How to Plan your Gorilla Trek/ Tracking Tour and Safari in Uganda & Rwanda

How to plan your gorilla trek in Rwanda and Uganda, what to consider – planning your program, transport, accommodation, and other activities for the gorilla trek. Gorilla tracking can only either be done in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park or Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park. To track gorillas you must have…

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Planning a gorilla trek in Uganda, what to consider – How to plan your gorilla tracking program, transport to Bwindi, accommodation, how to book the gorilla permits, cost of the gorilla tour.

Planning a perfect gorilla trek in Uganda, what to consider – planning your program, transport to Bwindi, accommodation, how to book the gorilla permits, cost of the gorilla tour, booking gorilla permits. In Uganda, Gorilla tracking can only either be done in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park or Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. However, the mountain gorilla…

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ELEPHANT ELECTROCUTED AT QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK

ELEPHANT ELECTROCUTED AT QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK Ezaruku Draku Franklin (URN) An adult bull elephant was Monday morning discovered dead in Mweya Peninsula of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Uganda Wildlife Authority Public Relations Manager Jossy Muhangi says that the carcass of the 35-year-old elephant was found lying near a ground transformer with cables attached to…

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Uganda Launches e-Visa application for Uganda Tourist visa applications

Uganda Launches e-Visa application for Uganda tourist visa applications You can now apply for your Uganda tourist visa online with the new e-visa system. All those who have guests, friends or relatives visiting Uganda, kindly advise them to apply for the Visas online. Soon they will be no issuance at the point of entry. It…

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Uganda Wildlife Authority opens up road to King Rwenzururu’s burial site

Uganda Wildlife Authority opens up road to King Rwenzururu’s burial site The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has embarked on a programme to open a road that leads to the first king of the Rwenzururu Kingdom in the Rwenzori Mountains. Late Isaya Mukirania Kyibanzanga I, who led the Bakonzo and the Bamba in a rebellion in…

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Uganda Habituates 2 more gorilla groups for gorilla trekking

Uganda Habituates 2 more gorilla groups for gorilla trekking in Bwindi Uganda has completed habituation of 2 mountain gorillas groups in Bwindi for gorilla trekking and research in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The gorilla groups, named Bushaho and Bikingi, are named for their home ranges and contain some individuals from previously habituated groups. Both groups…

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New Mountain Gorillas Census set for September 2015

New Mountain Gorillas Census set for September 2015 A new census for Mountain Gorillas is set for September 2015 in the Great Virunga Massif is set for September, 2015, the Greater Virunga Trans boundary Collaboration- GVTC has said. The massif includes Uganda’s Bwindi and Mgahinga National Park, Virunga National Park in DR Congo and the…

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British Airways suspends Heathrow Entebbe flights

British Airways suspends Heathrow–Entebbe flights, But why? British Airways (BA) final flights to and from Entebbe airport to London Heathrow will be on October 2 and October 3, 2015 respectively as the company suspends all its services. BA says after a review of its flight schedules, Heathrow-Entebbe route was not considered commercially viable. British Airways…

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