PRIME SAFARIS AND TOURS AFRICA

 It is a moment of joy for the conservationists and Uganda Safari tour enthusiasts that the restoration of land on 42 out of the entire 52 Oil exploration and the appraisal wells has been completed in the famous Murchison Falls National Park and the adjacent communities. The lush flora that initially existed in these areas has been restored and as of now it has matured and the wild game is able to graze freely. Murchison Falls National Park features twenty two (22) wells and out of these seven (7) have had a restoration of land and then given back to the government while other seven (7) are ready to be handed over. The restoration of land commenced in the year 2014 according to the Total E&EP which is the main player in the oil and gas sector in Uganda and the respective companies are anticipated to restore the damaged land to its natural state in the pre-drilling time. This is aimed at ensuring environmental protection which will in turn ensure the continuity of Uganda S...

The Africa Tourism Ministers have come to understanding regarding the formation of a joint forum that would bring them together to tackle the issues facing tourism development on the continental level including Uganda Safaris and tours . The idea was invigorated after realizing that whatever occurs in certain parts of the continent or specific countries at the end pose an effect on the rest of the continent.   This was reached on during a panel discussion at the just concluded Indaba Fair in Durban South Africa. The discussion was moderated by the International anchor from CNN and it was in this event that the Minister of Tourism for South Africa Derek Hanekom appreciated the need for joint effort. The members cited examples like outbreak of Ebola in West Africa that affected the travel in other parts of Africa including safaris in Uganda despite the fact that West Africa is closer to Europe than it is to other African parts like South Africa. This is because...

The Uganda gorilla tracking safari destination of Bwindi impenetrable Forest National Park provides shelter to a minimum of 400 critically endangered mountain gorillas which apparently still stand as the epitome attraction in the Uganda’s tourism product inventory. Bwindi is a remarkably diverse Uganda Safari destination featuring myriad of flora including Bamboo species, a range of birds that include endemics like the Green Broadbill and other primates like Chimpanzee and Baboons. Surprisingly, this is surrounded by one of the intense agricultural communities in Africa marked by extreme levels of land fragmentation. Though the Bwindi forest was indeed under threat due to need for more agricultural land, following its gezzetion and development of gorilla safaris in Uganda , the surrounding people have found means of living harmoniously with it. The Kayonza Growers Tea Factory (KGTF) which is a for profit community initiative under the ownership of 7,205 smallholder ...

The Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in the Nordic States of recent commenced the series of events that would culminate into a count of 500 people undertaking a safari to Uganda by the end of this year. The Ambassador of Uganda to the Nordic states Zaake Wanume Kibedi noted that Uganda nationals in countries of Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden and Norway have embarked on the range of promotional activities running under the theme  Tour Uganda planned to end with a 500  delegation taking up a Uganda safari . This move is aimed at tourism promotion, enhancing the revenue generated from tourism and the priority destination for Nordic travelers. It can be noted that the embassies of various states all work to further their national interests in the fields of political, economic and socio-cultural. Therefore, the Uganda embassy in the mentioned states sets the step to commercial diplomacy engaging business forums where important information is availed to the i...

Prime Uganda Safaris and Tours Ltd like it has always done in a range of International exhibitions and travel fairs, is now exhibiting at the ongoing Indaba fair in Durban South Africa. The company together with a range of other tour operators are exhibiting under the umbrella of Uganda Tourism Board all with the aim of showcasing Uganda safari tour products putting in consideration their unique specifics in their individual product packaging. The Expo is running from today 7 th May and will come to an end on 9 th May at the famous Albert Luthuli Convention Center in the city of Durban – the Republic of South Africa. The Indaba Fair stands as the largest marketing events on Africa’s tourism calendar and listed among the must visit top three events of its stature on the world calendar. This gives the participation in it by Prime Uganda Safaris a credible worthiness a perfect revenue through which the company can use to publicize its profound products globally. The p...

