While conservationists, nature lovers, environmentalists and the world at large still struggles to secure the lives of wildlife species, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on other hand has opted to open the Virunga and Salonga Conservation Areas to oil extraction a factor that poses severe risk to their survival in the wild in addition…
The southern white rhinos are one of Uganda’s most treasured attractions, re-introduced into Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in 2005 by the Rhino Fund Uganda after getting extinct in the 1980s. Their numbers have slowly grown to 21 individuals that now roam the woodlands and savannahs and following the recent birth of a baby rhino they have…
The intention to travel is always your personal choice and the responsibility of ensuring personal safety during the trip totally lies in your hands. However as the governments of countries where tourists travel from, the safety and security of citizens abroad is taken seriously hence the provision of logical and appropriate information in travel advisories…
Like most safari destinations in Africa, most of the national parks in Uganda lie far from Kampala city centre and in one way or the other, most tourists have been finding it hard for them to realize their long time dreams in the destination. What is amazing is that, tourists can now fly directly up…
Uganda is blessed with a diverse collection of tourism fraternity that has led to an increase in the number of safaris packages each year. These attractions are so unique and this is why the country is considered to be the leading tourism destination in Africa .One of the key attractions in this “pearl of Africa”…
Though poaching in Uganda is on an increasing rate, it has not stopped the exercise of counting the Hippos. This practice is carried out once in 2 years with the main aim of monitoring the population trend of these elegant mammals. This time it was started on 25th February 2014 and it is not expected…
Kasubi tombs happens to be the burial ground of the late Baganda kings and is a very enormous cultural site in this Uganda’s largest kingdom.This place is comprised of various attributes that bring back the memories of the life of the early Baganda men and women leading to an increase in Uganda Safaris. The place…
Online Gorilla tracking permits stopped in Uganda Because of the growing demand for conservation tourism and the promotion of primate tourism, Uganda launched an online gorilla tracking system targeting international markets. The project was aimed at bringing attention to the plight of gorillas thereby promoting the country as a preferred tourist destination. Through the launch…
Following the recently concluded presidents summit which was held in Kampala attended by Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyata, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame, Uganda’s Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and representatives from Tanzania, South Sudan and Burundi, a single East African Visa was launched. Tourists on a safari adventure to any of the three East African countries will be able…
Every 3rd of June is a public holiday in Uganda and it is marked by the world church calendar. Namugongo pilgrim site was canonized by Pope Paul VI on 18th October 1964 during the Vatican II conference. He did this in memory of the 22 Catholic martyrs who were burnt alive by Kabaka Mwanga of…