Category: Uganda travel news
Uganda travel & tourism news for travelers and travel professionals. Latest travel and tourism news on Uganda. Latest news on safety, hotels, resorts, attractions, tours and transportation in Uganda. Kampala Travel information. Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa whose diverse landscape encompasses the snow-capped Rwenzori Mountains and immense Lake Victoria. Its abundant wildlife includes chimpanzees as well as rare birds. Remote Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a renowned mountain gorilla sanctuary. Murchison Falls National Park in the northwest is known for its 43m-tall waterfall and wildlife such as hippos.
Who are the dictators? Governments, social media or both?
editor- January 14, 2021Despite the fact that social media platforms are considered private companies, in Uganda, its President has stopped Facebook from operating. ... Read More
Uganda welcomes the New Year Nile River Style
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- January 4, 2021Uganda New Years celebrationNile Bridge in Uganda close the city of JinjaThe Nile River The new year 2021 celebrations in ... Read More
First Uganda Airlines Airbus 330-800 touches down in Entebbe
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- December 24, 2020Uganda Airlines took delivery of the first of 2 brand-new Airbus A330-800 neo. The aircraft captained by Capt. Michael Etyang ... Read More
Airbus delivers first A330neo jet to Uganda Airlines
Harry S. Johnson- December 21, 2020Uganda Airlines, the country’s flag-carrier, has taken delivery of its first A330neo, the latest version of the most popular widebody ... Read More
Uganda President Announces Birth of Baby Rhino
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- December 19, 2020Uganda President HE General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced that Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary welcomed its newest member to the Uganda rhino ... Read More
Uganda Civil Aviation Authority updates COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- December 19, 2020Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has reviewed COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) following the increase in passenger traffic accessing the ... Read More
Association of Uganda Tour Operators Announces New Chair
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- December 12, 2020The Association of Uganda Tour Operators (AUTO) at the 25th Annual General Meeting held at Hotel Africana in Kampala on December ... Read More
Tigers back in Uganda after 40 year hiatus
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- December 8, 2020On 3rd December, 2020 -Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Center (UWEC) officially welcomed the largest member of the cat family, back ... Read More
Conserving Wildlife and Tourism a Risky Undertaking
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- December 7, 2020The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has confirmed the loss of a ranger to armed poachers which occurred on December 5, ... Read More
Human Rights Alarm in Uganda
eTN Managing Editor- November 29, 2020Ugandan police responded violently to protestors, killing at least 37, injuring more than 65 others, and incarcerating approximately 350 Ugandan ... Read More
Uganda Wildlife Authority Bringing Happy Holidays to Tourists
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- November 28, 2020Ahead of the upcoming holiday season, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has announced a reduction in signature attractions of Apes and Primates ... Read More
Ranger Killed by Elephants in Murchison Falls Park
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- November 21, 2020Popular tourist destination in Uganda, Murchison Falls National Park, was struck by tragedy when a ranger by the name of ... Read More
Crime Scene Kits Protecting Wildlife and Tourism
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- November 14, 2020Space for Giants, an International Conservation Organization that protects wildlife and landscapes in Africa with focus on the survival of ... Read More
Huge Marijuana Farm Busted in Uganda Tourist Park
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- November 14, 2020A combined team of two police divisions busted a 200-acre marijuana farm last week located in Uganda’s second largest national ... Read More
Uganda Wildlife Authority Jacob Kiplimo Sets Record
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- October 24, 2020Uganda Wildlife Authority long distance teenage sensation, Jacob Kiplimo, bagged the Gold medal at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon ... Read More
Airline passengers arrested at Entebbe airport with fake COVID-19 certificates
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- October 19, 2020Ugandan aviation police and the Entebbe airport health team arrested 23 travelers for forging COVID- 19 test results. Detained passengers ... Read More
Uganda Airlines Rolls Out Brand New A330neo
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- October 16, 2020Ugandans got a glimpse of the first of the two Uganda Airlines A330neo aircraft – the A330-800 - being rolled ... Read More
