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Uganda Birding Safari Destinations & Tips for this Christmas Holiday

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Bird fanatics love booking Africa safaris because it is the best continent to go to for a birding watching safari . Africa is home to over 2341 bird species, 67% of which are endemic to the continent. These birds are well distributed in different African countries. Birders that have been to the African continent for birding safaris in Uganda , Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Zimbabwe and many more have been enchanted by Africa’s amazing birdlife. Uganda, the pearl of Africa is home to about 1061 bird species. This makes Uganda one of the best bird watching places in Africa with almost half of the continents bird species. Uganda has for long been considered as one of the best Africa birding safari destinations that any bird fanatic must not miss on his bucket list. Safari Uganda for your Uganda bird watching safari and get to witness several bird species that call Uganda home, the rich culture and wildlife diversity that has seen a rise in Uganda birding safaris to

Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei Breaks a World Record in Valencia Trinidad Alfonso

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Yesterday, Sunday 1 December 2019, Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei set a new 10K road world record in Valencia Trinidad Alfonso winning a price of 40,000 euros. Chepetegei joyously crossed the line stopping it at 26 minutes and 38 seconds. Joshua Chepetegei beat the previous record, set by Kenya's Leonard Komon in 2010 by six seconds. Cheptegei’s average pace was two minutes and 40 seconds per kilometre, passing through the halfway point in 13 minutes 24 seconds. Kevin Kibet came second in 28:19 as Cheptegei was cheering with the flag while Swede Reza Abootorabi was third in 28:35. 2019 has turned out to be a memorable year for Chepetegei as he was crowned 10,000m world champion in Doha in October, having won the 10km cross country world title in Denmark in March. Speaking to one of the journalists, Cheptegei said, “What a year it has been. I can’t believe it. I knew that Valencia was going to be a really fast course, one of the fastest in the world. So to get to achieve what we ca

Uganda Mourns One of the Silverbacks in the Oruzogo Gorilla Family – Bwindi

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Uganda Mourns One of the Silverbacks in the Oruzogo Gorilla Family – Bwindi We are sorry to be the bearers of sad news but the Oruzogo gorilla family lost one of its silverbacks. Oruzogo gorilla family one of the habituated Uganda gorilla safari groups is situated in the Ruhija sector of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Uganda together with Bitukura, Mukiza and Kyaguriro that is mostly used for research. Oruzogo is one of the popular gorilla families in Bwindi Forest National Park Uganda due to its extremely exciting Juveniles that will make you want to keep an eye on them throughout your Uganda gorilla trek safari time. Its lively nature made it exceedingly popular among tourists on Uganda gorilla tours that those that have heard about it, request to trek it when during their gorilla tour in Uganda . This silverback was found dead by Uganda safari tourists during yesterday’s (24 th November 2019) Uganda gorilla safaris . The real cause of his death has not yet been