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 […]
Giraffes translocated to Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve by Uganda Wildlife Authority Five critically endangered Nubian giraffes were translocated from Murchison Falls national park (Uganda’s best-known and biggest nature reserve) to Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve on 28 October, according to Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) This relocation was the first batch of Nubian giraffe into the Pian […]
Nature Uganda in collaboration with Uganda Tourism Board UTB), Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) and Uganda Bird Guides Club, with support from other partners have organized the 11th Annual Big Birding Day (BBD) 2019, due on 7th and 9th November. The Big Birding Day (BBD) activity combines avian conservation with awareness and tourism development and is […]
The Pearl of Africa Birding Expo, which is scheduled to take place between 6th-8th, of December 2019, was launched by Chief Executive Officer of the Uganda Tourism Board, Lilly Ajarova on October 12. The media launch of the Pearl of Africa Birding Expo took place at the Rain Forest Lodge Mabira in the Mabira Forest, […]
Latitude 0°, named after it position on the Equator, officially opened in Kampala, Ugandan capital on Oct 8 Located on the outskirts of the lively city of Kampala, atop the peak of the quiet, leafy suburb of Makindye, Latitude Hotel is just 45 minutes from the Entebbe international airport, Uganda’s main entry point located near […]
UGANDA AIRLINES RECEIVES TWO MORE CRJ900 AIRCRAFT TO ADD MORE REGIONAL SERVICES Uganda Airlines, Uganda national carrier, received two new Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft, which landed the national airport at Entebbe, on October 7, ahead of Uganda’s 57th Independence Day celebrations set for October 9. The arrival brings to four the number of CRJ aircraft now operated […]
UGANDA HOTEL OWNERS ASSOCIATION (UHOA) RE-ELECT SUSAN MUHWEZI AS CHAIRPERSON SUZAN MUHWEZI – CHAIRPERSON UHOA – PHOTO CREDIT: TEMBELEA AFRICA The Uganda Hotel Owners Association (UHOA) has elected a new board that […]
UGANDA AIRLINES LAUNCH DIRECT FLIGHTS BETWEEN ENTEBBE AIRPORT TO REGIONAL ROUTES; BUJUMBURA, DAR ES SALAAM, JUBA, KILIMANJARO, MOGADISHU, MOMBASA AND SOMALIA. Uganda’s revived flag carrier, Uganda Airlines, launched commercial operations with its first flight out of Entebbe international airport (Uganda’s national airport) to Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International (JKIA) airport on 25th August of 2019. Uganda […]
