Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) announced the temporary closure of Kazinga Channel Bridge at Katungura along the Kasese-Katunguru-Ishaka Road for emergency rehabilitation works, in June this year, To prevent motorists from battling congestion, detours and frustrations as they use the busy Kazinga channel bridge that connects Queen Elizabeth national park, Kasese Town and other surrounding […]
To celebrate World Lion Day (#WorldLionDay), Bradt Travel Guides, United Kingdom based leading independent guidebook publisher, Bradt Travel Guides drawn up a list of their favourite destinations to get up close and personal with the ultimate big cat. According to the travel guide books publisher, the largest African carnivore and undisputed top land predator, the lion is also the […]
TourScanner the world’s largest website to search for tours & travel activities has released its list of “100 Best National Parks in the World” TourScanner’s website allows users to compare over 1,500,000 tours & travel activities prices from hundreds of providers in every destination around the world in just a few clicks. “If you’re a […]
Dubai-based carrier Emirates on Wednesday 04 August 2021, updated its website with the latest travel requirements for passengers arriving from African countries of Uganda, Nigeria, plus Asian nations of Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. This is after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced that expats stranded these countries — from where passenger entry is suspended […]
Julian Wright (33 years) is no ordinary mountaineer, as well as being a Professional Mountaineer, Lead Guide/ Field Expert for over 15 years, largely in Kenya and South Africa, he is one of a few human beings to severally summit all the three highest points on Mount. Kenya, East Africa’s second-highest mountain i.e., Batian (5,199 […]
Entebbe International Airport (EBB), is the international airport of Uganda. Throughout the course of 2020, a total of 565, 666 passengers passed through the gates of Entebbe International Airport. The operation of the airport was unprecedented due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular the related restrictions on travel and the worldwide decline in demand for foreign […]
Uganda hope that the sub sector will soon recover lost grounds from the impact of the pandemic as it generated UGX 6 billion (USD 2 million) in the first three months of 2021 receiving 16.8% visitors to tourist sites, despite devastating blows to the tourism sector inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic. According to eturbonews.com, the […]
Uganda’s athlete Joshua Cheptegei put up a spirited last minute run to catch up with the eventual men’s 10000m final winner, Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega at Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Friday 30 July, 2021. Barega, 21, timed his last-lap sprint to perfection to win the first athletics gold of the Olympic […]
Parkview Safari Lodge Public Relations Officer, Solomon Oleny, shared and wrote on his Facebook wall the following message about bush fire at their game lodge; “On Friday 23rd July, Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) in Queen Elizabeth National Park lit up bush fire in the wildlife park, a practice they normally do during the dry season. […]
Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), the state-run nature and conservation agency releases a media statement on the fire outbreak at Park View Safari Lodge in Western Region, that gutted the game lodge facilities. Denies any responsibility in cause of the fire According to Uganda Wildlife Authority media statement dated July 24, 2021, it said, on Friday […]
