Rwanda to Name Baby Gorillas During the Kwita Izina (2024 Update) Rwanda to name baby gorillas during the Kwita Izina: The 2024 Kwita Izina in Rwanda will be conducted on 18th October 2024, an event where majority confine to celebrate…
Uganda airlines after more than a decade of being non-operational have finally been revived with flight schedules and discounted airfares being announced ahead of its maiden flights to at least 7 African destinations. The recently revived Uganda airlines are scheduled…
Uganda Wildlife Authority to increase the price for gorilla trekking permits from $600 to $700 per trekker. This means that with effect from 1st July 2020 and beyond, foreign non-residents will need $700 to secure a gorilla permit to trek…
Uganda Airlines has rescheduled its inaugural flights from the earlier planned and communicated 31st July to end of August. This development is due to the hold-up in securing one of the requirements- the Air Operator Certification (AOC) which authorizes any…
Tourists visiting Uganda are guaranteed of staying safe despite confirmed Ebola outbreak in the country, especially Kasese District in western Uganda (on the Uganda-DRC border). The Minister of State for Tourism-Hon Godfrey Kiwanda said that the index case within Kasese…
If the Government’s proposal for construction of a power dam in Murchison falls is to go by, then Uganda’s prime and most visited National Park-Murchison Falls National Park, is to lose its iconic attraction and the number one reason thousands…
The 3rd of June every year is an important time in Uganda’s Calendar because it’s the day the country commemorates the Uganda Martyrs day, to honor the 45 young converts of both Anglicanism (23) and Catholicism (22) that lost their…
Mountain gorillas have an interesting lifestyle which can be experienced when you visit the four amazing Gorilla trekking destinations-Bwindi Impenetrable and Mgahinga Gorilla National Parks in Uganda, Virunga National Park in Democratic Republic of Congo and Volcanoes National Park in…
Uganda won Gold for being the best exhibitor at the recently concluded Africa’s Travel Indaba 2019 expo held in South Africa. This award is not a surprise because the country has on two other occasions emerged as best exhibitor at…
Conservation in Uganda comes with a cost/price to pay and benefits to enjoy with the former involving human-wildlife conflicts while the latter being the revenue derived from tourism. Local communities living around Conservation Areas suffer the consequences of Conservation, thus…