Uganda Safaris News: Mountain Gorilla Trekking Tours, Wildlife Safari, Primates Tour

By Nakiboneka Halimah
Uganda Safari and Travel News Reporter
Kampala Uganda
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is making plans to strengthen security at Entebbe International Airport which is the international airport of Uganda. This is the main entry and exit point of the country. All people arriving and leaving Uganda  for example tourists, business people, heads of […]

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By Nakiboneka Halimah
Uganda Safari and Travel News reporter
Kampala Uganda
Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) launched a new drive to promote wildlife conservation and local tourism. The campaign is targeting the youth mainly and is aimed at popularizing Uganda’s rich wildlife heritage among students.
Eunice Nyiramahoro, the director of tourism and business development, declared last week that […]

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By Nakiboneka Halimah
Uganda Safari and Travel News Reporter
Kampala Uganda
Rwanda and Burundi have agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding giving way to mutual protection of two major national parks. The MoU was signed in Rwanda recently by the director general of Rwanda Office for Tourism and National Parks (ORTPN), Ms. Rosette Rugamba and the director […]

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By Nakiboneka Halimah
Uganda Safaris and Travel News Reporter
Kampala Uganda
The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has signed an agreement worth $3m worth sh4b with a Germany investor to manage wildlife which is not in gazetted parks.
The investor, Christian Weth, will invest in eco-tourism and game farming in Luwero and Nakaseke districts said the UWA publicist Lillian Nsubuga.Weth […]

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By Nakiboneka Halimah
Uganda Safari and Travel News Reporter
Kampala Uganda
British Airways (BA), one of the world’s leading airlines has got strong plans of promoting Tanzania’s tourism sector by launching a new route to Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA).
The BA Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Willie Walsh, said has that due to the increasing number of tourists in
Kilimanjaro […]

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By Nakiboneka Halimah
Uganda Safari and Travel News reporter
Kampala Uganda
Amoropii hot spring is found in northern Uganda and it is believed to do miracles for it’s visitors. This is another hot spring found in Uganda which is believed to have divine powers, has miracles and it is worshipped by people just like Sempaya hot springs found […]

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By Nakiboneka Halimah
Uganda Safari and Travel News reporter
Kampala Uganda
The Office of Tourism and National Parks in Rwanda (ORTPN) is ready to spend US$570,370 to support community development projects around the national parks. An initiative that will help promote tourism in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
This is part of its revenue sharing policy where it will […]

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By Nakiboneka Halimah
Uganda Safari and Travel News Reporter
Kampala Uganda
Conservationists have called upon the Ugandan government to tighten the laws guiding conservation forests in Uganda. This was revealed by the trustees of the National Forestry Authority (NFA). During the press conference it was revealed that Uganda’s total forest cover has halved in the last two […]

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By Nakiboneka Halimah
Uganda Safari and Travel news reporter
Kampala Uganda
Tanzania expects to earn US$1.35 billion from tourism in 2009. This will be an increase from a projected $1.2 billion in 2008, helped by increased marketing in North America and Europe. Last year Tanzania received 719,030 tourists, fetching just over $1 billion, making the sector the leading […]

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By Nakiboneka Halimah
Uganda Safari and Travel News Reporter
Kampala Uganda
The Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) is going to host well-wishers to a lavish birthday party on Friday which has not been seen in the recent past.
This birthday party is for Zakayo, the oldest chimp at UWEC which will be turning 44.
Zakayo the alpha male is one […]

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