Uganda Safari News

UWA (Uganda Wildlife Authority) offered a holiday trip to the five winners of the Easter wildlife road trip competition. The trip was the first of the holiday packages UWA will be offering on different public holidays. Moses Mapesa, the UWA executive director said the move was aimed at boosting Uganda’s tourism sector. He noted that [...]

The Uganda Wildlife Authority has started habituating another group of gorillas in a bid to enlarge tourism in the southern part of the Bwindi National Park in south-western Uganda. Sam Mwandha, the director of conservation told The New Vision on Monday that habituation of the Bikingi gorilla group begun recently.
He said that it is [...]

The Uganda Tourism Board is leading a team of 18 companies to Madrid, Spain to take part in the 30th edition of Fitur. Fitur is an international tourism trade fair slated for January 20 to 24, which will give specific attention to sustainability in the hotel industry. It is a gathering point for tourism advertising [...]

Another rhino was born on the night of January 2, at the Nakasongola Rhino Sanctuary. 2 others were born last year. This brings the total number of rhinos at the sanctuary to 9
“We have started the New Year with another birth and are excited about the birth and the prospects it will bring to the [...]

This year’s International Virgin Holidays Awards for responsible tourism has been won by The Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, for its effort to promote wildlife and environmental preservation through ecotourism. The imperative awards are in collaboration with the UK international travel directory www.responsibletravel.com, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper, Geographical Magazine as well as the World Travel Market. [...]

The Uganda Wildlife Authority has called upon firms that are interested in developing and managing balloon tourism in the Lake Mburo National Park. The National Park occupies 260 sq km and is positioned in the Southeast part of Uganda, along the main road between Masaka and Mbarara. It has both animal life and natural lakes. [...]