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Sport fishing in uganda-uganda safari news

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With almost 1/3  of Uganda being covered with different water bodies such as lake Victoria, river Nile, lake Edward, L.Albert, swamps, sport fishing is one of the famous and enjoyable tourism activities which make Uganda a unique destination and the highly rewarding activity gives memorable experiences to tourists on their Uganda safaris . Sport fishing activities in Uganda’s lakes, rivers, swamps is done by expatriotes and even international fishermen on their safaris in Uganda because the different water bodies provide wide range of opportunities where international fishermen on the safaris to Uganda to check on their strength and line when Uganda’s respected Nile perch of one hundred pounds bites. The Adventurous sport fishing in Uganda is mainly done on the waters of Lake Victoria and also visitors on wildlife safaris in Uganda ’s Murchison Falls National Park can participate in the activity in the waters of river Nile which bisects the park into two parts. The magnifice

Nature walks in Uganda’s forest - Uganda Safari News

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Uganda is blessed with beautiful ever green forests where different tourism activities like nature walks or forest walks are conducted. The country Uganda has various stunning, unexplored forest reserves attracting many Eco-tourists and researchers to undertake tours and safaris to Uganda mainly to enjoy different interesting activities offered in these forest sites. The remarkable forest reserves where visitors on Uganda safaris can enjoy nature walks include the endowed Budongo Forest located in north western Uganda and also formatting part of the Murchison falls conservation area. The forest is one  vast forest reserves where travelers on safaris to Uganda interested in having nature walks can enjoy their trip. Participating in the nature trails in the forest reserve offers rare chance for visitors to view different primate species such as the human cuisines i.e. Chimpanzees as well as red and black colobus, monkeys, among others. Besides the primates the interesting

Illegal Human activities eating away River Nile-Uganda Safari News

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The famous River Nile is one of Uganda’s major tourist attractions drawing tourists to undertake safaris to Uganda in order to explore the river and also enjoy the different adventurous tourist’s activities. Despite of this, the rivers white waters as well as wildlife that make it so stunning and eye catching to both local and international tourists are in problem because of the different Illegal human activities carried out along the endowed  banks of the river. In order to save the world's beautiful river and the wonderful natural wildlife, birds which are the main tourist attraction responsible for many Uganda safaris today, government and all other tourism stake holders should take the responsibility to move to the nearby local communities staying in the areas next to River Nile to sensitize them about the benefit of conserving this natural feature. The Nile Delta which is declared Ramsar sites consisting of different wetlands which are pronounced due to their

The world wide fund for nature gets shs 6 billion for conservation – Uganda safari news

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The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is apparently in a state of happiness after securing 2.1 million Euros approximately 6.3 billion Uganda Shillings from the European Union and French Global Environment Facility to further its cause in the Pearl of Africa Uganda which is always encountered by travelers that undertake Uganda safaris and tours . Running the campaign to Implement the Sustainable financing of the Rwenzori Mountains National Park project in the landscapes of Rwenzori one of the famous Uganda safari products, the secured money will be used in the districts of  Kabarole ,Ntoroko, Kasese,and Bundibugyo aiming at achieving effective Rwenzori Mountains National Park conservation through enhancement of sustainable financing mechanism that will help to realize the potential value of natural resources with involvement of the private sector. The project goals include among others improving the incomes of the communities that surround these protected areas. The Rw

Cultural Encounters in Mt. Elgon in Uganda – Uganda Safaris News

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Mt Elgon area is home of mainly two tribes, i.e the Bagisu and the Sabiny, with the marginalized Ndorobos who were forced to live deep within the seek forest of Benet. These tribes living with in the protected area have interesting traditional cultural and historical back ground which is attached to the mountain. For instance the Bagisu tribe famously known as the BaMasaba takes Mount Elgon to be the manifestation of their first father Masaba and hence they call the mountain by this name. Therefore travelers on their Uganda safaris who spend time to travel to mountain Elgon are rewarded with wonderful cultural encounters. The interesting cultural encounter in mountain Elgon national park is experienced when a visitor is taken to meet the Sipi Widows’ Group-Here one can view the mountain sambas which are an area of cultivated ground full of Arabica coffee and also meet the Bagishu farmers. The Sipi Widows’ Group will take the visitor on a guided walk through the beautiful

