a lot to offer in terms of tourism to the International community. She is blessed with beautiful landscape offering spectacular sceneries as well as a wealth of rich cultures from the different ethnic groups found in the Country. Travel experts from different areas have encouraged the people involved in boosting [...]

Katurum Safari Lodge

Kidepo national park in the North Eastearn region of Uganda is a unique game reserve with endemic species of flora and fauna. The park being one of the most remote in Uganda is accessed mainly by high-end tourists and therefore has very few accommodation options especially budget safari lodges. The most used accommodation being that [...]

Baboon Killed In Luwero

This week the New Vision published a story with images of about 30 baboons that were killed the district of Luweero Vermin control officers. The district officials had come up with the decision to cull these baboons unilaterally without consultations with Uganda Wildlife Authority official in Kampala. The baboons were said to be destroying corps [...]

78 Year old Beryl Park Climbs Mount Rwenzori

Mountaineering in Uganda is mainly done on the Mountains of the Rwenzoris in Western Uganda. Being one of the highest peaks in East Africa together with Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya it attracts a lot of mountaineers from different parts of the World. The mountain and its surrounding has been designated a game reserve and [...]

Uganda Tourism earnings shoot up to $400m

UGANDA’S tourism industry has emerged as a vibrant source of foreign exchange, resulting in increased revenues from $100m to $400m over the last five years. The number of tourists has risen from about 530, recorded in 2004 to one million by 2009, said Cuthbert Baguma, the Uganda Tourism Board executive director. He was [...]

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