Uganda Tourism Minister Unveils Wildlife Street Kampala
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- October 13, 2020The Uganda Minister Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities (MTWA) Col. Tom Butime, unveiled eleven Uganda wildlife sculptures along the Uganda Wildlife ... Read More
Uganda Civil Aviation Authority Directives for Resumption of international flights
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- October 4, 2020Ahead of the resumption of all scheduled and non-scheduled passenger flights in and out of Entebbe on 1st October, 2020 ... Read More
Uganda Tourism awarded a Safer Tourism Endorsement
Juergen T Steinmetz- September 30, 2020Uganda Tourism is the third destination awarded an endorsement by the Safer Tourism Seal experts. This achievement has only been ... Read More
Tourism Minister inaugurates new Uganda Tourism Board Directors
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- September 30, 2020Uganda's Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, Hon. Col. (Rtd) Tom R. Butime today inaugurated the 4th Board of Directors ... Read More
Boy King graced World Tourism Day Celebrations
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- September 29, 2020Uganda joined the rest of the world to celebrate International World Tourism Day on September 27, 2020, with a call ... Read More
Uganda Bar Owners Ask Government to Allow Reopening
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- September 24, 2020Uganda bar owners and owners of entertainment places in the country have asked government to allow them to reopen with ... Read More
Uganda Tourism Board achievement today is a milestone in COVID-19 recovery
Juergen T Steinmetz- September 23, 2020Today, the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) can be proud. Uganda Tourism Board CEO Lilly Ajarova and Quality Assurance Officer Samora ... Read More
Uganda’s Tourism industry reopening
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- September 20, 2020Uganda wants to welcome tourists again. Ahead of the scheduled reopening of borders including the Entebbe International Airport on 1st ... Read More
Uganda Wildlife Authority Jacob Kiplimo Bags Gold
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- September 12, 2020Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) cheered on as its own Jacob Kiplimo won the 5000-meter International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) 2020 ... Read More
Entebbe International Airport Receives COVID-19 Safety Equipment
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- September 10, 2020The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) received a donation of COVID-19 UG safety equipment on September 8, 2020 ahead of ... Read More
Uganda Set to Open Entebbe International Airport Flights
editor- September 9, 2020The Director of Airports and Aviation Security for the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA), Al-Hajj Eng. Sooma Ayub, reported that ... Read More
Uganda Wildlife Authority opens all parks for tourism
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- September 7, 2020Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) announced the opening of all National Parks and Protected areas including Apes and Primate National Parks ... Read More
Fifth Gorilla Birth in Uganda in 6 Weeks
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- September 5, 2020Just when the country thought it had seen the last of the baby boomers for a while, a fifth gorilla ... Read More
Post-COVID tourism documentary film on Uganda released
Harry S. Johnson- September 3, 2020Praised as “an excellent documentary… about Uganda’s unique wild places”, the heartrending documentary dubbed The Best Job Ever, weaves together ... Read More
Ugandan Veterinarian Receives 2020 Aldo Leopold Award
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- August 29, 2020In a letter received by the Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), a conservation organization founded by Uganda Veterinarian Dr. Gladys ... Read More
Uganda Airlines celebrates first year of operations after re-launch
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- August 29, 2020On August 29, Uganda's revived national carrier, Uganda Airlines, celebrated its first year of operations since it took to the ... Read More
Bwindi Life Flourishing Despite COVID-19
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- August 28, 2020The most prolific gorilla in Bwindi gave birth as the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) welcomed the fourth baby in less ... Read More
Rhino Fund Uganda celebrates new birth
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- August 3, 2020Rhino Fund Uganda (RFU)is proud to announce the birth of a healthy female calf on Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary on 2nd ... Read More
Killer of Famous Mountain Gorilla Gets 11 Years in Jail
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- August 1, 2020The Kabale Chief Magistrate’s Court on July 30, 2020 sentenced Byamukama Felix to 11 years in prison for killing Rafiki, ... Read More