Birding watching in Rwanda –Rwanda Safari News

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Rwanda’s strategically location in the Albertine Rift valley and it being endowed with dense forests as well as being surrounded with many mountains craters  and recommendable beautiful natural surrounding where Eco-tourists on their Rwanda safaris can enjoy their trip. Despite of the fact that Rwanda is small land locked country; the country has been gifted with unique bird list estimated to be over 700 individual bird species and the small country is the only country with the second largest number of birds which are endemic to Albertine Rift. The famous Republic of Rwanda is very significant birding destination in  Africa and the important birding areas which the country boasts of are mainly seven and these involve the three protected national park such as Nyungwe with 300 bird species, Akagera with over 400 bird species as well as the Volcanoes national park with 178 bird species. The other prominent bird watching areas where visitor’s on Rwanda tours and safaris i

Gorilla trekking experience in Buhoma Region in Bwindi - Uganda Safaris News

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Buhoma region is one of the famous gorilla trekking areas in Bwindi and it’s perfectly located to the northwest part of the park in Kanungu district. The trekking region faces the dark, wonderful, hilly ever green forests of Bwindi. The region is popularly known by the tourists on their gorilla trekking safaris in Uganda today mainly because the region was the first trekking sector to host the first travelers who under took gorilla trekking safaris and tours to Uganda in the year 1993.Since then up to date, the region has continuously been the most favorable sector where one can easily enjoy the views and sights of stunning mountain gorillas in Bwindi. Trekking gorillas in the Buhoma region is the most recommendable for tourists on their gorilla tours and safaris in Uganda because the well-known region has three important gorilla groups that can be easily trekked by travelers interested in having a wonderful one hour with the human brothers housed in the dark forests of

The 2015 zone vi golf championships to be hosted in Uganda – Uganda safari news

Uganda gifted by nature as one her marketing slogans run has got a lot of natural beauty including the remarkable landscapes that is increasingly becoming a darling for golfers prompting them to undertake safaris to Uganda . The 2015 Africa Zone VI Golf Championship which is scheduled to run from April 14th – 18th 2015 will be hosted at the par 72 Uganda Golf Club in the calm Kitante suburb of Kampala. The event is expected to attract 120 international golfers from 12 countries including Uganda which will be hosting the event. Countries like Kenya, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia with about 100 golfers have already confirmed their golfing safari to Uganda for the regional grand tournament. The U T B the public body that is responsible for marketing Uganda as a great a destination to attract travelers to undertake safaris in Uganda is proud to be one of the main sponsors of the event. The other partners in funding of the

Birding watching in Mt. Elgon national park-Uganda Safari News

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Mount Elgon slopes favors the growth of rich different types of vegetation’s ranging from montane forest to high open moorland vegetation characterized with the rare species of groundsel plants and  giant lobelia life. The vegetation depends on the altitude and the different vegetation zones have acted as habitat to different bird species. This makes the park to be birding destination and hence best birding site for different travellers planning safaris to Uganda . The botanical diversity of the park avails the tourists on Uganda safaris with an opportunity to enjoy activities such as the tree species identification and among the recommendable plant life include the giant podocarpus found in only high altitude areas, the species of juniper and Elgon olive trees cedar which are only found in mountain elgon, Juniperus procera and pillar wood Cassipourea malosana as well as elder Sambucus adnata, and various orchids. Of the total species of 400 tree species recorded for th

Enjoying primate walk in Nyungwe forest – Rwanda Safari News

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The famous Nyungwe National Park found in southwestern direction from Rwanda’s Capital city Kigali is the only protected area in the land of thousand hills endowed with largest number of primates and hence this makes the park to be the best destination for tourists on Rwanda safaris but interested in primate walk experience. The cheered Nyungwe national park is positioned in the border between the three neighboring countries of Burundi on the southern part of Rwanda and Lake Kivu as well as Congo on the western part. The wonderful Nyungwe rainforest national park is considered to be one of the best preserved montane rainforest in the east and Central Africa. Primate trekking safaris in Rwanda is one of the rewarding activities second to gorilla trekking safaris in Rwanda and this is because the primates in Nyungwe are brothers to the mountain gorilla trekked in the Volcanoes national park. In the present day Rwanda, the unique primate’s species and the loviest montane

Mountain gorilla tracking experience in Mgahinga Gorrilla park - Uganda safaris News

