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Kilimanjaro climb
At 5895m above sea level, Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and majestically straddles the border between Kenya and Tanzania. Climbing to the top of this dormant volcano is the dream of many, and this seven day guided climb takes you to the roof of Africa, making it to the sunlit and watching the [...]
Want a Safari to the real Africa:
Welcome to Africa, the world’s most thrilling continent to experience adventure. Access Africa safaris in Uganda are one of the continents leading operators for adventure travel. Let us introduce a wide range of exciting trips throughAfrica’s ever changing landscapes. Access Africa safaris In Uganda is one of the most established overland companies inAfrica and is [...]
Birding safaris in Uganda
With a conducive all year climate, it is little wonder that Uganda pays host to migrant bird species. It is this very climate that accounts for the various wildlife and the astonishing contrasts the country offers. Not a single destination can compare to Ugandaand her assortment of tourism products let alone the robust bird list!Uganda’s [...]
Residents around parks benefiting from tourism income
Of the millions of shillings generated from ape tourism and tourism as a whole, only 20 per cent of gate fees is given to the community while the rest goes to the national treasury, reports from the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage have shown. This is despite the fact that for the past 30 [...]
Uganda’s air wings spread in 2011
Even as Uganda’s aviation sector sailed through a difficult economic environment, 2011 must be counted as the year of impressive growth for the country’s airlines business. In the early 2000s Uganda saw an exodus in the aviation business with airlines including: Alliance Air, Uganda Airlines, Victoria Airlines and East African Airlines exiting the market. However, [...]
Two rhinos born in Uganda
Two babies have been born among the rhinos at Zziwa Rhino sanctuary in Nakasongora district, bringing their number to 12. According to the executive director of Rhino Fund Uganda, Ange Genade, the baby was born last week. The mother, 12-year-old Bella, who was taken to the sanctuary in 2004 from Kenya, and the baby are [...]
Safaris to the Eastern and Northern Uganda:
While the beaten tourist track runs south-west from Kampala, those heading in the opposite direction can discover some equally stunning but far from crowded destinations. In Mountain Elgon National park, walkers will find improbably pretty waterfalls, superb Montane panoramas and vast forests. Far to the North, on the border with southern Sudan, an exciting diversity [...]
Tracking the Mountain Gorilla:
Tracking the Mountain Gorilla: Uganda’s foremost tourist attraction, and indeed one of the world’s most remarkable wildlife encounters, is tracking the rare mountain gorilla in the remote forests of south-western Uganda. These magnificent animals, which are found only in the forest of Bwindi impenetrable national park and the Virunga volcanoes, number less than 800, over [...]
Uganda the pearl of Africa:
Uganda is truly the pearl of Africa, a place where the East African savannah meets the West African jungle. It is only in this impossibly lush country that one can observe lions prowling the open plains in the morning and track the chimpanzees through the rainforest undergrowth the same afternoon. Or one can navigate tropical [...]
Safaris to the different National Parks of Uganda
Sprawling across both sides of the Equator, a network of 10 national parks and several other protected areas offer wildlife enthusiasts a thrilling opportunity to experience Uganda’s biodiversity, not only the mesmerizing tracts of thorn bush savannah teeming with antelope, buffalo and Elephant one tends to associate with equatorial east Africa, but also lush expanses [...]