Tourists visiting Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Kisoro District now have a new activity to venture in after tracking the gorillas. The newly launched 8-kilometre mountain trail that has been developed is aimed at showing the tourists about the Batwa people, one of the former forest inhabitant tribes in Uganda. The new trail route, which…
The Explore North Campaign has been officially launched and set to kick off on Tuesday May 30th. This one of the main initiatives in marketing Uganda as Tourist Destination domestically. The campaign follows the success of Explore West campign that was recently concluded and all efforts are directed at shining a spotlight on the beauty…
Police in Masindi District in western Uganda are investigating circumstances under which a 37-year-old British tourist died after collapsing in her guest room in the wee hours of Monday morning. Katelia Khushid Banu is said to have died at around 12am, about four hours after she booked into the hotel. A worker at the hotel…
Adventure, uncertainty and speculation have always been associated with traveling in Uganda through the Covid-19 time. During the past two years, uncertainty on its own got worse with the political threats that associated the 2021 general presidential elections. This was right from the incidents that happened in the late months of 2020 to the terrorist…
The main runway at Entebbe International Airport is now open for use, after ten and half hours following an incident on Wednesday morning. A RwandAir aircraft Bombadier CRJ900 flight number WB464 this morning skidded off the main runway upon landing at Entebbe International Airport. Preliminary reports show that the incident was due to bad weather.…
GULU – A symbolic elephant monument has on Friday been unveiled in Gulu City in honour of the cultural significance of the mammal to the Acholi people. The monument, installed with funding from Uganda Breweries was unveiled by the Chief Justice of Uganda, Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo and His Highness Rwot David Acana II – the…
On the 16th of February 2022, Uganda dropped the mandatory requirement for COVID-19 testing at it’s main entry point in Entebbe. This announcement followed a cabinet decision that noted that few new cases were being recorded at the airport and that the threat of New Coronavirus variants and community transmission had reduced. Uganda has however,…
Journalism requires constant follow ups. To follow up on an event, follow up on a story here, follow up on an assignment there, it’s all about being on the lookout. Not that it’s an easy walk in the park, but sometimes it can be fun. So, the chance to follow up on the Miss Tourism
Many may not be aware but one needs a gorilla permit to trak Uganda gorillas. It’s also important to recognize how hard it may
As the much anticipated Martyrs day (3rd June) is drawing closer , more pilgrims have been spotted flooding Kampala on foot as all roads lead the Namugongo martyrs shrine where 45 Buganda martyrs were killed and some burnt alive under the orders of the harsh Kabaka Mwanga who was against the increasing conversion of his…