A new budget safari lodge will be opening its doors to visitors this December. Located in Pakwach Town, just outside Murchison Falls National Park, Tangi Gate, Gipir and Labongo Safari Lodge overlooks the River Nile the results are a distinctive safari holiday experience delivering the utmost in comfort, convenience. According to Emmanuel Aleko, one of […]
Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport has opened a new expanded departures terminal. The new terminal at Entebbe airport can handle more than three million passengers annually, up from two million previously. Boarding lounges have been reconfigured, with partitions removed to provide more space and seating areas. Entebbe airport recorded 42 633 international passengers in November this […]
Ahead of the 2020 festive holiday season, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has announced a reduction in entrance fees for savannah national parks, ape and primate tracking permits and activity fees to encourage visitors tour the wildlife conservation areas. Uganda Gorilla trekking permits and chimpanzee tracking permits among other promotional tariffs reduced for the period […]
A combined team of two Uganda police divisions busted a 200-acre marijuana farm last week located in Uganda’s second largest national park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, in western Uganda. The operation on arguably the largest farm of the illegal crop in Uganda to date was commanded by their Divisional Police Commanders from Katwe and Bwera […]
Visitor to Jinja, the East Africa Adventure Capital over the January 30th – February 2nd 2020 weekend will be able to join the Nile River Festival, an annual adventure event for anyone. Nile River Festival (NRF) Endurance Race 2017 Photographer: Haley Mckee The Nile River Festival is described as Africa’s largest and longest running whitewater […]
UGANDA LISTED ON NEW YORK TIMES’ 52 PLACES TO GO IN 2020 UGANDA HIGHLIGHTS Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, a renowned mountain gorilla sanctuary was ranked thirtieth in the world’s hot spots Lesotho came in at number twelve, followed by Egypt, at Number seventeen, Uganda – 30, Mount Kenya at forty, Ethiopian capital Addis […]
The Uganda Ministry of Health announced has put in place screening mechanisms, including physical examination for flu like symptoms at Entebbe International Airport. According to Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, the Minister of Health in Uganda, travelers to the East African country already being screened for elevated temperatures – indicating a viral infection – and for […]
MV Kalangala Ferry Revise schedules for holiday season – Buggala Island (SSESE ISLANDS) MV Kalangala Ferry Photo Credit: Instagram/paddies_ug_ The Nation Oil Distributors who operate the MV Kalangala ship with the Uganda Ministry of Works and Transport have announced revised Nakiwogo pier (Entebbe) – Lutoboka bay (Kalangala) ferry crossing schedule operating over Christmas and New […]
VIRUNGA AND BWINDI GORILLA CENSUS PUTS LATEST NUMBERS AT 1,063 Mountain gorilla baby at Bwindi forest. Photo Credit: Volcanoes Safaris Data released recently from the 2018 Bwindi-Sarambwe population surveys of the mountain gorillas, known as census, shows a positive increase in gorilla numbers in the famous Bwindi Impenetrable gorilla national park in Uganda and the […]
Uganda Airlines to introduce 3 times weekly flights to Zanzibar Uganda national flag carrier – Uganda Airlines is set to launch flights from Entebbe in Uganda to the Tanzanian coastal town of Zanzibar from 16 December, adding yet another key destination in East Africa. The new 3x weekly flights to Zanzibar from Entebbe will be […]
