Lilly Ajarova has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB), the Ugandan government agency that is charged with promoting the country as a tourism destination, replacing Stephen Asiimwe, who served the agency for seven years. Asiimwe recently resigned to pursue further studies. Ajarova was appointed to the ED Board’s position on […]
Good news came in this morning from the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary Uganda that another rhino calf was born on 27 December, the 20th since the sanctuary was established in the early part of the century. The birth gives a boost to promoting Uganda as a big five destination in Eastern Africa. According to a Facebook post […]
Uganda’s Mgahinga National Park, According to the research of more than 1.3 million social media posts found the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda is the location travellers most want to take a picture. Other places include Yokohama in Japan and Colombo in Sri Lanka topped the ‘must-photograph’ travel destination of 2019 list. Other locations […]
Following the Ethiopian Airlines B737 landing incident on the morning Thursday 03 Jan on landing overshot the main runway of Entebbe International Airport, causing the immediate cancellation of all other landings and take offs and prompting a series of flight diversions and cancellations. According to infomation obtained, the Ethiopian Airlines aircraft with 139 people on […]
Uganda adventure holiday to the Bwindi Impenetrable national park – home to the remaining mountain gorillas in the world, has been ranked among the 19 cool places to visit in 2019 according to National Geographic. The Cool List 2019 comprised of 19 must-see cool destinations and these according to National Geographic, featured everything from futuristic […]
All too often the role played by rangers goes unnoticed and their efforts receive little reward. Eager to provide them with a platform for international recognition, the charity Tusk launched the Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award three years ago as part of its annual Tusk Awards for Conservation in Africa – a move prompted by its […]
FlyUganda, a Kajjansi based airline on 2nd of November 2018, launched scheduled flights to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, home to half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas. The flights are operated three times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. Departs Kajjansi at 08h00 arriving Kihihi at 09h30. Return flights will depart Kihihi at 10h00, […]
Combined WHO and Ministry of Health team declare end of Marburg virus outbreak in Uganda Uganda now Marburg virus free – Health Ministry announces Uganda declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak Uganda has successfully controlled an outbreak of Marburg virus disease and prevented its spread only weeks after it was first detected, the World […]
UK FCO lifts Uganda travel advisory The United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office has lifted the advisory warning British citizens against travel to any part of Uganda in East Africa. On October 12, the FCO removed advice against all but essential travel to the Karamoja region of north-eastern Uganda; “If you are travelling in this […]
Information is coming to light that Uganda will launch e-Visa applications effective 01st of June 2016 and word has it that unless one has an e-Visa and a subsequent approval printout may face problems to enter the country. Last year did Kenya cause controversy when they launched an e-Visa system which was woefully badly prepared […]
