Uganda Safari News

By Nakiboneka Halimah Uganda Safari and Travel News Reporter   Semliki with an area of 220 square kilometers which was formerly a forest reserve, was given national park status in 1993. The park got its name from the river that forms the Uganda – Congo border. It is the only park in Uganda that is [...]

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By Nakiboneka Halimah Uganda Safari and Travel News reporter Kampala Uganda   The tiny Island of Migingo located in the middle of Lake Victoria has sparked off a row between Kenya and Uganda. The two governments have now set up a joint border committee to verify where the one-acre island falls.   Kenya’s Prime Minister [...]

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By Nakiboneka Halimah Uganda Safari and Travel Guide News Kampala Uganda Over 500 Uganda’s cultural and natural sites are in danger due lack of appropriate laws, a senior tourism official has said. Sites like Wamala Tombs are crumbling. Others include Ntusi Mounds are being destroyed by encroachers. Ntusi is an area formerly inhabited by the [...]

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By Nakiboneka Halimah Uganda Safari and Travel Guide News Reporter Kampala Uganda The conflict stricken frontier between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo could possibly become home to more than 900 lions after a study finding the presence of prey to support these wild animals. For this to happen, researchers have warned conservationists [...]

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