Essential Travel Documents You Need to Trek Gorillas Are you aware of the essential travel documents you need to trek mountain gorillas in Uganda, Rwanda or DR Congo? Well, to trek mountain gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park and Congo’s Virunga National Park, you are…
Are mountain gorillas also at risk of Covid-19? Are mountain gorillas also at risk of Covid-19? Safety of the endangered mountain gorillas in their natural habitat has sparked a lot of discussion among the concerned scientists, conservationists and the tourism fraternity in Africa after the outbreak of the Coronavirus which has spread worldwide and claimed…
Rwanda Development Board Launches Liberation Tourism Trail Rwanda through the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has introduced the Liberation Tourism Trail as its new tourism product. The new tourism product gives tourists on the Rwanda safari holiday insight into the country’s history specifically the liberation struggle. Before launching, the RDB together with the Ministry of Defense…
UTB Launches The Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo 2020 Uganda Tourism Board has officially launched and unveiled the schedule for Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) 2020. This annual expo brings together travel journalists, tour operators/companies, travel agents, accommodation facilities’ owners and tourism boards’ representatives from Uganda and beyond (especially other East African Countries) in…
Why Use a Tour Operator to Plan Gorilla Safari? Maranatha tours & Travel Why Use a Tour Operator to Plan a Gorilla Safari? Discover different reasons why you should plan a gorilla tour with a tour operator. A tour operator like Maranatha Tours & Travel help visitors book a Uganda gorilla permit, gorilla trekking and…
Rushegura gorilla group welcomes a newborn baby gorilla just after Karungi and also Businza Mother gorillas from Mubare gorilla family also broke the news with newborn baby gorillas early in October and November 2019. The newborn baby gorilla adds onto the population of these endangered apes in the jungles of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park although…
With Rwanda targeting high-end tourists, one may wonder if it is possible to go on budget safari. Famous as the Land of a Thousand Hills, Rwanda is set in East-Central Africa and it is surrounded by Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi. Regardless of its small size, Rwanda prides herself…
In Uganda, there are no more rhinos in the wild but this narrative is about to change if the plans of re-introducing these endangered species to their wild where they once roamed freely are to go by. Uganda through the Uganda Wildlife Authority has revealed plans to re-introduce the Rhinos into the National parks by…
The population of Mountain Gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has increased after one of the female Mountain gorillas gave birth to a baby yesterday (Thursday, 7th November 2019). The baby, whose details (sex, name, and weight) have not yet been made public, was born by Karungi and arrived in the afternoon (about 13:30 hours)….
Uganda Tourism Board (UTB)-an organ that promotes and markets Uganda’s safari tour products has launched a campaign which is aimed at boosting birding safaris in Uganda. The campaign involves conservation of the country’s unique species of birds. Birding is by far one of the most famous safari activities most travelers across the world come to…