The Nyungwe Forest National Park has 970 km² of rainforest, bamboo, grassland and swamps and gazette in 2004. It is a home of different animal species which include over 13 different primate species which is 25% of Africa’s total, 275…
The Rwanda Development Board has encouraged the tourists and the business community that the country is very safe to travel to after the FDLR rebels based in DRC made two attacks in the Northern and Western areas killing one person…
The fuel pump prices in Kampala,Uganda have increased by USH200 because the country has been waiting for the results of the Kenya elections. Fuel stations like Shell, Mogas, Kobil and Total have increased their pump prices of diesel and petroleum…
Ruhango district in Rwanda has worked on a new plan to promote the huge tourism potential in the area. The district has a number of tourist attractions mostly the historical sites but have not been marketed. According to the current…
A local aviation company has opened an air emergency medical evacuation service to improve Rwanda’s tourism sector. Akagera Aviation said the system will provide rapid response rescue and medical care to give to the tourists who will experience a serious…
Mr. Ishmeal Sekandi the long serving Executive Director of the Uganda Hotel Owners Association has resigned and has been replaced by Mr. Sam Balagadde who has been introduced by the chairman of UHOA Mr. Ibrahim Muwanga the owner of Hotel…
Uganda is Africa’s best destination for bird species with over 1,000 species to have been discovered compared to Great Britain. There are 100 West African forest species like the Great Blue Turaco,raucous Black and white Casqued Hornbill, Gem-like Green Broadbill…
Lately, there is been an increase in the hotel bookings at the coast to up to 80% for both domestic and regional tourist as the festive season draws near. According to stakeholders in the tourism sector, hotels are surviving on…
Kwita Izina is Rwanda’s annual gorilla celebrations, inaugurated in 2005. The whole occasion is intended to create awareness on the conservation of mountain gorillas, promote Rwanda tourism business, and empower local communities that are leaving around the Volcanoes National Park.…
The Rwanda genocide was a massive massacre that took place in 1994 and it was basically between the Tutsi and the Hutus people of Rwanda. The killings began early April 1994, so many people lost their lives during this incident…