MV NODL Victoria passenger ferry operated by Nation Oil Distributors Limited together with the Uganda Ministry of Works and Transport launched a new ferry service on Nakiwogo (Entebbe) – Bukakkata (Masaka) route According to the ferry transportation operator media release, MV MV NODL Victoria introduced the ferry service as a result of travel disruption at […]
A unique 14-room The Neela Boutique Hotel Stone Town in the heart of Zanzibar’s iconic cultural city will welcome its first guests in July of this year. Families, adventurers, and business travelers can now make reservations at The Neela Boutique Hotel Stone Town, the first of 2 new offerings from The Neela Collection in Zanzibar’s historic […]
The Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) 2023 brings together tourism and travel trade partners from Uganda, East Africa and all over the world to meet new clients, network, and discuss tourism business deals. This week, Uganda Tourism Board has officially launched the seventh Edition of the Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) 2023, branded […]
The past week and a half witnessed the launch of “MV Mwanza – Hapa Kazi Tu” at the Mwanza South Port of Lake Victoria, Tanzania, East Africa. The 3.5k GRT, 92.6 meter-long, 17-meter wide, and 20-meter-high vessel has a capacity of 1,200 passengers, 400 tons of cargo, 20 small vehicles, and 3 trucks. It was […]
Branding for scenery and mountain gorillas, Rwanda is holding tourism week targeted to boost tourism recovery & promote intra-Africa travel. Running from 26th November to 3rd December 2022, the week-long event currently is carrying a banner and a theme of “Adopting Innovative Approaches to Boost Intra-Africa Travel as a drive for Tourism Business Recovery.” Taking […]
Uganda to host the 7th edition of the Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo from 8th -11th, February 2023, Uganda Tourism Board has announced. The tourism expo will be help in Kampala, Ugandan capital and business city. All Uganda Tour Operators and Travel Agents are invited to attend meet hotels, resorts, safari lodges and regional tourism […]
This year Akira Alira brings you 2 festivals. First, the Akira Reset Fest running from 28 to 31 July 2022 in Fort Portal, Uganda Tourism City, to rest and rejuvenate mid year and come back refreshed. Akira Festivals 2022 will run under the theme “Celebrate Tooro Kingdom at 200 Years” Later in the year in […]
Uganda Named Among The 22 Best Places To Travel Around The World In 2022 by Forbes Travel Advisor Every year, Forbes Advisor round up the best places to visit. This year, in honor of Women’s History Month in March, the company tapped into a handful of women travel experts and influencers to find out the […]
Uganda Airlines, Uganda’s national flag carrier has completed feasibility studies on a number of routes the National Carrier plans to fly to. Some of the routes in question include Mumbai in India, London in United Kingdom, Goma and Lubumbashi (both in the Democratic Republic of Congo). Owing to the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has […]
UGANDA JUNGLE LODGES, FIRST SUSTAINABLE TOURIST ACCOMMODATION IN UGANDA by TourCert Uganda Jungle Lodges started in 2011 with two accommodation facility Ishasha Jungle Lodge and Bugoma Jungle Lodge, with a clear number of objectives: build tourist Eco-lodges where the accommodation is actually the meaning for a full experience of nature; identify locations with great potential, […]
