Category: News
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How to Travel Uganda on Budget in 2025
Uganda has always been great gorilla safari tour destination with or without a private car, January to December and its one of the most budget gorilla safari destinations I would recommend in Africa. The locals are friendly and easy going through a successful gorilla tour needs to have a hand of an experienced tour expert.…
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UWA Partners with Rotary to Promote Conservation, Tourism
Signing of MOU between Rotary and Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) and the Rotary District 9200 comprising countries of Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Eretria and Ethiopia have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly carry out projects promoting wildlife conservation and tourism. The memorandum was signed on Thursday April 21, 2011 on the sidelines of the 86th…
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Mountain Gorillas Face More Threats During Lockdown
Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) are an endangered primate species that a visitor can’t tour without. There has been an increase in the number of mountain gorillas which live in the Virunga Mountain Ranges of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda, and Uganda. Today the population of these great apes stands at over 1087 individuals.…
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Promoting Uganda
In recent months, USAID-STAR has worked closely with Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) to produce an array of materials for the promotion of Queen Elizabeth National Park (QENP) as a key destination within Uganda. Promoting Uganda through the Destination Uganda Marketing Scheme In recent months, USAID-STAR has worked closely with Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) to produce…
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LETABA: The Lion we needed but killed
The day was Saturday, April the 18th-2015 when Letaba the lion first landed in Uganda. The Uganda Wildlife Education Center (UWEC) would tell of the joy that defined the moment. A then 6-year old Letaba, a donation to Uganda by the Lion Park- South Africa had arrived to help save the Lion numbers from dwindling.…
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The Batwa Trail in Bwindi Forest
Mountain gorilla tracking is the most sought for activity for travelers to the renown Bwindi impenetrable national park located in the south western region of Kabale and Kanungu Districts Uganda. Today the park hosts half of the remaining gorilla population and the rest of the gorilla population lives in the Virunga Massif that is comprised…
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Uganda’s Rhino Uhuru, Gives Birth!
Just before a month ends when exciting news filled the top stories in world newspapers about the increase in the number of mountain gorillas in the wild, remarkable news was once again received by the Rhino Fund Uganda when they welcomed a newly born male rhino on 19th June. This is something worth celebrating once…
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Mountain Gorilla Population Exceeds 1000
The latest news from the Virunga Massif are really good news. The number of mountain gorillas left in the whole world has exceeded 1000 species. This was established at a press conference in Rubavu in Western Rwanda at which the results of the 2016 Virunga Census were announced. According to the results of the census,…
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Places Where to See Orphaned Chimpanzees in Uganda
Chimpanzee trekking or viewing is among the top tourist activities in Uganda. “The pearl of Africa” hosts chimpanzees in natural habitat and those in captivity/ orphaned chimpanzees. In brief, chimpanzee trekking is done in natural habitats like Kibale Forest, Budongo Forest, Toro-Semliki Game Reserve and Kyambura Gorge – such chimpanzees move freely in natural wild…
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Training Scene of Crime Officers to tackle Wildlife Crimes
One of the challenges facing Uganda Wildlife Authority and other authorities and organisations charged with tackling wildlife crime in Uganda is how to protect, gather and preserve vital evidence from wildlife crime scenes that will help prosecutors achieve convictions and stronger penalties in the courts for poachers and traffickers of illegal wildlife products. Wildlife crime…