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Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is popularly known today due to its ability to house the world’s endangered species of the mountain gorillas and this has made the park to be second to Bwindi in attracting tourists interested in gorilla trekking experiences to undertake gorilla trekking safaris to Uganda . The park’s 33.7 sq. km is occupied with the bamboo vegetation especially in the slopes of the three extinct volcanoes of the virunga massifs. The stunning Virungas are habitat to different ape species and these apes include mountain gorillas which are the most wanted to trek by the visitors on their Uganda safaris and tours . The habituated gorilla group which can be trekked by tourists on their Uganda gorilla trekking safaris and tours in Mgahinga Park is the Nyakagezi gorilla group, which is made up of nine individual members involving  two silver backs as well as the three adult females and two juveniles and 2 infants. Trekking this mountain group is very interesting

Staying at Bush Lodge while on your wild life safaris in Queen Elizabeth National Park - Uganda Safari News

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The Bush Lodge is the best base for tourists on wildlife safaris in Uganda ’s activities in Queen Elizabeth National Park. The lodge is perfectly built under ecological principals and the bandas in the lodge are designed in spacious way to offer privacy and endure that visitor on holiday Uganda safaris enjoys comfortable stays in the lodge. The lodge has unique setting surrounded by the Queen Elizabeth National Park and bordering the Kazinga channel. The lodge has animal’s library room and tourists can enjoy reading different literature about wild life in Africa and Uganda in particular. The Bush Lodge also offers a safari camp which is authentic and affordable to tourists. While at the lodge visitors should expect a great outdoor safari atmosphere and experience which is close to nature experience with excellent local food and friendly service offered by experienced staff working in the lodge. The lodge Restaurant is situated in one of the tent which is set to overloo

Staying at Bush Lodge while on your wild life safaris in Queen Elizabeth National Park - Uganda Safari News

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The Bush Lodge is the best base for tourists on wildlife safaris in Uganda ’s activities in Queen Elizabeth National Park. The lodge is perfectly built under ecological principals and the bandas in the lodge are designed in spacious way to offer privacy and endure that visitor on holiday Uganda safaris enjoys comfortable stays in the lodge. The lodge has unique setting surrounded by the Queen Elizabeth National Park and bordering the Kazinga channel. The lodge has animal’s library room and tourists can enjoy reading different literature about wild life in Africa and Uganda in particular. The Bush Lodge also offers a safari camp which is authentic and affordable to tourists. While at the lodge visitors should expect a great outdoor safari atmosphere and experience which is close to nature experience with excellent local food and friendly service offered by experienced staff working in the lodge. The lodge Restaurant is situated in one of the tent which is set to overloo

Hiking experience on Elgon National Park-Uganda Safari News

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Mount Elgon National Park is perfectly located at an estimated distance of 140 square kilometers on the north Eastern part of the world’s third largest Lake Victoria. The park found in eastern Uganda covers an area of 1279 km² and it’s divided into two half’s i.e. the Kenyan part covering 169km of the park area and the Ugandan part which covers 1110square kilometers. The part is the only land mark attractions in the eastern Uganda where tourists on their Uganda safaris can enjoy mountain hiking and also have memorable cultural encounters. In the history of the park, C. W. Hobley became the first European while on his safaris to Uganda to circumnavigate the popularly known Mountain Elgon. Stigler and Kmunke are travelers who made the first recorded ascent to the Koitobos and Wagagai summit in the year 1911. Jackson, J. Martin,and E. Gedge where the first travelers to make a record of assenting to Sudek in the year 1890. Hence it’s the only mountain in Uganda where non ex

Gorilla trekking in Rwanda-Rwanda gorilla Safari News

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Mountain gorillas are the world’s endangered ape species surviving in only three protected areas in the whole world. It is assumed that the total number of mountain gorillas surviving in the whole world round to 840 individual species of mountain gorillas. These particularly live in the wild but not zoos .The rare species of these famous apes love staying in forest with Afro-montane vegetation and this type of vegetation is common along the virunga massifs shared by the three neighboring protected areas of Volcanoes in Rwanda, Mgahinga in Uganda, and Virunga Park in Congo. The existence of the mountain gorillas in the beautiful Volcanoes national park which is home to the five wonderful Virunga Mountains has enabled the park to become the highlight attraction drawing tourists to take gorilla trekking safaris to Rwanda . The stunning Volcanoes national park in the land of thousand hills accommodates the largest number of the ‘gorillas in the mist’ than any other national

