President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday April 3, 2013 passed out 430 ranger recruits who completed four and a half months of training at Murchison Falls Training Ground in northern Uganda. The new addition brings the total of the UWA range fore to 1,329 who are charged with maintaining the integrity of the protected Areas and
MIKE SITES Donates GPS Devices
MIKE (Monitoring Illegal Killing of Elephants) subregional support office for East Africa Mr. Edison Nuwamanya handing over some GPS (Global Positioning System) units to UWA’s Chief Conservation Area Manager to assist rangers in recording data on Wildlife and illegal acitivies in the Parks. MIKE has been supporting UWA to monitor the illegal killing of Elephants.
GeoLodges Uganda Opens Equator Snow Lodge
GeoLodges Uganda to open safari lodge in Rwenzori Mountains to promote tourism in an undiscovered beauty of Uganda GeoLodges Uganda which owns and operates the Rain Forest Lodge in Mabira Forest, Nile Safari Lodge in Murchison Falls National Park and the award-winning Jacana Safari Lodge in Queen Elizabeth National Park, has announced that Equator Snow
Kibale Forest National Park is Free from Ebola
The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has confirmed that Kibale National Park is safe and far from Kibale district, the epic entry of the deadly Ebola disease. The wildlife body said the national park, a home to chimpanzees and famous for chimp-tracking activities, is functioning normally and far from the Ebola threat. The authority in a
UWA Commissions Self Catering Houses for Tourists
Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has completed and commissioned three blocks with self catering facilities in Queen Elizabeth National Park to provide additional accommodation for the increasing numbers of tourists visiting the country’s second largest and oldest protected area. The blocks which formerly housed the senior staff of the organization in the Mweya Peninsular which is
Uganda Ranked #1 Travel Destination
This isn’t a surprise to those of us who have loved Uganda for years, but finally the “outside world” is catching on. The Lonely Planet, one of the leading publishers of travel guides, has ranked Uganda the world’s top travel destination for 2012: #1. Uganda It’s taken nasty dictatorships and a brutal civil war to
Uganda Mountain Gorilla Census Has Begun
Conservation organizations in Uganda have begun a new census to count the critically endangered mountain gorillas in the western mountains. The census will be conducted in the Bwindi National Forest, the forested park hosting the largest number of mountain gorillas and Mgahinga National Park. With an estimated value in tourism dollars of $1 million per
UWA Releases 204 African Grey Parrots
The Uganda Wildlife Authority has released 204 highly endangered African grey parrots back to the wild after a six months quarantine period. The parrots were confiscated at the Mpondwe Customs border post in Kasese and at a private farm at Kawuku along the Kampala-Entebbe highway. At a release ceremony in one of the protected areas
Baby Elephant Rescued from Island
The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has rescued a two-month-old male baby elephant abandoned at Hamukungu Island on Lake George, near Katunguru trading centre in Kasese District. The elephant named Charles Hamukungu after the fisherman who picked it and the island it was rescued from, was left behind by an elephant family from Queen Elizabeth National
Ugandan Elephant Killed for Being Too Friendly
In his recent Uganda Conservation Update, Wolfgang Thome writes of a friendly elephant likely poisoned by locals in Queen Elizabeth National Park, one of the most visited national parks in Uganda. WINDOW SHOPPING ELEPHANT POISONED The female elephant, recently risen to fame when pictures were published in the Uganda media about walking along the Katunguru