The government of Uganda has decided to start classifying the hotels, motels and restaurants in order to compete for the East African market share since Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania have already done it. The system includes using the EAC standards and classification of hotels, restaurants, lodges among other facilities. The chairman of Uganda Hotel Owners […]
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The management of Akagera National Park in Rwandan has opened a new visitor center with a tented boarding facility having 14-beds Rusizi Tented Lodge located in the center of the park. The construction of the facility has been sponsored by the US based Walton Family Foundation and according to the park staff, it is part […]
Uganda is the best bird destination in Africa with more than 1,000 bird species like the shoebill stork, a number of Albertine Rift endemic species which cannot be found anywhere else. It has half of Africa’s bird species therefore making it the best destination for bird watching. The country is located partly near the West […]
The visits to Uganda’s national parks will be made easier by the Uganda Wildlife Authority after introducing a cashless smart card supported on chip technology to increase on the revenue collection and improving cash flow. The gorilla and chimpanzee tracking permit details will be loaded on the cards then used in Bwindi, Kibale and Murchison […]
The Uganda Wildlife Authority has caught the crocodiles from Lolwe Islands that have eaten two people. It has taken them 12 hours to capture them and according to Peter Ogwang in charge of the animal problems at UWA said the crocodiles have eaten 21 people since 2012. The crocodiles both male and female weighing 450 […]
76 poachers in Uganda have been found guilty of illegal hunting of wildlife species in a magistrate court in Kiboga and have been told to pay a fine of 100,000 shillings each or be arrested for four months. The culprits have been caught in Butambala, Gomba and Mpigi and had gone to Kyankwanzi district farms […]
The number of bats in Africa has reduced due to the destruction of cave roots, bush meat hunting, loss of their home and overuse of pesticides. Iroro Tanshi of the University of Benin in Nigeria said the number has declined because of the stories linking to bats to witchcraft. He said the African bats have […]
The Minister of Tourism, Wildife and Antiquities in Uganda, Maria Mutagamba said the government should plan to improve on the support towards encouraging the country’s tourism industry after its good performance at the ITB Berlin exhibition. Uganda got the 5th position among all the African countries that had attended the expo.54 African countries participated at […]
The Kenya Tourism Board has won an award at the ITB that has been held in Berlin early March for the creativity used in designing its exhibition stand. The stand has been the second best among all the African countries that attended. Burundi took the first position, Rwanda the third and Uganda took the 5th […]
Uganda has been named the 5th among all the African countries during the current ITB in Berlin. In 2012, Uganda was named the third after Rwanda and Burundi and expected this year to be the 1st according to how the exhibition went. Being crowned among the top African countries during the exhibitions shows improvement in […]