Effective this Friday 22 February 2022, MV Kalangala the only public sailing vessel, plying the Entebbe-Kalangala Ssese route, will temporarily suspend operations to undergo annual mandatory docking inspection. According to Mr Sadala Musoke, the chief executive officer, Nation Oil Distributors Ltd (NODL), a firm managing the MV Kalangala vessel, when MV Kalangala ferry sails to […]
Uganda government has suspended mandatory COVID-19 testing on arrival at entry ports, in line with East African Community (EAC) member states. Individuals transiting through Entebbe International Airport, Uganda’s major international airport and all ports of entry in line with the position taken by the East Africa Community are no longer required to be tested. This […]
Bar Aviation Uganda, a Uganda based Aviation Company offering daily domestic scheduled flights and private charters, announced will launch daily scheduled flights to Uganda safari parks and tourist attractions from 01 February 2022. The launch of daily, scheduled domestic flights to numerous National Park locations in Uganda and three weekly flights to Arua City, north […]
MV Kalangala ferry revise schedule to ease travel and also prevent spread of COVID-19 during the festive season with new ferry timetable between 22nd – 28th December 2021 and 29th December to 02nd January 2021. Just like accommodation providers in the floating Ssese Islands are limiting guest numbers and meeting attendee numbers, MV Kalangala vessel […]
The Big Birding Day (BBD) 2021 is here! The Big Bird Day 2021 is on Saturday 4th December! How to Participate in Big Bird Day? Go birding anywhere you are in Uganda on Saturday 4th December 2021; Big Birding Day short for BBD is a national birding activity in Uganda that combines avian conservation with […]
Arriving passengers at Entebbe International Airport will have their samples for COVID19 taken and there after they will be allowed to proceed home or to their hotels Following pressure from travelers and social media bashing, the Uganda Ministry of Health has been forced to swallow some humble pie and bow to pressure from tour operators […]
The African Birding Expo is slated to take place from 10-12 December, 2021, at Botanical Gardens in Entebbe Town, Uganda. This edition of African Birding Expo will attract hundreds of bird watchers, travel writers, tour operators, safari lodge owners, and other players in the tourism sector across the world focusing on Africa as a premium […]
The bus explosion happened just two days after a deadly bombing that killed one person and injured three at a roadside eatery in the capital Kampala on Saturday, which police called an “act of domestic terror”. Explosion on the bus near Kampala kills one person and injures several others. Bus attack follows the deadly bombing […]
BUNGEE UGANDA REOPENS BUNGEE JUMPING OVER THE NILE IN JINJA SET TO OPEN ON 25 OCTOBER 2021. After nearly three years of no bungee jumping at Bungee Uganda in Jinja, the Bungee Uganda operators have confirmed that bungee Jumping will resume on 25th Oct 2021. This comes after two missed deadlines in May and June […]
Following the launch of the COVID-19 testing laboratory at Entebbe International Airport by Uganda’s President His Excellency. Yoweri Museveni on Friday 22 October of 2021, the Government of the Republic of Uganda has issued directives effective Wednesday 27 October, 2021, until further notice on Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) health measures at Entebbe International Airport (EBB). […]