The Bamasaba people who thrive on the foot hills of Mount Elgon feature one of the remarkable cultures that would form a rich ground for cultural safaris in Uganda if tapped into. The Bamasaba also referred to as the Bagisu feature an organised Cultural Institution that is charged with all the developments in the tribe and the current head of this Institution Mr. Bob Mushokori carrying the title of Umukuka is faced with lack of funds despite his zeal to prosper the institution and develop the Masaba land as a rich Uganda safari tour destination. The Inzu Ya Masaba as the institution is locally known features impressive plans including organising a meeting to foster Unity and the meeting for heads of 26 Bugisu clans that would craft the avenues of conserving their culture and if possible use as a tool to foster development through Uganda tours .   The cultural leader notes that the funds to run the institution are inadequate as it only survives on donations...

The Uganda gorilla safari destination of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park positioned in the south west of Uganda has built its reputation over the years and its current dominance in the region as the main gorilla trekking haven has not come on a silver plate. Bwindi Impenetrable believed to be having a minimum of 400 mountain gorillas which is the largest mountain gorilla population in a single habitat and close to a half of their world population that currently stand at 880 is recognized to have pioneered gorilla safaris in Uganda .  In the year 1993, the first group of world travelers arrived to track the Mubare gorilla family in the park’s northern sector of Buhoma following two years of the group’s habituation. Following the successful habituation of Mubare Family and the respective visitation, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park rolled on the move to habituate more gorilla groups not only for conservation but also to generate more tourism revenues as it had ...

The Gorilla Naming Ceremony is one of the new products that are steadily gaining fame among the world travellers including those that undertake gorilla trekking safaris in Rwanda . The 12 th edition of its kind, this year’s gorilla naming ceremony is scheduled for September 2 nd at its usual venue Volcanoes National Park to the north west of Rwanda. This annual event marked by naming of baby mountain gorillas stand as a national celebration of the conservation efforts and the accomplishments in the sustainable tourism  related to the world’s critically endangered mountain gorillas – the highly sought after wildlife species by travelers on gorilla safaris  and tours in Uganda and Rwanda . The Chief Tourism Officer at the Rwanda Development Board Mr Belise Kariza disclosed that the event will run under the theme 'United in driving growth through conservation' which capitalises on the 2014’s call for prioritisation of conservation and ensuring sustainable touri...

The Institute of National Museums of Rwanda (INMR) is taking on an initiative of planting a range of tree species that are nearing extinction so as to enhance national history preservation and ensure the continuity of cultural safaris in Rwanda . A count of 300 historical medicinal and bird friendly trees hailing from seven species were planted at the famous Ethnographic Museum one of the main Rwanda Safari tour sites in the southern province. The range of these tree species planted were extracted from the Nyungwe Forest National Park and they included; Sygygium Guinense (Umugote), Macaranga Kilimandscharica (Umusekera), Harungana Madagascariensis (Umushabishabi), Neoctonia Macrocalis (Umwanya), Hagenia Abyssinica (Umugeti) and Urutobwe And Umukipfu. Nyungwe is the most verdant and well protected natural forest in Rwanda with myriad of flora including beautiful Orchids, fauna like Chimpanzees and Africa’s largest grouping of Black and white colobus monkeys making it ...

Rwanda Development Board (RDB) disclosed its overwhelming ambitious move to generate Rwf34.7 billion from the Rwanda tour product of Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events (MICE). Despite the cry for absence of high end hotels along with few developed tourist products, Rwanda Development Board is optimistic that this issue will be solved by new hotel entrants in the Rwanda’s hospitality industry. According to Head of MICE at the Rwanda Development Board Mr Frank Murangwa, a count of 1,000 hotels with four (4) to five (5) stars are anticipated to be added on the Rwanda’s list  of hotels. Apparently the country features 8,000 hotel room count though most of these do not meet International standards and thus fail to serve the affluent travelers on safaris in Rwanda . The MICE sector is looked up as the future main contributor to the foreign exchange earnings according to Claver Gatete the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning and thus efforts have to be ma...