News from Virunga National Park (DRC)

Virunga National Park in DRCongo is experiencing a resurgence in tourism, with more than 3,000 visits in 2011.  Africa’s oldest National Park,  (established 1925) and a World Heritage site, the park stretches over 7,800 square kilometres. Virunga National Park consists of a wide diversity of landscapes ranging from savannas, lava plains, swamps, erosion valleys, forests, [...]

Virunga Adventure Tours, Kisoro

Virunga Adventure Tours in Kisoro has written to say it is offering Travel services to Bwindi National park for Gorilla tracking. Sheba Hanyurwa is the guide. contact him for atailor made safari! Contact Virunga Adventure Tours for 4WD rental cars and Tours and Travel to the neighbouring Rwanda. Email them at: info@virungaadventuretours.com web : http://www.virungaadventuretours.com

Gilles & Heidi’s trip report

3 Weeks in Uganda – Our Experience Our itinerary In August 2011, we visited the string of National Parks in western Uganda, starting with Lake Bunyonyi, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Queen Elisabeth National Park including the Ishasha Sector, Kibale Rain Forest, Semliki National Park, Murchison Falls National Park including Budongo Forest and last but not [...]

New UWA fee structure

As of 1 July 2011, the Uganda Wildlife Authority implemented a fee structure that increases entrance fees for National Parks by around 15% and institutes new fees for various unguided activities such as US$100 for birding in Semliki or US$80 for hiking on a trail in Mgahinga.  Please click here for the full 2011-2013 tariff structure [...]

Gorilla killed in Bwindi

Some very sad news just in from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Mizano, the black-back from the Habinyanja gorilla group has killed in a poaching incident. It is the first incident whereby a gorilla has been killed by poachers since 1995. Poachers had entered the forest with their dogs to hunt duiker and bushpigs. Their [...]

Trip report from Lisa Marsden

Just back in from a fantastic trip to Uganda. Don’t think my guests realised exactly how lucky they were with their wildlife sightings and gorillas. Two shoebills on day 1, 4 different sets of lions in 4 different trees in Ishasha. (we got different lions in different fig trees on every game drive we went [...]

Discounted gorilla-tracking at Bwindi

Lisa Marsden ofXA! nini African Wildlife Safaris (www.xasafaris.com) has forwarded me some good news with regards to a reduction in the price of gorilla tracking permits for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park over Mar-May and Oct-Nov 2011. “During the course of 2011, two new gorilla groups will complete their habituation program and be opened up to [...]

Discounted gorilla permits for Virunga National Park, Congo

Virunga National Park, on the opposite site of the Congolese border to Uganda’s Mgahinga National Park, has just announced a half-price promotion on the gorilla and volcano treks for a limited time only. From 20 May – 5 June 2011 (17 days), you can visit the gorillas in Congo for $200, and for $100 make the 2-day trek [...]

Western Uganda trip report

We had a wonderful two weeks safari trip  in Uganda and Rwanda in the second half of November 2010 and we would like to share with Bradt Uganda guidebook authors and readers our experiences and  comments on accomodations and other issues. Among others, we visited Murchison NP where we had beautiful game drives and boat [...]

Gorillas, chimps & mongooses

Hi, just returned from Uganda having done both CHEX and Gorilla trekking. Both were great but and I know it is sacreligious to say this but the CHEX (Chimpanzee Habituation Experience) at Kibale was the highlight (probobly the best holiday activity I have ever done)- to be with chimps through their entire daily cycle is [...]