The 227km trails (141 miles) winds its way along Lake Kivu, starting in Rubavu through Rutsiro via the districts of Karongi and Nyamasheke to Rusizi District where it ends. It is stretch of primitive dirty roads, single trail that goes through a verdant jungle, farmlands, communities, and beautiful landscapes with terraced hillsides and the amorphous...
What you are going to read here, is a realistic look at the price of gorilla tracking excursions in either Uganda, Rwanda, or D.R. Congo. You may wonder “Why gorilla tracking is expensive?” as a standalone activity. In over the years of taking people on safaris with gorillas, not one after the encounter, has ever...
JINJA- East Africa’s adventure capital On the Northshore of Lake Victoria, 84km east of Kampala, is a historic town that has claimed fame for adventure on the Nile River-Jinja. It also hosts the source of the river where it commences its epic 6500km (3 months) to the Mediterranean Sea via Sudan and Egypt. In 1862,...
ISHASHA SECTOR-QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK Queen Elizabeth National park is one of Uganda’s popular parks and its scenery and wildlife make it popular. It has two parts, the northern that has the Kasenyi plains, Kazinga Channel, Kyambura gorge, and the craters, the southern sector- The Ishasha sector. Somehow, the Ishasha sector is removed from the...
If you are looking for the most phenomenal natural spectacles in Africa, you can’t skip the Great Wildebeest Migration. Watching millions of wildebeests, being accompanied by large numbers of Zebra’s Thompson gazelles, and elands, as they move from south Serengeti to Masai Mara and back, gives the feel of the true essence of an African...
PRIMATE WATCHING IN RWANDA Rwanda is famous for gorillas and gorilla tracking as the major primates and primate activity, but the country has an array of other primates. If you have interests in East Africa’s primates, it is one country that your eyes shouldn’t skip. There is a lot to see regarding primate watching in...
“Classic” is how Ruberto summed up the view of the first Crater Lake that we met while on the Queen Elizabeth National park crater drive. The park is a popular destination in Uganda, not because it was named after the Queen of England, but because of what it has to offer. The park boasts an...
UGANDA WILDLIFE EDUCATION CENTRE–UWEC Uganda Wildlife Education Centre is located along the shores of L. Victoria in Entebbe town plot 56/7 Lugard Avenue Entebbe Uganda. The center is a 15 minutes drive to Entebbe International airport and 36km from Kampala the capital city of Uganda. Formerly known as “Entebbe Zoo” the center was established in...
TOP DESTINATIONS TO VISIT IN UGANDA The landlocked East African nation is bordered by Tanzania in the South, Kenya in the East, Rwanda in the South West, South Sudan in the North, and the Democratic Republic of Congo in the West. She is still experiencing progress in her tourism and the naturally gifted nation was...
WHY UGANDA IS THE BEST PLACE FOR GORILLA TREKKING In the tropical rainforests of central Africa and East Africa in the countries of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda are where one can find the critically endangered mountain gorillas. Gorilla safaris are one of the most selling and expensive tours in these countries...
