PRIME SAFARIS AND TOURS AFRICA

Uganda is a great tourist destination with diverse attractions and activities which normally pull various travellers across the world to undertake their safari holidays in Uganda. Being a point of meet for the East African savannah and the West African jungle, Uganda has great diversity that thrives in these two eco-system settings. For example the dense forests of western and south west support populations of Chimpanzees and Mountain gorillas which form a ground for Chimpanzee trekking safaris in Uganda and Uganda gorilla trekking safaris respectively. Whereas the savannah environments contain a range of wildlife including the big five of the Land animals and this forms the group for wildlife safaris in Uganda. Among those that undertake safaris in Uganda were an Australian couple who had resolved to explore the Uganda’s destinations on motorcycle. Hailing from Queensland, Australia the couple aged 33 and 34 lost their dear life in a motorcycle accident at Namagogo ...

The world travel exhibitions are annual events that are always conducted in different countries to pose a ground through which world travel can be made easier and travellers are enabled to know a range of products through which they can choose from including Uganda safari products. Uganda as one of the East Africa’s prime destinations has always participated in these fairs and travel exhibitions represented by the Uganda Tourism Board and individual tour operators but all with an aim of attracting travellers to undertake safari holidays in Uganda. A range of Uganda tourist products are showcased including Uganda gorilla tracking tours , Chimpanzee safaris in Uganda , wildlife safaris in Uganda and cultural holidays in Uganda. For this year, the World Travel Markets Exhibition is scheduled to take place from 3rd to 5th November 2014 in London United kingdom of which Uganda has confirmed her attendance. In the process of helping private tourism initiatives like tour and t...

It is very unique and very uncommon to see lions dubbed the king of the jungle climbing trees. This rare occurrence is what makes the Queen Elizabeth National Park a paradise for Uganda safari undertakers. On the global scale, the tree climbing lions exist in two protected areas that is Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda and the second one is Lake Manyara National Park in southern Tanzania. This makes the tree climbing lions scares and unique to areas where they dwell from. The reason behind these lions’ tree climbing is not clear though speculations have it that they do escape from the hot conditions on the ground in search of the soothing cool breeze up in the trees while others put it that the lions are escaping from the bites of tsetse flies that characterize the ground. These differing reasons have always put the reason behind the lions’ climbing trees in insufficiency. The travellers on safari in Uganda continue to flock the Ishasha sector...

Situated in Rushaga in the south of the gorilla trekking haven of Bwindi, Mishaya gorilla family was part of the greater Nshongi group before Mishaya broke away with females to form this new group. Comprising of 10 members with 1 silverback, Mishaya started up the group in July 2012 and is re-known for his fighting ability that enabled him to expand his group to this maximum. In fact in April 2011, Mishaya fought with a non-habituated group resulting into injury for him and a two (2) year infant. This shows how Mishaya was more than a man to stand in for the sake of his group whose existence has increased the opportunities for gorilla safaris . It is unfortunate to note that after all those endeavors; Mishaya lost his dear life at an age of 28 on February 3rd, 2014. The Uganda Wildlife Authority trackers found his body on the morning of that very day while patrolling the forest something that left many gorilla lovers in a state of sorrow. The death of Mishaya was sudden...

Uganda is a rich safari destination with arrange of tourist attractions and activities including the lucrative gorilla trekking, adventure tours , Chimpanzee trekking , cultural tours among other activities. These attractions and activities present opportunity for visitors to explore the wild and traditional Africa that may not be visible in other parts of the world. However, the Uganda’s potential in tourism has not yet reached the climax thus it leaves a lot to be desired especially the efforts to make these tourist products known to the world. Considering this background, the tourism stakeholders in Uganda regarding tourism promotion are organizing an expo on 14th and 16th November 2014 as part of the forth coming 39th edition of the Africa Travel Association congress that will be held at Speke Resort Munyonyo from 11th – 16th November 2014 which is considered as the second biggest gathering regarding Africa’s Tourism Sector technocrats in Uganda after 1994. The congr...

Ebola is one of those deadly viral - disease that can hastily bring person’s life to an end. Considering its effects in West Africa where it has taken root, the threat is already being felt in the East of Africa as some travellers including those who were planning safaris to Rwanda have started to cancel their trips due to Ebola scourge thinking that it all over Africa. Though this is a wrong perception as no cases of Ebola has been reported in the East of Africa and taking into account the distance in between these two regions, Rwanda has beefed up the efforts to prevent the spread of this deadly virus to her country. In this effort, all travellers including Rwanda safari undertakers travelling from Republic of Guinea Conakry, Sierra Leone, Liberia, USA and Spain or who have travelled through those countries within the past 22 days had been required to give an update of their health status on daily basis by calling toll free 144 and for a minimum of 21 days for long ...

T he European Investment Bank has always supported companies across East Africa and Uganda inclusive through offering investment capital. This support is directed at Small Medium Enterprises including tour and travel companies that are aimed at increasing safaris to Uganda . As part of this initiative, the European Investment Bank of recent approved UGX 45 billion about EUR 13million for the second time through the Housing Finance Bank for the support of local firms. This new credit initiative is targeting the companies involved in agriculture, manufacturing and tourism sector that deals in safaris in Uganda. During the signing of this joint venture between the European Investment bank and Housing Finance Bank, the Managing Director of Housing Finance Mr. Mathias Katamba acknowledged the support saying that the support for SME in sectors of agriculture, construction, education, tourism and manufacturing is very important. The Housing Finance Bank’s method of improving i...