BirdNest Resort, a lakeside resort at Lake Bunyonyi near Kabale Town in South-West Uganda, announced new management. Philip Ryckaet, one of BirdNest Resort’s directors, became Managing Director of BirdNest Resort on 06 September 2021. He succeeds Paul Ryckaet Pablo, who died mysteriously at his home in Belgium on 12th April 2021. According to BirdNest Resort […]
Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF), the leading international organisation dedicated to giraffe conservation and management in the wild, shared a tweet in what it described at “some good news” and also when a well laid out plan works for giraffe conservation in Uganda. Uganda is home to one of the most threatened subspecies of giraffe: the […]
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 […]
Global Tourism Film Festival (GTFF) is a groundbreaking Film Festival presenting films which have the power to raise awareness about the vital role destinations play in the success of cinema and television. Global Tourism Film Festival, a world-first nomadic Tourism Film Festival is produced to be held in support of tourism destinations and local economies […]
The East African regional tourism ministers had met virtually under the chairmanship Kenyan Minister for Tourism and Wildlife, Najib Balala and all agreed to take recovery measures. • The ministers agreed to adopt collective and coordinated approach targeting tourism recovery • Plan calls for creation of stimulus packages aimed at re-igniting the sector. • Plan […]
NEW YORK TIMES 52 PLACES TO GO IN 2020 – 30 UGANDA HIGHLIGHTS Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, a renowned mountain gorilla sanctuary was ranked thirtieth in the world’s hot spots Lesotho came in at number twelve, followed by Egypt, at Number seventeen, Uganda – 30, Mount Kenya at forty, Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa […]