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Stay At The Best Eco Lodge Around Kampala on Your Uganda Safari

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Sandwiched between Entebbe and Kampala, Malakai Eco Lodge is one of the convenient beautiful eco-lodges to sleep on your Uganda safari to relax or freshen up ahead of your short Uganda safari / short Uganda wildlife safari / short Uganda wildlife tour / short Uganda safari tour or Uganda wildlife safari ? Look no further but book Malakai Eco Lodge; one of the cheap hotels in Uganda / cheap hotels in Uganda Kampala , Kampala. best eco-lodges in Uganda and the closest to have a fresh relaxation from the bustling capital-Kampala city. Malakai Eco Lodge is situated in Kitende, 300 meters off Entebbe road about 29.2km from Entebbe International Airport via Kampala-Entebbe Expressway. In other words “The Epitome of Relaxation” is located approximately 32 minutes from Entebbe International Airport via the Kampala Entebbe expressway. Malaki Eco Lodge Uganda is set in a pristine, quiet neighbourhood of Kitende about 300 metres off the Entebbe road. Being one of the beautiful Hotels in U...

Upto Date World Gorilla Day Celebrations Around The World

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I know one may be wondering what this day is! Launched in September 2017, World Gorilla Day is a day that was set to celebrate one of our closest relatives, the gorilla! The World Gorilla Day is an awareness day or a day to take action geared toward celebrating gorillas as well as empowering global communities to take action for all four gorilla subspecies mountain gorilla , Cross River gorilla, western lowland gorilla and Grauer’s gorilla) and their conservation. What is World Gorilla Day? The World Gorilla Day is annually on September 24th, the same day that Dian Fossey established Karisoke Research Center in 1967. Due to intensive protection, mountain gorillas that habit in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park , Mgahinga Gorilla National Park , Volcanoes National Park , and Virunga National Park have improved from critically endangered to endangered, one step further from extinction though still a small population of about 1,000 individuals. All other subspecies of gori...

Uganda is Set For The World Tourism Day Celebrations

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The World Tourism Day celebrations in Uganda are set for the D day; 27 th September 2019. This year’s celebration in Uganda will be held in Gulu under the theme of ‘Tourism and Jobs: A better future for all.’ Do you really understand what this day means? World Tourism Day is a UN observance and it is not a public holiday. Tourism is the operation of holidays and visits to places of interest. A big number of travelers have engaged in safaris in different countries around the world. Prime Safaris & Tours Ltd is a leading tour operator company in Africa, has tailored a number of Africa safaris / Africa safari tours for tourists interested in travelling to different destinations like Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Madagascar, Botswana, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Ethiopia, Zambia and many more. This tourism day will aim at raising awareness among the international community about the importance of tourism and its social, cultural, political and economic values. This...

Most Outstanding Congo Adventure Safari Activities For Africa Safari Travelers

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Nyiragongo hiking safari Congo Nyiragongo After your lowland gorilla trekking Safari Congo in Kahuzi Biega National Park , you can also visit Virunga National Park and experience a double gorilla trekking safari in Congo . Virunga National Park Congo offers a mountain gorilla safari tour Congo making Congo the only destination in Africa with different species of gorillas. It may seem the same experience but they are different because you are going to trek a different species of gorillas that live in a different environment; mountainous area hence the name mountain gorillas. Virunga National Park Congo is the popularly visited destination in the country with two popular activities done in the park which are Mountain gorilla trekking and a hike to Mount Nyiragongo summit. Mount Nyiragongo is within the Virunga massif close to the Albertine rift a region that is very rich in diversity within Africa. Mount Nyiragongo is about 3,470m high with two distinct lava benches one about ...

East Africa's Chimpanzee Trekking Experiences For Adventure Safaris

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East Africa’s Chimpanzee Trekking Experiences For Adventure Safaris Besides Kibale National Park Uganda the “ Primate capital of the world ”; Rwanda is another stunning destination prominent for being home to the funniest primates in the world; chimpanzees. Chimpanzee trekking in Rwanda happens in Nyungwe National Park and its annexe Cyamudongo Forest, in southwestern Rwanda. It is a very interesting activity for you will enjoy time in the forest as you watch man’s closest cousin mimicking you, giggling, jumping from branch to branch and many more. They are more active during morning hours than in the afternoon. Nyungwe Forest, Africa’s largest Afro-montane Forest is home to about 500 Chimpanzees and close to 100 that are habituated and used to Humans near them.  The forest is the perfect supplement to a Gorilla Safari in Rwanda ’s Volcanoes National Park . There are two groups of habituated Chimpanzees in Nyungwe Forest, the larger one has about 60 chimpanzees while th...

Rare Polka-Dotted Zebra Spotted In Kenya – Kenya Safari News

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Safari Kenya / Tour Kenya for an exciting Kenya wildlife safari in Masai Mara Wildlife Reserve and have a chance to spot the newly cited polka-dotted zebra. Anthony Tira, one of the Maasai guides spotted this unique zebra during their Kenya wildlife tour in the Masai Mara reserve with Liu and named it after his sir name. Liu was on a Kenya safari or tour in Kenya searching for rhinos in this reserve. Anthony during his report said, Tira looked like a different species at a distance but when he got close, he realized it was a zebra actually with a melanin disorder. He then thought it was captured and painted for purposes of migration. This rare polka-dotted zebra was born with its special markings due to a genetic mutation called pseudomelanism. which causes abnormalities in zebra stripe patterns, as Ren Larison, a biologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, explains to Katie Stacey of National Geographic. Zebras are dark-skinned animals, and their stripes arise fr...

UK Giant Thomas Cook Collapse Leaving Thousands Stranded

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Thousands of people have been saddened by the abrupt demise of the London- British travel group Thomas Cook. Thomas Cook was the pioneer of organized travel and has been such a strong force in the travel industry. Being one of the oldest leading travel companies, Thomas Cook has was employing over 21000 people that have been left jobless. It’s upsetting to see so many people lose their jobs and thousands of holidaymakers affected by disrupted travel. Thomas Cook on Monday 23 rd September 2019 declared its bankruptcy after failing to reach a last-ditch rescue deal, triggering the UK’s biggest repatriation since World War II to bring back tens of thousands of stranded passengers. The news leaves a reported 600,000 tourists stranded worldwide, including around 150,000 holidaymakers seeking help from the British government to return home. Both a tour operator and an airline, the travel giant’s key destinations were in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean but it also...