Whenever it clocks to November every year, the demand for gorilla tracking permits increases as the number of tourists interested in viewing these human-like apes increases. The main reason for the increased demand is the discount offered when one purchase…
Buganda heritage and Tourism Board was launched by the Katikkiro of Buganda, Owekitiwa Charles Peter Mayiga. The Heritage and Tourism board will be responsible for protecting, preserving and promoting the heritage of Buganda’s culture. Buganda in Kampala has been referred…
The relationship between Uganda and Rwanda does not end with sharing boarders but it goes beyond this in various aspects. One of the new achievement these East African country have managed to come up with is a marketing their tourism…
Prominence: Threatened species Description: A gorilla is an enormous tail-less ape which is covered with black hair. The type of gorilla found in Uganda is the mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla berengei) and differs from the West African forest gorilla…
A look through 52 years of Uganda’s Tourism transformation Last week on Thursday 9th of October, Uganda marked 52years of independence and people from this pearl of Africa were celebrating their freedom. However, the tourism industry also was looking at…
Cultural languages in Uganda On your cultural safari to Uganda, you will notice that there are over 40 unique languages spoken in this beautiful nation and if interested, you will learn how to speak some. Below is a list of…
Gorilla trekking in Uganda and Rwanda Well, a true exhilarating experience of gorilla trekking in Uganda and Rwanda will allow you to come face to face with the largest primates on this planet.You will take a chance of glimpsing gorillas…
Whenever Bwindi is mentioned, all minds drift to the rare mountain gorillas which are found in this park. However, there is an untold adventurous story that you may probably not know. Being one of the most covered parks with thrilling…
Today as you read this, one of the leading foreign export earner for Uganda is tourism and this has set a record in East Africa with an annual contribution to the country’s GDP of 7.9%.This new achievement is as a…
The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) is putting emphasis to Human Resource training and development to boost the service delivery quality within the sector. The sector is one of the major country’s foreign exchange earner but still has a limitation in…