Guide to birding in Murchison Falls National Park
Murchison Falls National Park is a massive game park, the biggest in Uganda with a size of 3840 square kilometers that stretch over a diversity of habitats including forest and woodland, open savannah, grasslands, and swamps. For the birder, this can only mean a big and diverse checklist of birds to tick off, along with […]
Birding Uganda’s number one trail – the royal mile trail of Budongo Forest
The Royal Mile is a 1.6 kilometers track, or call it a road, through Budongo Forest. The Budongo is the biggest forest in east Africa. The forest is home of chimps among many other primates, and the popular activity here is the chimp tracking adventure done at Kaniyo Pabidi in Murchison Falls National Park. But, […]
Getting to know that Masindi hotel is Uganda’s oldest hotel
Uganda’s oldest hotel is not found in the capital Kampala, not even in Entebbe which is Uganda’s first capital city, nor in the colonial industrial hub of Jinja. You would not have guessed it, but Uganda’s first hotel constructed in 1923 is Masindi Hotel, found in Masindi town.The hotel has maintained a historical aura to […]
Rhinos are back in the wild in Ajai Wildlife Reserve
The day is finally here. The dream has finally come true! Rhinos are back into Uganda’s wild! 7th January 2026 is a momentous day in the Uganda’s conservation history. Uganda Wildlife Authority has started the translocation of Rhinos from the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to the Ajai Wildlife Reserve. We can now proudly say, Uganda has […]
Nakapelimoru Village – visiting the biggest cultural village in East Africa
The Nakapelimoru Village, found in Kotido District in north eastern Uganda, is the biggest cultural village in East Africa. If you have not been there it is hard to imagine the magnitude of this place. Hundreds of Karimojong homesteads clustered together in the middle of the Karamoja wilderness. From atop an adjacent hill the view […]