Semuliki national park in Uganda – Uganda Safaris News

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Semuliki national park lies in the county of Bwamba which is one of the remote parts of the Bundibugyo District in western Uganda. The wonderful park which is the dream of each and every traveler on Uganda Safaris was established as a national park in month of October 1993. The protected area covers an estimated area size of 220km² with an altitude of 670-760m above sea level. Uganda’s newest national park semuliki is the only protected area in Uganda covering 194 km2 of East Africa's only lowland tropical rainforest .Semuliki national park is considered to be among the richest protected areas with the highest varied flora and fauna diversity in the continent of Africa, this implies travelers seeking for magnificent wilderness encounters in Africa should book safaris to Uganda which is the pearl of Africa. The Uganda’s endowed semuliki national park will offer the best wilderness encounter travelers cannot get from any other African protected area. The park is pe

Enjoying the views of the loviest flora and fauna at the Nungwe national park – Rwanda Safari News

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For travelers planning for safaris in Rwanda should catch fancy with the interesting loviest flora and fauna available at Nyungwe. As Rwanda’s famous rain forest region and the only forest in Africa left with rainforest vegetation, the popular Nyungwe National Park is proud of beautiful biodiversity which is eye catching to the travelers on their wild life safaris in Rwanda . For the international bird watchers, the varied vegetation zones in Nyungwe which change according to altitude act as the best habitat for the various bird species which are rare and not easily sighted in other protected areas in Rwanda. The park is home to over 278 colorful bird species which can be enjoyed by any traveler who undertakes birding safaris to Rwanda . For tourists interested in viewing the orchid oglers, exclusive variety of over 150 different orchid species can be found beautifully nestled beside large wonderful waterfalls. Nyungwe National Park is an exceptional destination in the

THE TOURIST ARRIVALS IN UGANDA AT STAKE – UGANDA SAFARI NEWS

The private sector in Uganda issued a press statement notifying the government of the dangers of some of the policies that have been imposed in the tourism industry and other aspects that require redress. The President of the U SAGA Mr. Herbert Byaruhanga noted that Uganda safari undertakers and earnings that are generated from the travelers that undertake safaris in Uganda have plummeted by over 70% comparing to figures of 2014. The release also notes that the travelers accounting to 90% of the booking from Europe and United States have cancelled their trips. About 2,000 workers have lost their jobs in the tourism industry, over 15 tour operators have shut down and over 90% of the safari guides are redundant. The Uganda Tourism Association listed a number of factors that have fueled this occurrence citing issues like the Ebola crisis which prompted the uniformed Americans and Europeans to halt the travel to Africa including safaris to Uganda , foreign currency fluctuat

Iby’Iwacu cultural encounter in areas around Volcanoes National Park-Rwanda Safaris News

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Iby’Iwacu village is located around volcanoes national park in Nyabigoma, Kinigi village, Musanze district. Tourists on their Rwanda gorilla trekking safaris can have a visit to Iby’Iwacu to share with local people their interesting heritage treasures such as lifestyles, cultural activities, artifacts and daily ways of living of local people. Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village is dedicated at exhibiting the unique ways of living as well as traditional interesting lifestyles of the local Kinyarwanda. Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village gives visitors a rare opportunity to interact with the local people, in their natural environment, with a taste of their unique culture and traditions. Visitors on their cultural safaris to Rwanda particular to Iby’Iwacu are genuinely welcomed by the community members as special guests’ .The atmosphere which is charming to visitors is accompanied with the proudly presented local drama and dance. The only special way one can come to know people, is by gettin

Hiking Mount Karisimbi in Rwanda-Rwanda Safari News

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Karisimbi Mountain is the highest  volcano of the eight wonderful Virunga massifs and it also happens to be the fifth highest mountain in the African continent. The volcano which rises at an elevation of around 4507m above sea level is one of the wonders that country Rwanda is proud of and the natural feature deserves visit by any traveler on Rwanda gorilla trekking safaris . The wonderful mountain Karisimbi is located along the borders between three neighboring countries of Rwanda in the western part of the east African rift valley and Democratic Republic of Congo. Mountain Karisimbi derived its name from the local Kinya- Rwanda word ‘amasimbi” which literally means “white shell”, meaning the white-capped summit of the Karisimbi volcano. It is surrounded by Mikeno volcanoes on the northern side, Bisoke on the eastern part and Nyiragongo on the west direction. The mountain is perfectly located in the famous Volcanoes national park and hence can be hiked by tourists on