Uganda Holiday Guide

Since mass social gatherings in Uganda were stopped dead due to Covid-19, the organizers of the famous Nyege Nyege International Music Festival have come up with plans to hold a virtual music experience this year. The 2020 digital Nyege Nyege event will be held from September 3-6, at a venue to be announced soon and tickets are already available on:...

The Uganda Wildlife Education Centre has converted into being a wedding reception for those wishing to hold their ceremony at the former zoo. This has come in as an awake to get some funds to maintain the wildlife education centre since it’s sources of revenue were crippled by covid19. Covid19 is a contagious respiratory viral disease which started out in...

The Uganda wildlife authority has come up with incentives and initiatives to support tourism recovery to the Uganda wildlife protected area. The world has been at a standstill for over three months due to the outbreak of covid19 a global pandemic. Every thing from the economies and lives of people have been dented by the deadly scourge. However, the world...

Uganda has been listed among the top ten most popular places for organising and guesting global events and conferences in Africa following the statistics report compiled by The international congress and convention association (ICCA) in 2019. This has come off as some good news as tourism is gearing to restart after its closure for about three months ago due to...

Towards the end of June, the Minister for Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, Honorable Col Tom Butime gave a special visit to the UWEC. On his visit, it was confirmed that this touristic place located along the shores of Lake Victoria, in Entebbe, is set to reopen its doors after over three months of closure due to the corona virus...

Earlier last month, June, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) announced the saddening news of the untimely death of Rafiki Gorilla Silverback – leader of Nkuringo gorilla family in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Following Rafiki’s death, four poachers were arrested and among them one admitted to have killed the silverback but claiming he did so as a way of self defense...

Savannah national parks in Uganda are now open for tourism again after a country lock down due to the outbreak of Coronavirus. One of the things that were closed during the presidential directives in March during the lock down of most of the country’s economy sectors was the tourism industry. The tourism sector comprises of the national parks, hotels,...

With an aim to combat, the spread of the covid19 in Uganda, the president of Uganda Yoweri Museveni issued a directive of locking down most of the driving sectors of the country. One of the things that were put to closure was Entebbe international airport and all the border entries of the country. It is should be noted the...

Uganda National Road Authority is in contention to remove and renovate the historical Queen’s Clock Tower to get more space for the ongoing construction of the new Kampala express flyover. The plan was reached on after an advice from its contractor shimizu-konoike who want to remove the iconic clock tower for the establishment of the walk path. The Uganda National Road...

Uganda’s economy has gone into ruins due to the coronavirus pandemic and one of the most hit was the tourism sector. With intentions to keep the tourism industry alive, the tourism stakeholders have been coming up with different strategies and one of the strategy was soliciting a non-refundable grant from the government to let tourism managers cover up the...