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 […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has suspended the entry of travellers from three African nations of Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Zambia on all flights of national and foreign carriers, effective 11 June 2021, as part of efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19. The General Civil Aviation Authority […]
Airlink, the independent Southern African regional airline, will add another new route to its expanding intra-Africa network in the coming weeks with the launch of its Johannesburg (South Africa) -Entebbe (Uganda) service. Airlink Flights on the Johannesburg (OR Tambo International Airport) – Entebbe (Entebbe International Airport) route will operate four times a week from 19th […]
Uganda is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases in Uganda. Below are the COVID-19 Guidelines for arriving travellers and departing travellers at Entebbe international airport, Uganda; 1) Entebbe International Airport Health team shall approve for arrival or departure travellers a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) COVID-19 test certificate done within 120 hours from the time […]
Uganda Airlines, Uganda’s air carrier commenced regular scheduled flights between Entebbe in Uganda and Johannesburg city in South Africa effective Sunday 31st May 2021, ushering a great new experience of convenient and affordable travel between Uganda and South Africa, and the wider African regional network. The new Uganda airlines flights launch to Johannesburg offers the […]
Uganda airlines announced on its Twitter page that will operate four times weekly direct flights to Johannesburg. The twitter post said “#Johannesburg! The countdown is on. Just days to the D-day. Book your ticket now .” The flag carrier airline of Uganda, Uganda Airlines, is set to launch flights from Entebbe in Uganda to Johannesburg […]
BIRDNEST Resort Executive Director Charles Kalyango broke news about the death of their director on the lakeside resort Facebook Page and local Tourism Fraternity WhatsApp groups. The message said, “Dear friends, I announce the sudden death of Mr. Paul Henry Ryckeart Timbao “Pablo SilverBack”, Managing Director of BirdNest Resort in Lake Bunyonyi area said , […]
Uganda Tourism Board (short for UTB), the state-run destination marketing organization with the responsibility to market Uganda and promote Uganda as the preferred tourism destination for domestic, regional and international visitors, are be conducting a national grading and classification of accommodation facilities in Uganda. According to Uganda Tourism Board, the regional workshop on grading and […]
