Friday, 20 July 2012

Uganda Safaris

Uganda Safaris – All Tours and safaris to Uganda

Situated in the fertile heart of Africa, Uganda boasts a wide and diverse landscape, from rugged snow-capped mountains to the vast flat lands stretching out to the horizon. It is roughly the size of Great Britain or the State of Oregon in the USA. Uganda’s most alluring features are its forests, lakes and mountains. Most of the country is 1000m above sea level and there are three mountainous areas - the fabled Mountains of the Moon - the Ruwenzoris, Mount Elgon, an extinct volcano with the worlds largest caldera; and the spectacular Virunga Volcanoes. The south of the country is heavily influenced by one of the many forests there, and one of the world’s biggest lake, Lake Victoria, which contains many islands and birds. Continue Reading 

Thursday, 19 July 2012

Uganda Tourism Revenue Doubles

According to the Director Uganda Tourism Board, Tourism earning in the country have doubled in the last five years from $440m to $800m in last year.
This is a sign of enormous prospects for tourism growth, employment and investment in The Pearl of Africa.
Tourism has been identified as a priority for development of the country, the sector remains constrained in financial and human resources input for development. amidst this if the revenue can double, imagine what can happen if skills and funding are improved.


Uganda’s tourism earnings have doubled in the last five years from $440m to $800m last year, Cuthbert Baguma, the director of the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB), has said.
Baguma said this shows that the sector has enormous prospects for growth, employment and investment.
He, however, added that despite the fact that tourism has been identified as a priority for the development of the country, the sector remains constrained in financial and human resources.
“Destination competitiveness cannot be done when you do not have the right skills,” Baguma said.
Ugandan Civil Aviation Authority has acquire 66.5 accres of land from the Government for expansion of Entebbe international air port.
The land will be used for construction of a modern cargo centre, parking and maintaince areas.
This will help decongest the Airport

Bwindi safe for tourists - UWA

Uganda Wildlife Authority has assured the whole World that Bwindi  Impenetrable National Park the home of mountain Gorillas is safe for Tourists and is not affected by the insecurity in the neigbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. Security put in place to ensure that the insecurity thus in any way link to Uganda. To read more, follow this link Bwindi safe for tourists - UWA

Wednesday, 4 July 2012

The Pearl Of Africa

Sir. Winston Churchill

Sir. Winston Churchill in his book "My African Journey" is quoted ; “My journey is at an end, the tale has been told. The reader who has followed so faithfully and so far has a right to ask what message I bring back. It can be stated in three words: Concentrate Upon Uganda

My counsel plainly is – Concentrate Upon Uganda; Nowhere else in Africa will little money go so far? Nowhere else will results be more brilliant, more substantial or more rapidly realized. Uganda is from end to end a ‘beautiful garden’ where ‘staple food’ of the people grows almost without labor. Does it not sound like a paradise on earth? It is the Pearl of Africa (Churchill 1908).

East African Community (EAC) has introduced a Single Tourism Visa

A Karibu Travel and Tourism Fair was held at the Magereza open grounds in Arusha, Tanzania in which  the East African Community (EAC) sectoral committee on Tourism decided to market East Africa’s tourism collectively. A single EAC tourism visa has been established for Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, other regional countries yet to join.
Each of these countries will be charging $50; the move is aimed at boosting the region’s tourism and ease the financial strain faced by budget tourists who have to pay multiple visas.

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